Compagnie des mines d'Aniche | |
Successor: | Groupe de Douia |
Founder: | Claude-Constant Juvénal d'Harville des Ursins |
Defunct: | 1946 |
Location City: | Auberchicourt |
Location Country: | France |
Industry: | Coal mining |
Products: | Bituminous coal |
Num Employees: | Up to 15,000, pre-World War II |
The Aniche Mining Company (compagnie des mines d'Aniche) was a French company that operated coal mines in the Nord-Pas de Calais. The company was founded in 1773 and became part of the Groupe de Douia in 1946. Prior to World War II the Aniche Mining Company produced over 3 million tons of coal per year, and employed 15,000 workers.[1]