Timely question for the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners strike :-)
The UK now imports around 44 million tons of coal per year compared to UK production of about 17 million tons. In 1984 we produced 120 million tons.
Most of it is imported from Russia,columbia and the USA, and is lignite/brown coal for the power industry. Amber (resinite) can be found in this type of coal, but it seems odd for it to be found in a domestic supply though as i didn't think lignite burnt well..
Tony
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