Scottish coal industry

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The Scottish coal industry was a once-dominant sector of Scotland’s economy centered on the mining, processing, and export of coal that powered the country’s industrialization before its steep decline in the late 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal industry ⓘ
economic sector ⓘ
associatedEvent UK miners' strike (1984–1985) ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
declineCause competition from oil and gas ⓘ
depletion of easily worked coal seams ⓘ
imported coal ⓘ
pit closures policy of UK governments ⓘ
shift to nuclear power ⓘ
declinePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
economicRole key driver of Scottish industrialization ⓘ
major component of Scottish economy ⓘ
environmentalImpact landscape alteration in Central Belt ⓘ
spoil heaps and bings ⓘ
exportedTo England ⓘ
continental Europe ⓘ
linked to: Continental Europe
governedBy Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 ⓘ
Coal Mines Act 1911 ⓘ
heritageSite National Mining Museum Scotland ⓘ
Newtongrange Lady Victoria Colliery ⓘ
Scottish Mining Museum ⓘ
laborForce coal miners in Scotland ⓘ
laborOrganization National Union of Mineworkers (Scottish Area) ⓘ
Scottish Mineworkers Union ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
mainRegion Ayrshire ⓘ
Central Belt of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: central Scotland

Clackmannanshire ⓘ
East Lothian ⓘ
Fife ⓘ
Lanarkshire ⓘ
Lothians ⓘ
linked to: Lothian

Stirlingshire ⓘ
West Lothian ⓘ
mainResource coal ⓘ
majorGrowthPhase Industrial Revolution ⓘ
managedBy British Coal ⓘ
linked to: National Coal Board

National Coal Board ⓘ
nationalizationDate 1947 ⓘ
nationalizedBy United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
peakEmploymentPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
interwar years ⓘ
peakProductionPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
relatedIndustry Scottish iron industry ⓘ
Scottish shipbuilding industry ⓘ
Scottish steel industry ⓘ
significantPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
socialImpact creation of mining communities in Scotland ⓘ
subsequent unemployment in former mining areas ⓘ
startPeriod early modern period ⓘ
status largely defunct by early 21st century ⓘ
suppliedSector domestic heating in Scotland ⓘ
iron and steel industry in Scotland ⓘ
railway industry in Scotland ⓘ
shipbuilding industry in Scotland ⓘ

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Methil Docks → connectedTo → Scottish coal industry ⓘ
Valleyfield mining area → partOf → Scottish coal mining industry ⓘ
linked to: Scottish coal industry
Cardenden mining area → partOf → Scottish mining industry ⓘ
linked to: Scottish coal industry