UK COAL PLC is Europe's largest totally independently owned and most efficient coal mining company. It produces nearly 20 million tonnes of coal a year, 16 million from its deep mines and 4 million tonnes from surface mines, employs 7,000 people at 30 locations throughout the United Kingdom, and almost as many again on contract or in the supply of goods and services.
In addition to mining coal, the company manufactures smokeless fuels at its Monckton plant near Barnsley for domestic and industrial consumption, produces a wide range of coals for markets ranging from power stations to hospitals, and the 'Lionheart' range of house coal for domestic users.