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PRODUCTION AND MANPOWER RETURNS
FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 2002

Location
OPENCAST
UNDERGROUND
COMBINED
ENGLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Barnsley
3
78
261,051
 
 
 
3
78
261,051
Cumbria
1
29
71,794
1
6
121
2
35
71,914
Derbyshire
7
191
706,278
 
 
 
7
191
706,278
Doncaster
 
 
 
3
803
675,342
3
803
675,342
Durham
2
37
183,641
 
 
 
2
37
183,641
Gateshead
1
16
73,127
 
 
 
1
16
73,127
Gloucestershire
 
 
 
1
3
370
1
3
370
Kirklees
 
 
 
1
23
30,727
1
23
30,727
Lancashire
 
 
 
1
2
633
1
2
633
Leeds
5
167
727,563
 
 
 
5
167
727,563
Leicestershire
2
78
605,628
 
 
 
2
78
605,628
North Yorkshire
 
 
 
6
3,131
6,174,172
6
3,131
6,174,172
Northumberland
4
506
1,904,920
6
525
840,079
10
1,031
2,744,999
Nottinghamshire
 
 
 
5
2,130
4,650,299
5
2,130
4,650,299
Rotherham
1
125
524,865
1
567
1,499,082
2
692
2,023,947
Sheffield
 
 
 
1
27
21,539
1
27
21,539
St Helens
1
14
41,179
 
 
 
1
14
41,179
Wakefield
 
 
 
1
592
1,177,100
1
592
1,177,100
Warwickshire
 
 
 
1
546
1,582,048
1
546
1,582,048
Wigan
1
 
12,615
 
 
 
1
0
12,615
Total for England
28
1,241
5,112,661
28
8,355
16,651,512
56
9,596
21,764,173
SCOTLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Clackmannanshire
1
33
211,427
1
594
762,425
2
627
973,852
East Ayrshire
13
874
4,528,154
 
 
 
13
874
4,528,154
Fife
8
174
796,822
 
 
 
8
174
796,822
Midlothian
2
40
341,787
1
2
 
3
42
341,787
North Lanarkshire
4
163
650,864
 
 
 
4
163
650,864
South Lanarkshire
6
404
1,656,859
 
 
 
6
404
1,656,859
Total for Scotland
34
1,688
8,185,912
2
596
762,425
36
2,284
8,948,337
WALES
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Blaenau Gwent
1
10
5,795
1
2
10
2
12
5,805
Bridgend
1
62
331,860
 
 
 
1
62
331,860
Carmarthenshire
1
2
85
2
122
85,702
3
124
85,787
Neath Port Talbot
8
296
622,808
3
69
50,178
11
365
672,987
Powys
1
63
213,544
 
 
 
1
63
213,544
Rhondda Cynon Taff
 
 
 
1
375
567,018
1
375
567,018
Torfaen
 
 
 
2
16
5,733
2
16
5,733
Total for Wales
12
433
1,174,092
9
584
708,641
21
1,017
1,882,733
TOTAL FOR U.K.
74
3,362
14,472,665
39
9,535
18,122,578
113
12,897
32,595,243

There were an average of 49 opencast sites and 30 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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