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    Mining in the United Kingdom produces a wide variety of fossil fuels, metals, and industrial minerals due to its complex geology. In 2013, there were over...
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    Coal mining in the United Kingdom dates back to Roman times and occurred in many different parts of the country. Britain's coalfields are associated with...
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  • collieries in Yorkshire (1984–2015) Coal mining in the United Kingdom "Thousands join march to mark closure of UK's last deep coal mine". The Guardian....
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  • The Mining Association of the United Kingdom is a trade association for all kinds of mining undertaken by UK companies. It promotes and fosters the interests...
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  • coal mining in the United Kingdom is in decline, and is planned to end in November 2023. Output has fallen every year since 2010. In 2010, the United Kingdom...
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    the United Kingdom Biodiesel in the United Kingdom Coal mining in the United Kingdom Geothermal power in the United Kingdom Hydraulic fracturing in the...
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    production. In the United Kingdom and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery, a coal mine is called a "pit", and above-ground mining structures...
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  • in 2018. List of active gas fired power stations in the United Kingdom List of electricity interconnectors in the United Kingdom Coal mining in the United...
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    Mining in Cornwall and Devon, in the southwest of Britain, is thought to have begun in the early-middle Bronze Age with the exploitation of cassiterite...
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    Fracking in the United Kingdom started in the late 1970s with fracturing of the conventional oil and gas fields near the North Sea. It was used in about...
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    Tin mining in Britain took place from prehistoric times, during Bronze Age Britain, until the 20th century. Mention of tin mining in Britain was made by...
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    by the United Kingdom. (For non-renewable resources of the United Kingdom see: Coal mining in the United Kingdom, Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom...
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    Mining was one of the most prosperous activities in Roman Britain. Britain was rich in resources such as copper, gold, iron, lead, salt, silver, and tin...
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    by Thomas Hamilton of Monkland in March 1607. In 1125 David I of Scotland gave his tenth share of gold mining profits in Fife and Fothrik to Dunfermline...
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    British Coal (category Defunct mining companies of the United Kingdom)
    The British Coal Corporation was a nationalised corporation responsible for the mining of coal in the United Kingdom from 1987 until it was effectively...
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    The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at 67,596,281 in 2022. It is the 21st most populated country in the world and has a population density...
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    small scale mining at the Clogau St David's mine in Dolgellau before its eventual closure in 1998 – due to the high costs of extraction and the diminishing...
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    The 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council...
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    substances. Euromines Extractivism Mining in the United Kingdom Mining in Sweden Mineral industry of Armenia "There's gold in them fells". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved...
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    Coal mining is an industry in transition in the United States. Production in 2019 was down 40% from the peak production of 1,171.8 million short tons (1...
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    Weardale (category History of mining in the United Kingdom)
    Lead mining in Weardale reached its greatest levels during the 18th and 19th centuries, when the London Lead and Beaumont Companies dominated mining throughout...
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  • The Coal Authority is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government sponsored by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)...
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    graduates were in most of the world's major mining areas such as Southern Africa, Western Africa, Malaysia, Australia, South America, Mexico, United States and...
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    The tin mining industry on Dartmoor, Devon, England, is thought to have originated in pre-Roman times, and continued right through to the 20th century...
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    some of the history of lead mining in Derbyshire, England. It has been claimed that Odin Mine, near Castleton, one of the oldest lead mines in England...
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    Treacle mining is the fictitious mining of black treacle (also known as molasses) in a raw form similar to coal. The subject purports to be serious but...
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  • Events from the year 2024 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. Monarch...
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  • Thumbnail for Economy of the United Kingdom
    The economy of the United Kingdom is a highly developed social market economy. It is the sixth-largest national economy in the world measured by nominal...
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    Transport in the United Kingdom is facilitated by road, rail, air and water networks. Some aspects of transport are a devolved matter, with each of the countries...
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  • Coal mining played an important part in the history of the Black Country area immediately west of Birmingham, England. It was the basis for the area's...
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