Threatened pits 'can make profit'
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Your support makes all the difference.Specialists commissioned by the National Union of Mineworkers said that all 10 of the pits under immediate threat could make a profit. The NUM president, Arthur Scargill, said they had proved that the mines were viable.
About 800 men left the industry last week - the most to have taken redundancy in one week since closures were announced in October.
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