Experts question industry signals sent by government´s new coal...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The scheme on the edge of Whitehaven in Cumbria, which was approved by the Government following a series of delays, is expected to extract nearly 2.8 million tonnes of coal per year for use in steel making, rather than power generation.
52% : But environmentalists warn it will create an estimated 400,000 tonnes of emissions a year, and say is hypocritical in the wake of UK efforts on the international stage to urge the world to give up on coal.
49% : He said: "Several steel makers in the UK and globally are now making plans to move away from coal and instead manufacture green steel through cleaner technologies such as electric arc furnaces powered by renewable energy or through hydrogen direct reduction.
44% :"Steel making in Europe is rapidly changing to use hydrogen, not coal."Most, and maybe all, of this coking coal will be exported outside of Europe to escape environmental constraints on its use.
43% :Several steel makers in the UK and globally are now making plans to move away from coal and instead manufacture green steel through cleaner technologies such as electric arc furnaces powered by renewable energy or through hydrogen direct reduction Nick MolhoNick Molho, executive director of the Aldersgate Group, an alliance of business, academics and civil society supporting a sustainable economy, said the decision was "deeply disappointing from an industrial strategy, market signal, environmental and diplomatic perspective".
40% : He said: "Worldwide there should be no new venture into coal, oil or gas recovery.
37% : The Government is facing charges of hypocrisy and sending the wrong signals to industry following its decision to green light a new coking coal mine in Cumbria,Experts have also questioned the investment in an "1850s technology" to supply coal for steel manufacture as the sector looks to shift to cleaner technology.

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