Rationalization Association of the Coal Mining Industry

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The Rationalization Association of Hard Coal Mining was founded in 1963 to shut down less profitable hard coal mines in the Ruhr mining area and to provide funds to secure the sale of the remaining production.

On September 1, 1963, the Act to Promote Rationalization in Coal Mining of July 29, 1963 came into force. Among other things, it removed the barriers to ownership. The association was put in a position to award premiums for closures.

On October 31, 1964, the Rationalisierungsverband registered 31 large mines with 64,000 employees and an annual output of 26.5 million tons for closure. There were demonstrations in the weeks that followed.

By the end of the campaign in 1968, the association had awarded DM 1,218 million to promote coal sales in the energy industry.

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