`Hidden agenda` to boost opencast coal

`Hidden agenda` to boost opencast coal - 1992 - Guardian 23 October 1992, 2(2) .

Accuses British Coal of expanding opencast production at the expense of deep mines in an attempt to increase its value in the run-up to privatisation. Latest figures from the County Planning Officers Association show a large increase in planning applications for test drilling sites.


COAL
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OPEN CAST MINING
PRIVATISATION
PRODUCTION
SPOIL HEAPS