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  1. 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.

    theguardian.com/business/2025/

    #GreenhouseGases #DRI #DirectReducedIron

  2. 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.

    bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63892

    #finance #energy #transition #cokingCoal #coal #greensteel #investors #investment #climate #climatechange #UK #news #media #emissions #sustainability