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THE COAL AUTHORITY

PRODUCTION AND MANPOWER RETURNS
FOR 3 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 2003

Location
OPENCAST
UNDERGROUND
COMBINED
ENGLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Barnsley
3
98
102,516
 
 
 
3
98
102,516
Derbyshire
4
153
197,156
 
 
 
4
153
197,156
Doncaster
 
 
 
2
616
341,840
2
616
341,840
Durham
2
31
27,562
 
 
 
2
31
27,562
Gateshead
1
15
25,530
 
 
 
1
15
25,530
Gloucestershire
 
 
 
1
2
251
1
2
251
Kirklees
 
 
 
1
25
7,789
1
25
7,789
Leeds
2
105
81,855
 
 
 
2
105
81,855
Leicestershire
2
73
158,670
 
 
 
2
73
158,670
North Yorkshire
 
 
 
5
2,350
1,271,551
5
2,350
1,271,551
Northumberland
4
454
445,294
2
411
215,255
6
865
660,549
Nottinghamshire
 
 
 
4
1,662
1,336,067
4
1,662
1,336,067
Rotherham
1
124
95,598
1
517
519,747
2
641
615,345
Sheffield
 
 
 
1
33
6,413
1
33
6,413
St Helens
1
16
26,109
 
 
 
1
16
26,109
Wakefield
2
44
81,253
 
 
 
2
44
81,253
Warwickshire
 
 
 
1
484
434,238
1
484
434,238
Total for England
22
1,113
1,241,543
18
6,100
4,133,151
40
7,213
5,374,694
SCOTLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Clackmannanshire
1
36
49,926
 
 
 
1
36
49,926
East Ayrshire
9
664
1,076,375
 
 
 
9
664
1,076,375
Fife
5
124
214,359
 
 
 
5
124
214,359
Midlothian
2
32
23,600
 
 
 
2
32
23,600
North Lanarkshire
3
115
99,179
 
 
 
3
115
99,179
South Lanarkshire
4
231
373,594
 
 
 
4
231
373,594
Total for Scotland
24
1,202
1,837,033
0
0
0
24
1,202
1,837,033
WALES
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Bridgend
1
62
106,653
 
 
 
1
62
106,653
Carmarthenshire
1
2
12
2
123
20,197
3
125
20,209
Neath Port Talbot
3
102
88,409
3
68
12,224
6
170
100,633
Powys
2
131
126,690
 
 
 
2
131
126,690
Rhondda Cynon Taff
 
 
 
1
375
146,302
1
375
146,302
Torfaen
 
 
 
1
11
2,048
1
11
2,048
Total for Wales
7
297
321,764
7
577
180,771
14
874
502,535
TOTAL FOR U.K.
53
2,612
3,400,340
25
6,677
4,313,922
78
9,289
7,714,262

There were an average of 44 opencast sites and 24 underground mines producing at any one time during the period

  • Tonnage and Manpower (which includes contractors) is primarily as declared by licensees but includes some estimates where returns have not been submitted.
  • The county for declaration purposes is where the opencast site centre or underground mine entrance is located.
  • Includes those mines/sites declaring manpower but with no output during the period.
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