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THE COAL AUTHORITY

PRODUCTION AND MANPOWER RETURNS
FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 2003

Location
OPENCAST
UNDERGROUND
COMBINED
ENGLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Barnsley
3
91
397,648
 
 
 
3
91
397,648
Cumbria
1
33
15,990
 
 
 
1
33
15,990
Derbyshire
8
232
699,001
 
 
 
8
232
699,001
Doncaster
 
 
 
3
1,028
1,069,710
3
1,028
1,069,710
Durham
4
49
169,511
 
 
 
4
49
169,511
Gateshead
1
15
53,726
 
 
 
1
15
53,726
Gloucestershire
 
 
 
1
2
926
1
2
926
Kirklees
 
 
 
1
24
31,080
1
24
31,080
Lancashire
 
 
 
1
2
47
1
2
47
Leeds
2
115
685,480
 
 
 
2
115
685,480
Leicestershire
2
74
607,574
 
 
 
2
74
607,574
North Yorkshire
 
 
 
5
2,495
5,719,145
5
2,495
5,719,145
Northumberland
5
453
1,625,395
4
471
799,887
9
924
2,425,282
Nottinghamshire
 
 
 
4
1,753
4,732,642
4
1,753
4,732,642
Rotherham
1
121
428,476
1
534
1,587,408
2
655
2,015,884
Sheffield
 
 
 
1
27
21,543
1
27
21,543
St Helens
1
15
76,176
 
 
 
1
15
76,176
Wakefield
2
42
193,738
1
254
414,196
3
296
607,934
Warwickshire
 
 
 
1
519
662,724
1
519
662,724
Total for England
30
1,240
4,952,715
23
7,109
15,039,308
53
8,349
19,992,023
SCOTLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Clackmannanshire
1
35
146,183
 
 
 
1
35
146,183
East Ayrshire
11
805
4,182,962
 
 
 
11
805
4,182,962
Fife
6
129
737,903
 
 
 
6
129
737,903
Midlothian
2
40
214,583
1
1
 
3
41
214,583
North Lanarkshire
3
113
424,655
 
 
 
3
113
424,655
South Lanarkshire
4
234
1,368,443
 
 
 
4
234
1,368,443
Total for Scotland
27
1,356
7,074,729
1
1
0
28
1,357
7,074,729
WALES
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Blaenau Gwent
1
10
6,849
 
 
 
1
10
6,849
Bridgend
1
62
309,043
 
 
 
1
62
309,043
Carmarthenshire
1
2
52
2
126
83,945
3
128
83,997
Neath Port Talbot
5
161
422,512
3
74
42,977
8
235
465,490
Powys
2
123
331,308
 
 
 
2
123
331,308
Rhondda Cynon Taff
 
 
 
1
370
631,821
1
370
631,821
Torfaen
 
 
 
2
15
6,620
2
15
6,620
Total for Wales
10
358
1,069,763
8
585
765,363
18
943
1,835,126
TOTAL FOR U.K.
67
2,954
13,097,207
32
7,695
15,804,671
99
10,649
28,901,878

There were an average of 48 opencast sites and 25 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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