Coal industry cost cutting

Title

Coal industry cost cutting

Genre

Interview

TX Date

22 Jan 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:00:26

Description

Energy Minister David Heathcoat-Amory defends the redundancies which will have to be made in the British coal industry, claiming for the pits to become profitable there must be cutbacks and hints at a possible privatisation of the industry. Around 1100 jobs are to go in 4 Yorkshire pits in the latest British Coal cutbacks.

Contributors

David Heathcoat-Amory

Keywords

Cost reduction; Miners; Yorkshire; Unemployment; Employment; Privatization; Coal industry; Coal miners; Public ownership; British Coal; Redundancies

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