Future hopes for North East coal more than 200 deep shaft mines stopped mining coal for the last time.

Twenty years ago the Durham coalfield that once boasted more than 200 deep shaft mines stopped mining coal for the last time. Easington was the last pit to close.
Two decades on, and coal has not ceased to be important. Much of it is now imported, the rest comes from opencast mining.
But one...Future hopes for North East coal more than 200 deep shaft mines stopped mining coal for the last time.