British coal industry

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The British coal industry was the once-dominant sector of coal mining and production in the United Kingdom that powered the country’s industrialization and energy supply before its steep decline in the late 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
British coalfields 4
British coal industry canonical 3
UK coal industry 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal industry
economic sector
extractive industry
alsoKnownAs British coal mining industry
UK coal industry
associatedWithEvent UK miners' strike of 1972
UK miners' strike of 1974
miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom
surface form: UK miners' strike of 1984–85
causeOfDecline cheaper imported coal
closure of heavy industry
competition from natural gas
competition from oil
environmental concerns
contributedTo growth of ports
growth of rail networks
urbanisation in Britain
country United Kingdom
declineBegan mid 20th century
developedDuring Industrial Revolution
employed engineers
hundreds of thousands of workers
miners
surface workers
transport workers
environmentalImpact air pollution
landscape scarring
spoil tips
water pollution
exportedTo British Empire markets
Europe
Latin America
healthIssue industrial accidents
pneumoconiosis
silicosis
keyOutput coking coal
household coal
industrial coal
steam coal
keyTechnology coal washing plants
conveyor belts
deep shaft mining
longwall mining
mechanised coal cutting
steam engines for pumping
legacy coalfield regeneration projects
cultural memory in mining communities
former mining museums
reclaimed colliery sites
mainResource coal
majorDeclinePhase 1980s
majorRegion Durham coalfield
Kent coalfield
Lancashire coalfield
Northumberland coalfield
Nottinghamshire coalfield
Scottish coalfields
South Wales Coal Measures
surface form: South Wales coalfield

Warwickshire coalfield
Yorkshire coalfield
majorUnion National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers
National Union of Mineworkers
Union of Democratic Mineworkers
managedBy National Coal Board
surface form: British Coal

National Coal Board
nationalisedIn 1947
nationalisedUnder Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946
nearEndOfDeepMining closure of Kellingley Colliery in 2015
opposedByPolicy Thatcher government pit closure programme
peakPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
powered British electricity generation
British industrialization
British railway network
surface form: British railways

British steel industry
privatisedIn 1990s
regulatedBy UK government
surface form: British government
socialImpact creation of mining communities
development of pit villages
occupational health problems
strong trade union culture
supportedByPolicy post-war nationalisation policy

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Agecroft Colliery partOf British coal industry
Killingworth Colliery partOf British coal industry
Nottinghamshire coalfield partOf British coal industry
this entity surface form: British coalfields
Lancashire coalfield partOf British coal industry
this entity surface form: British coalfields
Yorkshire coalfield partOf British coal industry
this entity surface form: British coalfields
Yorkshire coalfield partOf British coal industry
this entity surface form: UK coal industry
Kent coalfield partOf British coal industry
this entity surface form: British coalfields
Kent coalfield partOf British coal industry
this entity surface form: UK coal industry