Under the Coal Acquisition (Compensation) Arrangements 1985, where coal passed from lessor to lessee at the pithead as run-of-mine coal subject to royalty, the 'saleable coal' for the purposes of the tonnage factor 't' in the clause 18 compensation formula is the run-of-mine coal, not coal subsequently processed into washed coal. The royalty factor 'r' is correspondingly the lease royalty payable on run-of-mine coal.
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