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The British Coal Corporation was a nationalised corporation responsible for the mining of coal in the United Kingdom from 1987 until it was effectively dissolved in 1997. The corporation was created by renaming its predecessor, the National Coal Board (NCB).

History

The Coal Industry Act 1987 (c. 3) changed the name of the National Coal Board (NCB) to the British Coal Corporation. With the passing of the Coal Industry Act 1994, the 16th and last Coal Industry Act, the industry-wide administrative functions of British Coal were transferred to the new Coal Authority from 31 October 1994.LEGISLATION UK, act, 1994, 21, Coal Industry Act 1994, 5 July 1994, 5 May 2016, LEGISLATION UK, si, 1994, 2553, The Coal Industry (Restructuring Date) Order 1994, 29 September 1994, All economic assets were privatised. The English mining operations were merged with RJB Mining to form UK Coal, a monopoly. British Coal continued as a separate organisation until 31 December 1997, after which it was run as a residual legal entity by staff within the Coal Directorate of the Department of Trade and Industryweblink {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}HANSARD, House of Commons, Public Bodies (Chairmen),weblink 10 April 2002, eventually being dissolved on 27 March 2004.LEGISLATION UK, si, 2004, 144, The Coal Industry Act 1994 (Commencement No.7) and Dissolution of the British Coal Corporation Order 2004, 3, 22 January 2004, NEWS,weblink The Independent, British Coal sell-off nearing completion, 23 July 1996,

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See also

• Coal mining in the United Kingdom
• History of coal mining in the United Kingdom
• National Coal Board
• Open-pit coal mining in the United Kingdom

References

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Further reading

• BOOK, Ashworth, William, Mark, Pegg, History of the British Coal Industry: Volume 5: 1946-1982: The Nationalized Industry, 1986, Oxford University Press,
• BOOK, Brady, Robert A., Crisis in Britain. Plans and Achievements of the Labour Government,weblink registration, 1950, University of California Press, 77–131,

External links

• Catalogue of the British Coal operational research archives {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} — at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.