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Inland coal consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1970 to 2022 (in million metric tons)

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2023

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

1970 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures include other solid fuels. This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the

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The coal industry in Britain spans back to Roman times, but over the past four decades the industry has been steadily declining. The consumption of inland coal has decreased significantly since 1970, when it amounted to *** million metric tons. By 2022, this figure had fallen to just *** million metric tons.

UK coal production

Historically the UK has been a leader in the production of coal, producing *** million metric tons from deep and surface mining as recently as 1970. However, as with consumption, production has been in decline, and by 2019 amounted to approximately *** million metric tons.

UK mine closures and economic impacts

The number of coal mines closing has been increasing for decades, with the number of deep mines falling from ** in 2000 to just **** in 2019. These closures have had a noticeable impact on employment figures. What was once a major industry, employing more than *** million people in 1920, has seen employment numbers drop to just 1,000 over the course of a century.