§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how much United Kingdom quarried limestone was used in the United Kingdom steel industry for each year since 1979. [17229]
§ Mr. PageThe information is in the table.
UK consumption of limestone in blast furnaces and sinter plants1 Year Tonnes (000) 1979 1,206 1980 618 1981 1,032 1982 890 1983 1,165 1984 1,144 1985 1,562 1986 1,496 1987 1,827 1988 1,948 1989 2,062 1990 1,991 1991 2,124 1992 2,033 1993 2,077 Source:Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau.
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1 Steel industry as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (1980), Groups 221, 222 and 223.