Lorries carrying coal were running the gauntlet of striking miners picketing the colliery gates.
It follows six months of preparations, including mining remediation work at the old Monktonhall colliery.
The court heard that changes to improve safety at the colliery have since been made.
About one million cubic metres of collapsed mining spoil at Hatfield Colliery has to be removed.
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Environmentalists have said plans for a solar farm at the former Gedling Colliery site are "preposterous".
The spoil heap collapse at Hatfield Colliery at Stainforth, South Yorkshire, has pushed up the track.
Mr Robinson, 22, from the Shotton Colliery area, was pronounced dead at the scene.
I've heard this news and I can't believe they're going to close the colliery.
No new deep mine has opened in south Wales since Betws colliery near Ammanford in 1974.
The famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band is to field a female musician in the British Open competition.
Grimethorpe Colliery Band is surviving on income from playing concerts after losing sponsorship money.
Hargreaves Services said Maltby Colliery, near Rotherham, was no longer viable on safety, geological and financial grounds.
Supt Davies would not comment on reports that the colliery owner was one of the trapped men.
The landslip at Stainforth's Hatfield Colliery, South Yorkshire, pushed the track upwards forcing the line to shut.
The Powerfuel company that owns Hatfield Colliery in Yorkshire has entered administration due to lack of investment.
Alkane Energy, based in Edwinstowe, wants to extract gas at the old Gedling colliery using a borehole.
In February a collapsed spoil heap at Hatfield Colliery pushed the track upwards forcing the line to shut.
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About 50 rescuers are trying to free them from a ventilation shaft at Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll, Pontardawe.
Union officials also described the meeting as "constructive" and said the minister had promised to visit the colliery.
Environmental campaigners have said they are unhappy about plans for a solar farm on a former colliery site.
One of the areas that saw the effects of heavy rain was around Boldon Colliery, in South Tyneside.
The widow and two sons of Gerry Gibson thanked rescue teams for their efforts at Kellingley colliery on Tuesday.
In April 1937, at Wrexham Petty Sessions, 42 charges were made against the colliery company, the manager and officials.
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Gerry Gibson, 49, died at Kellingley colliery in North Yorkshire on 27 September.
At Babbington colliery, police faced 2, 000 pickets and were pelted with stones when they made more than 60 arrests.
Dave shows me a new housing estate, built over the old Treeton Colliery.
As the colliery begins to wind down in phases in the new year some workers will continue to plough on.
Mr Price said when Hargreaves Services told the men the colliery would be mothballed the room was "full of emotion".
The colliery in Easington, the setting for the film Billy Elliott, shut with the loss of 1, 400 jobs in 1993.
Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan said the latest mining incident would remind people of the tragedy at Gleision Colliery last month.
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