Title: Some reasons for the improvements in productivity/efficiency in the UK mining industry from 1986 to 1995

Authors: Douglas L. Bulmer

Addresses: President, The British Association of Colliery Management, BACM House, 17 South Parade, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 2DR, UK

Abstract: After fifty years of progressive coal face technology, the UK mining industry has been privatised with equipment of reliability and capacity to take mining into the twenty-first century. Whether this is sufficient to maintain the survival of coal mining in the UK remains to be seen.

Keywords: UK; United Kingdom; coal mining; improvement; efficiency; productivity; mining industry.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1995.063420

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1995 Vol.8 No.1/2/3, pp.71-73

Published online: 14 Jul 2014 *

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