coke
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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
Exxon has said it is targeting a more than 50% increase in Permian output between 2025 and 2030 in part by using petroleum coke, a refinery byproduct, to recover more molecules as it fracks wells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 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
Today, Scunthorpe has an air of a town returning to a war footing; a community fighting to keep the coke ovens burning, with 2,700 jobs and its identity etched into steel at stake.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
Lefty could see die train tracks now, the huge silos along the river, the giant spice box of coal, coke, and iron ore, and the catwalks stretching overhead like giant spiders.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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 Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)
All of these, when coked, may be served on slices of toasted bread, or served in Pattie-cases, with cream sauce, or served simply with cream sauce.
From Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" by Thomas, Edith
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 Porter, Rufus
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 Porter, Rufus
No coals are now coked at the Clyde iron works; at all the three furnaces the iron is smelted with coals.
From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Babbage, Charles
“She’s going to have to get the trust of the steelworkers,” said Richard Tikey, a union local vice president at the coking coal plant for U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The furnaces operate at extreme temperatures, with iron ore and coking coal poured in at the top and liquid iron extracted at the bottom.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
Nine herons stand like flowers in the canal beside the coking plant.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
