National Coal Board

National Coal Board
AbbreviationNCB
SuccessorBritish Coal
Formation15 July 1946; 78 years ago (1946-07-15)
Dissolved5 March 1987; 37 years ago (1987-03-05)
Legal statusStatutory corporation
Purpose"Working and getting the coal in Great Britain, and securing the efficient development of the coal-mining industry."
HeadquartersHobart House, Grosvenor Place, London SW1
ProductsCoal
OwnerUK Government
Chairman
Lord Hyndley (1947–1951)
Sir Hubert Houldsworth (1951–1956)
Sir Jim Bowman (1956–1961)
Lord Robens (1961–1971)
Sir Derek Ezra (1971–1981)
Norman Siddall (1981–1983)
Ian MacGregor (1983–1986)
Sir Robert Haslam (1986–1987)

The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the United Kingdom's collieries on "vesting day", 1 January 1947. In 1987, the NCB was renamed the British Coal Corporation, and its assets were subsequently privatised.