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National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Opencast Executive and British...
Catalogue reference: COAL 81
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COAL 81
This series contains minutes, correspondence and reports on the work of the Opencast Executive and its successor British Coal Opencast.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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COAL 81
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Opencast Executive and British Coal Opencast: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1952-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes, correspondence and reports on the work of the Opencast Executive and its successor British Coal Opencast.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
This series has been organised in chronological order or by former file reference, where this exists, under separate sub-headings.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- British Coal Corporation, British Coal Opencast, 1990-1997
- British Coal Corporation, Opencast Executive, 1986-1990
- National Coal Board, Opencast Executive, 1952-1986
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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103 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1998 British Coal Corporation
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Opencast mining started as an emergency measure under the Defence Regulations in 1940 when the Government set up the Directorate of Opencast Coal Production within the Ministry of Works and Planning. In 1945 the directorate was transferred to the Ministry of Fuel and Power. In 1952 responsibility for opencast mining was transferred to the National Coalboard Finance Branch until the Opencast Executive was subsequently set up. This consisted of a part-time chairman and deputy chairman, plus three full time directors responsible for production, finance and administrative functions; from 1967 the latter included responsibility for land matters.
The Opencast Coal Act in 1958 replaced the Defence Regulations and a fourth director was added with responsibility for the executive's regional organisation. This divided the supervision of opencast mines between five regional opencast directors. Each region is subdivided into areas covering a number of working sites, which are run by private contractors.
In 1990 the name of the executive was changed to British Coal Opencast.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5329/
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