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