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1979 Sold its 65 percent interest in NCC Minerals except for its interest in Carock Fell Mining Co<ref>The Times Dec. 19, 1979</ref> | 1979 Sold its 65 percent interest in NCC Minerals except for its interest in Carock Fell Mining Co<ref>The Times Dec. 19, 1979</ref> | ||
Subsequently renamed [[NCC Energy]] Group<ref>The Times Mar. 16, 1982</ref> | Subsequently renamed [[NCC Energy]] Group<ref>The Times Mar. 16, 1982</ref> concentrating on oil, gas and minerals exploration<ref>The Times May 28, 1981</ref> | ||
1980 Acquired [[Bernard Wardle]], some producing gas wells in Pennsylvania and [[Energy Capital]], formerly brickmaker [[Hamilborne]]<ref>The Times Oct. 4, 1980</ref> | 1980 Acquired [[Bernard Wardle]], some producing gas wells in Pennsylvania and [[Energy Capital]], formerly brickmaker [[Hamilborne]]<ref>The Times Oct. 4, 1980</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 12 September 2024
c.1933 Company incorporated
1967 34th AGM. Maker of Rexco smokeless fuel. The subsidiaries were: carbonising subsidiaries, haulage subsidiaries, and other: Mining and General Engineers Ltd and George Saunders Machinery Co Ltd. Had acquired F. D. Brown Ltd from William Cory's. [1]
1969 Rexco acquired South Yorkshire Chemical Works
1969 Division of the company into 2 divisions - one dealing with the Rexco products, the other with the transport and plant hire activities[2]
1971 Acquired the Barrow Barnsley Co. NCC Plant and Transport Ltd acquired Scotts of Nottingham. NCC (Engineers) maintained progress.[3]
1971 One of the 47 companies (in eleven groups) awarded licences to explore blocks of the North Sea for gas[4]
1972 Commissioned new production plant at Snibston[5]
1973 Shut down the plant at Mansfield[6]
1975 Announced closure of the coking plants at Barnsley and Rotherham[7]
1979 Sold its 65 percent interest in NCC Minerals except for its interest in Carock Fell Mining Co[8]
Subsequently renamed NCC Energy Group[9] concentrating on oil, gas and minerals exploration[10]
1980 Acquired Bernard Wardle, some producing gas wells in Pennsylvania and Energy Capital, formerly brickmaker Hamilborne[11]