Lazzard
Tuesday 13th December 2022 10:32am [Edited]
Ludlow
8,915 posts
And you need to read my post properly.
I said "It's not even the kind of coal that can be transformed into coke suitable for modern steel generation."
From that well known hot-bed of tofu-eating communists, the New Civil Engineer:
"In fact, West Cumbria Mining (the people opening the mine)estimates that 83% of the coal mined at the site will be exported abroad. Experts have also said that it is unlikely that any of the coal will be used in the UK because its quality means it can't be used by UK steel companies."
Or maybe Chris McDonald, CEO of The Materials Processing Institute, the UK's national centre for steel research, who's woke, lefty agenda, is, I should imagine, the successful production of steel in the UK:
"The UK steel industry has been clear that the coal from the West Cumbria mine has limited potential due to its high sulphur levels.
This, combined with the industry's drive to decarbonise, means that by the time the mine opens, only one of the UK's current four blast furnaces is likely to be able to use this coal, meaning that more than 90% of production will be exported. The situation is the same in Europe with even tighter sulphur controls and a faster drive to green steel, meaning that some companies will have moved away from coal completely by the mid 2030s."
It's the wrong sort of coal.
