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Coal mining in the United Kingdom
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Coal_mining_in_the_United_Kingdom
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
historical industry
gptkbp:beganIn
gptkb:Roman_era
gptkbp:coal_exported
19th century
early 20th century
gptkbp:coal_import_dependency
high since 2000s
gptkbp:coal_import_increase
21st century
late 20th century
gptkbp:coal_phase-out_for_power_generation
planned
gptkbp:coal_phase-out_target
2024
gptkbp:coal_used_for
electricity generation
steel production
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:current_coal_production
open-pit mining only
gptkbp:declinedAfter
1950s
gptkbp:employer
19th century
20th century
gptkbp:environmentalImpact
gptkb:air_pollution
water pollution
land subsidence
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite
gptkb:National_Coal_Mining_Museum_for_England
gptkb:Big_Pit_National_Coal_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Coal mining in the United Kingdom
gptkbp:last_deep_coal_mine_closed
gptkb:Kellingley_Colliery
gptkbp:last_deep_coal_mine_closure_year
2015
gptkbp:major_strike
gptkb:1984–85_miners'_strike
gptkbp:major_strike_cause
pit closures
gptkbp:nationalised_by
gptkb:National_Coal_Board
gptkbp:nationalized
1947
gptkbp:notable_disaster_response
gptkb:Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster
gptkbp:number_of_deep_mines_in_1947
958
gptkbp:number_of_deep_mines_in_2015
0
gptkbp:number_of_miners_in_1920s
over 1 million
gptkbp:number_of_miners_in_2015
fewer than 2,000
gptkbp:peak_production_amount
292 million tonnes
gptkbp:peakPeriod
early 20th century
gptkbp:peakProductionYear
1913
gptkbp:privatised
1994
gptkbp:privatised_to
gptkb:UK_Coal
gptkbp:region
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkb:South_Wales
gptkb:Midlands
North East England
gptkbp:relatedLegislation
gptkb:Coal_Industry_Nationalisation_Act_1946
gptkb:Mines_and_Collieries_Act_1842
gptkbp:Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_deaths
439
gptkbp:Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_year
1913
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Coal_Industry_Nationalisation_Act_1946
gptkb:UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85)
gptkb:Coal_Act_1946
gptkbp:bfsLayer
8