Hot Rocks

Available information about this fuel is shown below:

Fuel ID: (England) 0079
Fuel ID: (Wal, Scot & NI) 0079
Fuel name Hot Rocks
Manufacturer Latvia
(a) comprise crushed anthracite (as to approximately 73% of the total weight), bituminous coal (as to approximately 18% of the total weight) and a molasses and orthophosphoric acid binder (as to the remaining weight)
(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving roll-pressing followed by heat treatment at a temperature of approximately 250 to 280°C
(c) are almost round pillow-shaped briquettes that are 40 millimetres in diameter and about 21 millimetres thick at the centre of the briquette
(d) have an average weight of 23 grams per briquette
(e) have a sulphur content not exceeding 0.5% of the total weight.
England Status
Date first authorised		 Authorised (Footnote 3)
01/07/2016
Wales Status
Date first authorised		 Authorised (SI 2017 No. 421)
11/04/2017
Scotland Status
Date first authorised		 Authorised (Footnote 5)
01/08/2016
N. Ireland Status
Date first authorised		 Authorised (Footnote 7)
27/10/2016
Footnotes
  1. Fuels that are not commercially available have been authorised previously and continued to be authorised if manufactured before dates specified in the relevant Statutory instruments.
  2. Previously authorised by The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2366), no longer in force as of 1 October 2015. Now authorised by publication of this list by the Secretary of State in accordance with changes made to sections 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 by section 15 of the Deregulation Act 2015.
  3. Authorised for use in England by publication of this list by the Secretary of State in accordance with changes made to sections 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 by section 15 of the Deregulation Act 2015
  4. Previously authorised by The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/317), no longer in force as of 30th June 2014. Now authorised by publication of this list by Scottish Ministers under section 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
  5. Authorised for use in Scotland by publication of this list by Scottish Ministers under section 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
  6. Previously authorised by the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013 No. 205), as amended, no longer in force as of 10th October 2016. Now authorised by publication of this list by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in accordance with changes made to Articles 2(2) and 17(3) of the Clean Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 by section 15 of the Environmental Better Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
  7. Authorised for use in Northern Ireland by publication of this list by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in accordance with changes made to Articles 2(2) and 17(3) of the Clean Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 by section 15 of the Environmental Better Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
  8. Authorised for use in England by publication of this list by the Secretary of State in accordance with Sections 20 & 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 and now also certified for use in England by publication of this list by the Secretary of State under Regulation 12 of SI 2020 No. 1095, Environmental Protection, England the Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020.