Molacite

Available information about this fuel is shown below:

Fuel ID: (England) MSF0159
Fuel ID: (Wal, Scot & NI) MSF0159
Fuel name Molacite
Manufacturer Blaenau Fuel Depot, Blaenau, Carmarthenshire, SA18 3BZ, United Kingdom
(a) Comprise anthracite fines (as to approximately 84% of the total weight), petroleum coke (as to approximately 12% of the total weight) and cold setting binder (as to the remaining weight)
(b) Are manufactured from those constituents by a process involving roll pressing and cold curing
(c) Are unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes that are approximately 40 millimetres in length, 39 millimetres in width and 25 millimetres in height
(d) Have an average weight of 26 grams per briquette
(e) Have a sulphur content not exceeding 2% of the total weight
England Status
Date first authorised		 Authorised (Footnote 8)
01/04/2021
Wales Status
Date first authorised		 No n/a
Scotland Status
Date first authorised		 Authorised (Footnote 5)
01/04/2021
N. Ireland Status
Date first authorised		 Authorised (Footnote 7)
01/04/2021
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Previously authorised by The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2366), no longer in force as of 1 October 2015.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 Previously authorised by The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/317), no longer in force as of 30th June 2014.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by the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013 No. 205), as amended, no longer in force as of 10th October 2016.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.