§ Mr. Hickmetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent investigations have been carried out by the British Steel Corporation into energy conservation; and what savings or potential savings have been identified.
§ Mr. Giles ShawOne of the corporation's continuing objectives is to reduce its energy costs. To this end, it maintains a programme of energy audits and adopts improvements in conservation and energy management wherever these are likely to be cost-effective. The details are a matter for the corporation.
Energy consumed per tonne of liquid steel produced fell from 25 to 21.2 gigajoules between 1980–81 and 1985–86.