HC Deb 24 January 1968 vol 757 c149W
Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Minister of Power what percentage of coal mined by the opencast process in 1967 is still being stored as distributed and undistributed stocks.

Mr. Marsh

Additions to the National Coal Board's undistributed stocks of opencast coal in 1967 represented 13 percent. of their opencast coal production in that year. Records for distributed stocks co not distinguish between open- cast and deep-mined coal.

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