Coal: Manufacturing Industries
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 50278 on Coking Coal: Imports, if he will encourage businesses to source coal domestically used in (a) steel making, (b) the cement and chemical industries and (c) patent fuel manufacture.
Answered by Michael Shanks
Coal mining in Great Britain has been in long-term decline and there are only a handful of coal mines currently operating – these are unaffected by the Government commitment to not grant new coal licences and can continue in line with their existing consents. This includes a coal mine at Aberpergwm, Wales, that supplies coal suitable for certain domestic industrial processes.
The source of coal for use in industry is a private commercial matter for the organisations involved.
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