BBCNEWS Nicky Campbell June 4, 2024 09:04:00
Are some stats here for you, in 1981 this country was producing 128 million tonnes of coal a year, then we had the thatcher years, the closure of the collieries from the 70s onwards which meant that the industry collapsed and the number of people involved in mining fell from 1 million in 1920 two 2000 and 2015. the biggest coal producers on the planet, china, india, usa, indonesia, australia and russia. we are discussing this because the government is planning to remove a ban on opening coalmine...
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