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Copping, J. Soaring prices and fears that gas supply will not meet demand fuel initiatives to create £500m mine and re-open old pits. Sunday Telegraph. 27/11/2005

Britain's coal industry could enjoy a resurgence with new mines created and existing pits re-opened in an effort to tackle the country's deepening energy crisis. A return to coal mining has been put forward as a way of responding to Britain's demand for power and the price of gas. Coal is being considered by the Government, which has financed clean coal technologies to find ways of reducing pollution when coal is burnt.

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Journal title: Sunday Telegraph

Keywords: Coal

Subjects: Mining Engineering, Environmental protection, Trading, Policy and Governance, Coal mines, Electricity generation, Gas distribution, Mining and quarrying, Carbon capture, transportation and storage, Transportation, Transmission and Distribution, Coal, Solid fossil fuels and derived products