Facts and Figures Surface-Mined Coal Industry


       England

Employees Direct:   1,638
Indirect:  1,550 approximately
Earning Power 3,198 workers @ £25,000 each = £80m
Production 39 Surface Mines = 6.1mt pa production

 

Concentration of Sites

Cumbria 1 41 workers producing

173,306

tonnes
Derbyshire 8 283 workers producing 860,602 tonnes
Durham 6 145 workers producing 402,687 tonnes
Lancashire 3 29 workers producing 124,554 tonnes
Leicestershire 1 30 workers producing 182,737 tonnes
Northumberland 6 568 workers producing 1,805,151 tonnes
Shropshire 2 14 workers producing 34,391 tonnes
Staffordshire 1 80 workers producing 372,242 tonnes
Sunderland 1 49 workers producing 243,012 tonnes
Warwickshire 1 28 workers producing 23,452 tonnes
West Midlands 1 34 workers producing 122,895 tonnes
Yorkshire 8 337 workers producing 1,818,126 tonnes

Balance of Payments

6.1mt pa produced in England for all markets @ £25 / tonne = £200m x 2 = £310m

"No Coal" Economic Impact

Balance of Payments = £310m
Loss of Earnings = £ 80m
Social Security Cost = £  8m
TOTAL £398m

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Scotland

Employees Direct:   1,519
Indirect:  2,000 approximately
Earning Power 4,000 workers @ £25,000 each = £100m
Production 34 Surface Mines = 7.2mt pa production

 

Concentration of Sites

Clackmannanshire 3 69 workers producing 391,197 tonnes
East Ayrshire 15 687 workers producing 2,883,215 tonnes
East Lothian 1 75 workers producing 523,575 tonnes
Fife 9 159 workers producing 606,368 tonnes
Midlothian 4 43 workers producing 253,110 tonnes
North Lanarkshire 6 168 workers producing 715,878 tonnes
South Lanarkshire 7 306 workers producing 1,840,834 tonnes
West Lothian 1 12 workers producing 10,601 tonnes

Balance of Payments

8mt pa produced in Scotland for all markets @ £25 / tonne = £400m x 2 = £800m

"No Coal" Economic Impact

Balance of Payments = £400m
Loss of Earnings = £ 100m
Social Security Cost = £  40m
TOTAL £540m

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Wales

Employees Direct:   484
Indirect:  1,000 approximately
Earning Power 1,484 workers @ £25,000 each = £37.1m
Production 14 Surface Mines = 1.5mt pa production

 

Concentration of Sites

Bridgend 1 62 workers producing 429,176 tonnes
Neath & 10 330 workers producing 924,870 tonnes
Port Talbot
Powys 3 92 workers producing 186,125 tonnes

 

 

Balance of Payments

8mt pa produced in Wales for all markets @ £25 / tonne = £37.5m x 2 = £75m

"No Coal" Economic Impact

Balance of Payments = £75m
Loss of Earnings = £37.1m
Social Security Cost = £3.71m
TOTAL £115.81m

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