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Coal is an input to steel production.

• jupp0r 8y ago
  Coal can be used for steel production. There are also electric arc furnaces, being used for around 25% of steel produced globally [1]. Also, only 12% of coal production is used to make steel [2]. [1] https://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-coal/how-steel-produced https://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-coal/how-steel-produced [2] https://coalaction.org.nz/carbon-emissions/can-we-make-steel-without-coal https://coalaction.org.nz/carbon-emissions/can-we-make-steel...
  • dev_dull 8y ago
    It’s not about heating the furnaces. Coking coal is an ingredient in steel production with iron.