`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
EXTRACTION
OPEN CAST MINING
PRIVATISATION
PRODUCTION
SPOIL HEAPS
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
EXTRACTION
OPEN CAST MINING
PRIVATISATION
PRODUCTION
SPOIL HEAPS