National Carbonising Co
c.1933 Company incorporated
1961 Rexco smokeless fuel was already made at the company's plants at Thoresby and Mansfield; the company applied for permission to build a third plant at Comrie colliery near Oakley in Fife[1]
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. [2]
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[3]
1971 Acquired the Barrow Barnsley Co. NCC Plant and Transport Ltd acquired Scotts of Nottingham. NCC (Engineers) maintained progress.[4]
1971 One of the 47 companies (in eleven groups) awarded licences to explore blocks of the North Sea for gas[5]
1972 Commissioned new production plant at Snibston[6]
1973 Shut down the plant at Mansfield[7]
1975 Announced closure of the coking plants at Barnsley and Rotherham[8]
1979 Sold its 65 percent interest in NCC Minerals except for its interest in Carock Fell Mining Co[9]
Subsequently renamed NCC Energy Group[10] concentrating on oil, gas and minerals exploration[11]
1980 Acquired Bernard Wardle, some producing gas wells in Pennsylvania and Energy Capital, formerly brickmaker Hamilborne[12]
1987 Appointment of liquidators to the NCC Group[13]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Dec. 11, 1961
- ↑ The Times July 17, 1967
- ↑ The Times Dec. 22, 1969
- ↑ The Times July 29, 1971
- ↑ The Times Dec. 23, 1971
- ↑ The Times Aug. 7, 1972
- ↑ The Times June 22, 1973
- ↑ The Times Aug. 11, 1975
- ↑ The Times Dec. 19, 1979
- ↑ The Times Mar. 16, 1982
- ↑ The Times May 28, 1981
- ↑ The Times Oct. 4, 1980
- ↑ The London Gazette 22 January 1987