Solid fuels

Abstract

Publisher Summary This chapter describes solid fuels. The chapter highlights various organizations involved in the production, research, and development of the solid fuels, such as coal, coke, lignite, peat, and wood. The Coal Industry Nationalization Act 1946 established the National Coal Board (NCB) and vested in the Board the coal mining assets brought into public ownership by the Coal Act 1938. The Board's duties comprise working and getting the coal in Britain, securing the efficient development of the coal mining industry and making supplies of coal available in such quantities and at such prices as, in the Board's opinion, best for the public interest. The NCB now trades under the name of British Coal, with headquarters in London. Moreover, there are a large number of periodicals and serials that deal with various aspects of coal mining and utilization, some commercial publications and some published by the various associations and institutions in the field.