§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps are being taken in the United Kingdom to make use of direct reduction methods through the use of natural gas to obviate the use of the conventional blast furnace.
§ Mr. EmeryI am aware that various parties are interested in the exploitation of direct reduction processes for iron ore using natural gas. My understanding is that, so far, they have been mainly concerned with elucidating the economics of the process in United Kingdom conditions.