HC Deb 01 May 1996 vol 276 cc544-5W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his estimate of the volume of coal reserves which will be lost if the collieries owned by the Coal Investments Company were to close. [26360]

Mr. Page

[holding answer 30 April 1996]Reports by John T. Boyd, mining engineers, published in 1993, include the following reserves estimates:

  • Silverdale: 21.9 million tonnes
  • Annesley Bentinck: 6.4 million tonnes
  • Markham Main: 23.2 million tonnes
  • Trentham (now Hem Heath): 31.9 million tonnes

No comparable figures are available for Coventry or Cwmgwilli.