Why a new #zero-carbon #UK #steel plant offers hope and a headache | Steel industry | The Guardian
The problem with making steel using a #BlastFurnace is that it requires very high temperatures and #CokingCoal to #reduce the #Oxygen content as it is made to bond to #Carbon instead. This produces #CarbonMonoxide and then #CarbonDioxide.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/28/zero-carbon-uk-steel-plant-dri-green
BREAKING: First UK coal mine in decades approved.
Minister states he is "satisfied that there is currently a UK and European market for the coal".
However, as #IEEFA's steel analyst Simon Nicholas notes, the #steel technology transition away from coal has accelerated in #Europe in 2022.
Poor decision.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63892381
#finance #energy #transition #cokingCoal #coal #greensteel #investors #investment #climate #climatechange #UK #news #media #emissions #sustainability
