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Openpit coal mining in the United Kingdom is in decline. Output has fallen every year since 2010. In 2010, the United Kingdom was forecast to produce about ten million tonnes (9,800,000 long tons; 11,000,000 short tons) of coal a year [1] from openpit came from Scotland, [2] with the largest operator there being the Scottish Coal subsidiary of Scottish Resources Group. [3]