Coal Production (Hansard, 31 July 1997)

HC Deb 31 July 1997 vol 299 c642W 642W

§ Mr. Clapham
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total United Kingdom coal production for the last complete year for which figures are available; and how much was(a) opencast coal and (b) deep-mined coal. [11986]

§ Mr. Battle
Coal production in the United Kingdom in 1996 is set out in the table.

Thousand tones

Total production¹ 50,197

Of which:

Deep-mined 32,223

Opencast 16,315

Note:

¹ Total production for 1996 comprises deep-mined, opencast and other production. Other production of 1,658,000 tonnes is an estimate for slurry and so on recovered from dumps, ponds, rivers.

Source:
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics.

	Thousand tones
Total production¹	50,197
Of which:
Deep-mined	32,223
Opencast	16,315
Note:
¹ Total production for 1996 comprises deep-mined, opencast and other production. Other production of 1,658,000 tonnes is an estimate for slurry and so on recovered from dumps, ponds, rivers.