woodview   10 #13 Posted March 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, tinfoilhat said: What, do decent job and not rip off old ladies like the British builders do? I don't think we're short of ex-miners if any are needed.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Annie Bynnol   596 #14 Posted March 19, 2019 This coking coal will not be used in power stations!  Nimby environmentalists muddy the water again. I wonder if they are just thick or deliberately misinform the public. There are global shortages of certain types of coal. High quality coking coal used in steel making is one. The coal will go by train to Redcar which will handle the 80,000 t bulk carrier ships.   The coalfield is below the sea bed and the surface operation will be on a former chemical works site.    Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tinfoilhat   11 #15 Posted March 19, 2019 1 hour ago, woodview said: I don't think we're short of ex-miners if any are needed.... Well as long as those mines are wheelchair friendly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Hots on   10 #16 Posted March 22, 2019 Post Brexit this country should mine coal on a grand scale again. Give the currently stagnating working class masses their noble purpose back and boost the economy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M Â Â 1,575 #17 Posted March 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, Hots on said: Post Brexit this country should mine coal on a grand scale again. Give the currently stagnating working class masses their noble purpose back and boost the economy. I'd love to see tubby Francois, Bojo the clown, and the truly repulsive Gove on their hands and knees digging for coal. That'd give me a great deal of joy post Brexit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   268 #18 Posted March 22, 2019 I'd like to see any working class Brit down the pit again.  You can guarantee the universal response would be "You ain't getting me down there pal" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
apelike   10 #19 Posted March 22, 2019 Spot on and not only that this coal will be very expensive to mine as well.  Here is what it was like when I worked down one: full of dirt, shale and coal dust, dark, damp, no facilities such as places to eat or toilets, no females, dangerous equipment, lethal and explosive gasses and at that time not even the minimum wage was paid.   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bargepole23 Â Â 337 #20 Posted March 22, 2019 4 hours ago, Hots on said: Post Brexit this country should mine coal on a grand scale again. Give the currently stagnating working class masses their noble purpose back and boost the economy. Have you worked down a mine? Â No, me neither, but I'm guessing there's nothing noble about it. Â Are you suggesting that their is something more noble about working yourself into an early grave? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Hots on   10 #21 Posted March 22, 2019 23 minutes ago, Bargepole23 said: Have you worked down a mine?  No, me neither, but I'm guessing there's nothing noble about it.  Are you suggesting that their is something more noble about working yourself into an early grave? Working conditions in modern mines are better than they were previously. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Obelix   11 #22 Posted March 22, 2019 On 19/03/2019 at 16:23, tinfoilhat said: If it wasn't for brexit, I'd bet diamonds the vast majority of those new miners would be polish. Or Bulgarian. They've a few deep mines too as I recall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
apelike   10 #23 Posted March 22, 2019 7 minutes ago, Hots on said: Working conditions in modern mines are better than they were previously. Which modern mines does the UK have? The working conditions by default are appalling by any modern standards and making them anywhere near decent for the workers costs money and makes them unviable in our modern society.   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
woodview   10 #24 Posted March 22, 2019 1 hour ago, apelike said: Which modern mines does the UK have? The working conditions by default are appalling by any modern standards and making them anywhere near decent for the workers costs money and makes them unviable in our modern society.   The new one being applied for will have to comply with all current h+s standards obviously. So if it can operate cleanly and safely at a profit, why not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...