Scottish Coal currently operates several opencast coal sites, employing soil stripping and storage, removal and storage of sub-soils and overburden, exposing the coal seams and allowing extraction of coal. Coal is transported to market by road and rail. The coal moving conveyor belt system at Glentaggart Colliery in South Lanarkshire stretches for over 6.5 km, making it one of the longest conveyor systems in Europe. Scottish Coal has be

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