Abstract
THE third annual report of the Northern Coke Research Committee records the many-sided activities of its staff working in the Armstrong College, Newcastle, on problems of the coals and cokes of the north of Kngland. Like most organisations, the Committee now labours under restrictions imposed by the financial stringencies of tho times. Apart from fundamental long-range investigations, there is an immediate need for documented information about the characteristics of commercial fuels, which is felt by anyone concerned with tho rational choice and utilisation of available coals. To-day coal is no longer the unchallenged king of fuels. The tendency with all commodities is to look for products regular in supply, of high and uniform quality. In all these respects coal has displayed an inferiority against its competitors, and it is hard to see how the industry can maintain its position against its competitors by abandoning or diminishing efforts to inform itself about the properties of its wares. The Report for 1930–31 of the Department of Mining and Fuel Technology of the University of Sheffield also records a wide range of investigations connected with the winning and utilisation of coal, many of which have j already been noticed in our pages.
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