Hargreaves sells off its coal stocks for £24m in historic move

Durham firm Hargreaves Services has sold off its stock of coal for £24m, ending the majority of its business interests in coal.
The company has sold all of its speciality coal held at its two UK stockholding sites to its German joint venture Hargreaves Raw Material Services (HRMS).
As part of the deal, Hargreaves will now act as a sales agency for HRMS, and will market and sell the speciality…