'It's a dying industry': Does the UK need a new coking coal mine if it is shuttering its blast furnaces?

Michael Holder
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Credit: West Cumbria Mining

The decision to close Port Talbot's blast furnance should deal another blow to the case for new coal mining in the UK, but te controversial plans continue to advance

It is 2050. The UK remains fiercely divided over Brexit, Hinkley Point C has finally cooked some Christmas turkeys, and private equity investors based in the Cayman Islands are still attempting to get...

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