Coal: Cumbria
(asked on 1st March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the viability of coal from the proposed new coal mine in Cumbria for use in UK industrial processes.
This question was answered on 4th March 2021
West Cumbria Mining confirmed in their planning application (https://planning.cumbria.gov.uk/Planning/Display/4/17/9007) that, following a review of their refining process,100% of the coal retrieved would meet the specification for premium metallurgical coal.