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Every year, 80 million new cars are built, the steel equivalent of more than 10,000 Eiffel Towers.
In total, the automotive industry accounts for around 15 per cent of global steel flows, three-quarters of which is produced from coal - 1 billion tonnes in all.
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Every year, 80 million new cars are built, the steel equivalent of more than 10,000 Eiffel Towers.
In total, the automotive industry accounts for around 15 per cent of global steel flows, three-quarters of which is produced from coal - 1 billion tonnes in all.
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When we think about coal consumption we also need to think about EVs.
Considered as a βgreen technologyβ the electric car is above all a matter of energy sovereignty in China in particular.
Half of the worldβs EVs are in China, where [β¦]
Road infrastructure gobbles up gigantic quantities of steel cement and , indirectly, coal.
Cement works use any fuel - oil, gas, household waste. Old tyres in particular are very popular.
But on a global scale they burn mainly coal (70% of their fuel acc to the IEA [β¦]
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