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.@NatashaC This is not true:
"The new coking pit is vital to producing more domestic steel in the UK"
The reality is that UK has 4 active coal-fed blast furnaces of which 1 of 2 at Port Talbot reaches end-of-life ~2026/7 and 1 of 2 at Scunthorpe will be replaced with an EAF 🧵
not long after, & Cumbria coal is too high sulphur for Scunthorpe anyhow.
This leaves just 1 BF at PT that could use any of it, & then only as a small part of a blend, & only for a few years until it too gets replaced with an EAF (Electric Arc Furnace).
Cf timeline for mine with Image
with UK & EU BF closure timeline:

‘Blast furnace closure plans in the EU (& UK) show no need for a new coal mine’
dragonfly1.plus.com/Blast-furnace-…

‘The impact of blast furnace closures on potential for use of WCM coking coal in the UK’
dragonfly1.plus.com/How-blast-furn…

& check w/ steel expert: Image
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