coke
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“Because it’s the first contract with Nippon Steel, they’d like to have a quick signing and smooth transition,” said Andrew Macey, a worker at Mon Valley’s coke plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The workers fled, leaving behind uneaten bowls of noodles, half-drunk cans of coke and a pungent smell.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
The company said in December that it would eliminate a third of its workforce, or about 1,000 jobs, as it shuttered production from its blast furnace and coke ovens and transitioned to electric-arc steelmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
“I had to take a few jelly beans and coke to get going. It wasn’t the prettiest innings but sometimes you’ve got to do it ugly.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
He laid the strips of iron on the glowing coke.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
In the fire, a similar breaking away of the surface takes place, and when coked, the coal is but moderately coherent.
From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Samuel W. (Samuel William) Johnson
After the wood is completely charred, or the coal become coked, the subsequent changes are the same that happen in the charcoal furnaces.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
To take the welding heat the fire should be cleaned out and clear coked coal, and not gaseous coal, used.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Weber's oven is 15 feet in diameter, and 3-½ feet high; 528 cubic feet of peat may be coked in it in the space of 15 hours.
From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Samuel W. (Samuel William) Johnson
In the case of bituminous coal, Bunsen and Playfair find that it has to descend still lower before it is perfectly coked.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
The resource powered steamships, heated homes, and supported metal production through coking processes.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
He reckons coking coal prices could fall back to between $200-$220/ton once Australian exports normalize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
And Venezuelan crude constitutes heavy oils that need specialized, complex refineries with coking and desulfurization units.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Premium coking coal spot prices are above $205/ton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
The smell of the coking plant coming in under the dawn, the first reliable smell of every day.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
