UK Coal already received £4 million ($A7.4 million) from the government in September to close the Kellingley Colliery in Yorkshire and Thoresby Colliery in Nottinghamshire.

At the time the coal downturn-hit company said the move would help it “avoid insolvency”

Both of the deep mines are expected to close by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, Financial Times has reported that the Hatfield Colliery has asked for state help to shutdown with 500 jobs to be lost.

Taken over by the Hatfield Colliery Partnership in 2013, a group of employees, the mine has faced production difficulties and low prices.

“The government has agreed to provide a short-term commercial loan of £8m to support the company’s managed closure plan,” Energy Minister Matthew Hancock said.

The National Union of Mineworkers had previously given Hatfield a £4 million loan in September.