Each mine closure is widely felt in the Jiu Valley community.

The mine closures were accompanied by large numbers of lay-offs of miners.

Major rehabilitation of the island was undertaken since the mine closure, with buildings and exotic vegetation removed.

And careless mine closures could force an abundant species onto the endangered list.

After the mine closures, Croeserw experienced an economic downturn.

But the Carrier Mills downtown area slowly declining even before the big mine closures.

There was an uprising over the mine closures but closing a shipyard passes almost without comment.

They were used extensively by coal trains until the mine closures in the 1980s.

At the same time, mine closures will also have a significant impact on the energy sector.

The sharp decline in the 1990s was due to the mine closure and loss of employment.