1.   The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically.

2.   A canal, as the Duke of Bridgewater explained, had to have coals at the heels of it.

3.   But the generating plants had no coal either.

4.   China has more coal than any country in the world.

5.   It had the coal, timber, gold and other natural resources, and indeed for the next few decades its economy performed quite well by international standards.

6.   They had to have coal to generate power and heat during the winter months.

7.   Poland is currently in the grip of a severe cold wave, but most administrative areas have coal reserves expected to last several weeks.

8.   Power company officials keep reporting breakdowns which cannot be repaired because there are no spare parts, while the power stations do not have enough coal.