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Maltby Colliery commenced sinking in 1907 with production starting in 1911. The mine had a difficult time in the past few years and in February 2007 was sold to Hargreaves Services by UK Coal plc. With a workforce of around 500 it was producing c800,000 tonnes of coal a year of which more than 60% went to Drax power station. The colliery also supplied coking coal to the Monckton coking plant. Finally defeated by geological difficulties the pit has now closed and is being stripped.

Maltby Colliery commenced sinking in 1907 with production starting in 1911. The mine has had a difficult time in the past few years and in February 2007 was sold to Hargreaves Services by UK Coal plc. With a workforce of around 500 it is now producing c800,000 tonnes of coal a year of which more than 60% goes to Drax power station. The colliery also supplies coking coal to the Monckton coking plant.