By Katie Kapusta and Jill Lyman | August 8, 2019 at 4:38 PM CDT - Updated August 9 at 11:59 AM
WEBSTER CO., Ky. (WFIE) - Miners at the Dotiki Mine have said since Monday that the mine is closing, but officials with Alliance had not yet released a statement.
Friday morning, Alliance Resource Partners sent out this press release.
In the press release, Alliance said “weak market conditions made this action necessary.”
Miners tell us they were told in meetings that the mine will close August 16.
The mine has been in operation since 1967 and employs more than 200 people.
People we spoke in Providence emphasized just how sad of a day it is for their small community, but they’re hopeful they’ll come out on top.
“It kind of puts a bad feeling in your stomach," John May a former Dotiki miner said. "Because you worry for the people, their houses and stuff, you know.”
http://www.14news.com/2019/08/08/dotiki-mine-closing-webster-co/
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