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... practice and equipment , even they did not match the best foreign firms . In such con- ditions , especially in an ... practices could only become , within a fairly short period , a step on the road to further decay . The acceptance ...
... practice and equipment , even they did not match the best foreign firms . In such con- ditions , especially in an ... practices could only become , within a fairly short period , a step on the road to further decay . The acceptance ...
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... practices , and especially the changes in price levels , did not proceed without external argument . The NCB were ... practice ' NCB Ann . Rep . 1976-7 , 5 ; 1979-80 , 11 . of raising the price of Yorkshire and East Midlands coal ...
... practices , and especially the changes in price levels , did not proceed without external argument . The NCB were ... practice ' NCB Ann . Rep . 1976-7 , 5 ; 1979-80 , 11 . of raising the price of Yorkshire and East Midlands coal ...
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... practice . This was because of the NCB's greater dependence on govern- The power of the purse was always the strongest means of ment money . control . But within the scale of activities permitted by general government policies and by ...
... practice . This was because of the NCB's greater dependence on govern- The power of the purse was always the strongest means of ment money . control . But within the scale of activities permitted by general government policies and by ...
Contents
THE INHERITANCE | 3 |
THE MARKET FOR COAL | 37 |
TECHNOLOGY AND EXPLORATION | 61 |
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achieved activities agreement areas assets average British coal capacity capital CEGB cent chairman changes CINA closures coal industry Coal Industry Act coal prices Coal Products coalfields coalmining collieries Colliery Guardian Committee continued costs deep mining demand detailed divisional divisions early East Midlands economic effect energy figures Fleck Report Fuel and Power Ibid important improvement incomes policy increase interest investment Joe Gormley labour less loss mainly ment Midlands million tonnes miners mineworkers Minister Ministry of Fuel national board National Coal Board nationalized industries NCB Ann NCB's needed negotiations Nottinghamshire opencast mining operating output period Plan for Coal pneumoconiosis power stations practice problems profit programme projects reduced responsibility revenue rise Robens scheme seventies sixties South Wales South Yorkshire statutory strike structure supply tion tons underground unions wages workers Yorkshire