The coal consumption of coke ovens and blast furnaces in the United Kingdom has decreased significantly since 1970. In 2022, the coal consumption of coke ovens and blast furnaces in the UK amounted to around 2.1 million metric tons, falling from 25.3 million metric tons in 1970.
Coal fuel consumption of coke ovens and blast furnaces in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1970 to 2022
(in 1,000 metric tons)
A blast furnace is a smelting furnace in the form of a tower into which a blast of hot compressed air can be introduced from below. Such furnaces are used chiefly to make iron from a mixture of iron ore, coke, and limestone. A coke oven is an oven used for carbonization (as of coal) for the production of coke.
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GOV.UK. (July 27, 2023). Coal fuel consumption of coke ovens and blast furnaces in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1970 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/555431/uk-coal-consumption-coke-oven-blast-furnace/
GOV.UK. "Coal fuel consumption of coke ovens and blast furnaces in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1970 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. July 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/555431/uk-coal-consumption-coke-oven-blast-furnace/
GOV.UK. (2023). Coal fuel consumption of coke ovens and blast furnaces in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1970 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/555431/uk-coal-consumption-coke-oven-blast-furnace/
GOV.UK. "Coal Fuel Consumption of Coke Ovens and Blast Furnaces in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1970 to 2022 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/555431/uk-coal-consumption-coke-oven-blast-furnace/
GOV.UK, Coal fuel consumption of coke ovens and blast furnaces in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1970 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/555431/uk-coal-consumption-coke-oven-blast-furnace/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Coal fuel consumption of coke ovens and blast furnaces in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1970 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], GOV.UK, July 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/555431/uk-coal-consumption-coke-oven-blast-furnace/
