Gregory's Server@kate I am curious: is there any documentation on when Britain stopped using coal for purposes other than generating electricity? Is there any significant coal burning for any of those purposes still?
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 @kate I am curious: is there any documentation on when Britain stopped using coal for purposes other than generating electricity? Is there any significant coal burning for any of those purposes still? 1 comment
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@MartyFouts Coal is still used for making steel in blast furnaces, but the blast furnace in Port Talbot is shutting down to be replaced with an electric arc furnace (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/30/port-talbot-steel-town-braces-for-shutdown-of-its-last-blast-furnace) and Scunthorpe may follow (https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/23/thousands-british-steel-jobs-christmas-union-scunthorpe)