Thread by @henryadamsUK

.@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

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:

Check not with a pro coal mine shill such as @markjenkinsonmp but with a steel expert such as @MrChrisMcDonald

https://twitter.com/henryadamsUK/status/1542195802923323393

#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:

https://twitter.com/henryadamsUK/status/1542191592907440128

And here via @ShaunSpiers1 tweets:
(& evidence put forward by FoE & SLACC expert witnesses at the Inquiry a year ago)

https://twitter.com/ShaunSpiers1/status/1598647469402988544