This text looks at the future prospects for the British coal industry by investigating its historical role, and by examining it in the light of contemporary world coal trade.
Prospects for British coal, Peter Pearson; coal liberalization - retrospect and prospect, Colin Robinson; the future of coal mining in Britain, Gerald Manners; world coal trade - experience and prospects, Kenneth Wigley; a perspective of the ownership, control and management of the British coal - mining industry, Kim Howells; the private sector in British coal mining, Crispian Hotson; coal privatization - the potential and essential contribution of major international mining companies, Allen Sykes; British coal - transition and uncertainty, John Chesshire; British coal and public ownership, Kevin Barron; people, profits and British coal, Stephen Fothergill; British coal and competitive pressures, Michael Parker; future energy prices, vertical integration and consumer interests, Paul Stevens; future oil and coal prices - a survey approach, David Hawdon.
