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Dec 2 6 tweets 4 min read
.@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
Check not with a pro coal mine shill such as @markjenkinsonmp but with a steel expert such as @MrChrisMcDonald

#Cumbriacoalmine #Cumbriancoalmine
There is much other strong evidence against any need for Cumbria coal by the UK or EU for example as shown by the FoE briefing I link to here:
And here via @ShaunSpiers1 tweets:
(& evidence put forward by FoE & SLACC expert witnesses at the Inquiry a year ago)

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Dec 1
Hi @markjenkinsonmp
Pls explain how #Cumbriacoalmine wld save shipping emissions if most of its output wld be exported far East to Asia - which WCM's consultant WoodMackenzie advised in Inquiry as poss market if EU+UK stick to their climate commitments? 🧵
@markjenkinsonmp And also why highlight "savings" in shipping emissions? For US to UK/EU they would be ~1% to 2% of the huge size of the end-use emissions (9 million tonnes CO2e pa).
The 9Mtpa would be zero if the Cumbria coal left in the ground.
The UK & EU steel industry is switching from coal:
@markjenkinsonmp Why have you not taken into account blast furnace closure plans for UK & EU by 2030 (& 2035)?
Especially as WCM's own info shows its mine wldn't reach full production until ~2029, when 2 of UK's 4 active BFs likely to be replaced by EAFs:
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