Every tonne of steel produced requires 800 kilograms of coking coal.

“We trust the Greens are aware that coal is required to produce steel.”

“It is odd for the Greens to claim to support Australian steel for Australian infrastructure projects when they do not support the mining of Australian coal to produce that steel,” Evans said.

“The Greens policy platform for Natural Resources: forests, mining and fisheries specifically states: ‘The prohibition of both new coal mines and the expansion of existing mines’

“Their Climate Change and Energy policy platform further states: ‘No new coal-fired power stations or coal mines, and no expansions to any existing power stations or mines, plus the development of programs to assist coal-dependent communities to make the transition to other more sustainable sources of economic prosperity’.”

This is another example of inconsistent Green policy that would harm Australia, Evans said.