coal's role in the UK's energy mix diminish. By 1990, the coal industry was still employer to some 50,000 people, however from 2016 onwards this figure had fallen to less than one thousand.
Once a major powerhouse of the British economy, the coal mining industry was the lifeblood of several regions, providing employment to more than one million workers before the 1930s. Since that time, shifting attitudes towards coal and the emergence of alternative energy sources such as wind and solar have seen Number of people employed in the coal mining industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1920 to 2022
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Number of people employed in the coal mining industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1920 to 2022 [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, July 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/371069/employment-in-coal-mining-industry-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/