In the late 1970s Tyne Tube Services established itself as a major supplier of high pressure rising mains to the UK mining industry, becoming exclusive National Contract supplier to British Coal. Now Tyne Tube Services supplies, on long term contracts, pipes for methane gas extraction, firefighting, soluble oil and concrete pump packing. Tyne Tube Services is the exclusive stockist and supplier to the UK mining industry of victaulic and carlton pipe joints. Tyne Tube services also supplies large quantities of flanges and victaulic pipe to zinc mines in Ireland. Gold mines, potash mines and others have used Tyne Tubes pipe systems for flood water and fire fighting.