Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 48342

Coking Coal: Scunthorpe

Tabled: 28 April 2025

Answered: 13 May 2025

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Question

Sir Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a list of the countries from which the coking coal required for the Scunthorpe blast furnaces will be purchased; and if he will publish the estimate of the carbon footprint which wil

Answer

Sarah Jones

British Steel closed its coke ovens in 2023, so is now reliant on imports of coke, a processed coal product. Since the passage of the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act, British Steel has received coking coal from the United States of America, Colombia...

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