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The propsed Cumbria mine was not for domestic coal, it was to supply coking coal for steel production in blast furnaces. Better (and fewer overall emissions) to dig up our own stuff & not have far to transport it than importing coal from South America.
But since Tata have determined to close our remaining blast furnaces (and remove our capabilty to manufacture steel from scratch) there would be no marjket anyway, so the incoming goverment's desire to can the project is a bit hollow.
Tata don't have any emvironmental concerns about building a new-from-scratch blast furnace in India of greater capacity the Port Talbot, though.
Nigel B.
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