UK Coal to close scheme to future accrual

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UK Coal, Britain's largest coal mining company, has confirmed its intention to close its defined benefit pension scheme to future accrual.

The company - which operates three deep mines in the Midlands and Yorkshire - revealed in its annual report and accounts, published today, that the deficit for its two funded defined benefit scheme...

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