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On Monday, British Steel announced that it plans to replace its two blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, while Tata Steel is considering closing its two at Port Talbot, in a dramatic reshaping of the UK steel industry Both companies will instead rely on much cleaner electric arc furnaces, which use 87 times less coal
West Cumbria Mining plans to produce 2 8m tonnes of coking coal a year at Woodhouse colliery in Whitehaven for use by “steelmakers in the UK and EU”