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The article presents the use of different energy sources in the iron & steel industry in the European Union in the period between 2005 and 2013. The analysis was based on data from Eurostat. It has been found that the iron & steel industry has, during the studied period, decreased its share in final energy consumption from 5.31% to 4.6%. The largest portion of this, 47%, is derived from Solid fuels, with Oil the smallest at only 2.44%. Over the studied period the structure of energy sources used in the iron & steel industry underwent changes. The consumption of Coke oven coke, which in 2005 accounted for 28.38% of energy sources calculated in kilo tonnes of oil equivalent (ktoe) decreased and in 2013 amounted to only 24.57%. However, this was offset by an increase in consumption of other bituminous coal. Great diversity in the structure of energy sources was observed in the iron & steel industry in the surveyed countries. In 2013, the largest share of Solid Fuels was observed in the United Kingdom - 68.96%. The smallest was recorded in Spain and Italy, but those countries were characterised by the decidedly largest share held by Electricity (over 30%).
Keywords: metallurgy, consumption, energy source, environmental economics© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.