BRITISH Coal statistics prove at least five pits facing the Tory axe are more efficient than some of those scheduled to remain open. Michaet Hostine's ca to that he is acting on rational the Ile to Board of Trade President economic grounde The high-price subscription newsletter UK Coal Reviow has usad data from Bhiish Coals reqular area revlew meetings to compile a table of production coste for the second quarter of 1992, the latest information on which closure decisions could have been based.
Of the 19 British collleries currently safe from cient pits. shortlist, the magazine argues: any seventeen from forty six." closure, only 14 of them are among the 19 most elf.
Bentley, Prince of Wales, Frickley, Hatley and evercoles - all scheduled for shutdown - produce cheapercoal than Silverwood, Weibeck, Littleton, Daw Mill and Kellingley, which are due to stay open.
Swing no logical basis for British Coafe shutdown **t is Impossible to play any game of certain winners and losers in the British conitielde. It is all a matter of shitting fortunes, hunches, lobbying and personal reputation... In England, the story is really one of perm