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It's tragic that a once great industrial power has to scrabble around the world for coal, writes ROSS CLARK

It's tragic that a once great industrial power has to scrabble around the world for coal, writes ROSS CLARK
The Scunthorpe steelworks are barely a few dozen miles from the rich coal deposits of South Yorkshire.

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