Hunterston Terminal was constructed to bring in bulk ore, but now mainly deals with coal imports.
However the efforts of picketing miners prevented coal imports through Brightlingsea.
Congress, I'm not an economist, but none of this makes sense to me, relying on heavily subsidized coal imports leaves us wide open to be exploited.
When we shut our pits, the price of these coal imports will go up, a pit closure brings massive hardship in the surrounding communities.
Figures just out show that coal imports have risen by five hundred percent over the past ten years.
I think we should put a tarif on coal imports and start up a few old coal mines.
Hungary which possessed little coal depended upon German coal imports.
Nevertheless, its greatest threat comes not only from coal imports but from the Labour party.
Will it be possible in the context of our presence in the European Economic Community for us to restrict coal imports?
By 1944-5 coal imports were only one-third of those of 1938-9 and supplies of oil had almost ceased.