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PRODUCTION AND MANPOWER RETURNS
FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 2001

Location
OPENCAST
UNDERGROUND
COMBINED
ENGLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Barnsley
1
30
66,501
 
 
 
1
30
66,501
Cumbria
1
35
111,021
1
5
1,269
2
40
112,290
Derbyshire
7
183
600,324
 
 
 
7
183
600,324
Doncaster
 
 
 
2
593
991,100
2
593
991,100
Durham
2
46
233,483
 
 
 
2
46
233,483
Gloucestershire
 
 
 
2
3
321
2
3
321
Kirklees
 
 
 
1
20
33,512
1
20
33,512
Lancashire
 
 
 
1
1
 
1
1
0
Leeds
4
120
751,635
 
 
 
4
120
751,635
Leicestershire
4
137
534,961
 
 
 
4
137
534,961
North Yorkshire
 
 
 
5
2,595
5,990,537
5
2,595
5,990,537
Northumberland
5
496
1,802,225
6
448
388,953
11
944
2,191,178
Nottinghamshire
 
 
 
4
1,807
4,272,140
4
1,807
4,272,140
Rotherham
1
122
445,510
1
523
931,283
2
645
1,376,793
Sheffield
 
 
 
1
23
23,243
1
23
23,243
Shropshire
1
6
7,441
 
 
 
1
6
7,441
St Helens
1
14
49,631
 
 
 
1
14
49,631
Stoke-on-Trent
1
13
13,978
 
 
 
1
13
13,978
Sunderland
1
55
60,516
 
 
 
1
55
60,516
Wakefield
2
41
50,007
1
575
1,353,909
3
616
1,403,916
Walsall
1
 
5,811
 
 
 
1
0
5,811
Warwickshire
1
18
41,188
1
552
1,950,522
2
570
1,991,710
Wigan
1
4
 
 
 
 
1
4
0
Total for England
34
1,320
4,774,232
26
7,145
15,936,789
60
8,465
20,711,021
SCOTLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Clackmannanshire
3
71
164,778
1
725
728,350
4
796
893,128
East Ayrshire
14
581
3,469,468
 
 
 
14
581
3,469,468
East Lothian
1
48
43,200
 
 
 
1
48
43,200
Fife
7
146
803,901
 
 
 
7
146
803,901
Midlothian
3
47
139,173
1
2
 
4
49
139,173
North Lanarkshire
5
168
756,216
 
 
 
5
168
756,216
South Lanarkshire
5
208
1,701,294
 
 
 
5
208
1,701,294
Total for Scotland
38
1,269
7,078,030
2
727
728,350
40
1,996
7,806,380
WALES
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Blaenau Gwent
 
 
 
1
3
1,112
1
3
1,112
Bridgend
1
62
304,987
 
 
 
1
62
304,987
Carmarthenshire
1
3
214
3
136
66,046
4
139
66,260
Neath Port Talbot
8
303
827,566
5
68
39,104
13
371
866,670
Powys
1
84
267,778
 
 
 
1
84
267,778
Rhondda Cynon Taff
 
 
 
2
375
568,539
2
375
568,539
Torfaen
 
 
 
2
19
16,560
2
19
16,560
Total for Wales
11
452
1,400,545
13
601
691,361
24
1,053
2,091,906
TOTAL FOR U.K.
83
3,041
13,252,807
41
8,473
17,356,500
124
11,514
30,609,307

There were an average of 49 opencast sites and 32 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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