coke
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Instead, he entered a management-training program at Inland Steel and moved to East Chicago, Ind., where coke dust from a nearby steel mill drifted into the family home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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
The plant is a major producer of coke, a coal-based fuel used in the production of steel.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
He laid the strips of iron on the glowing coke.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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
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 Charles Babbage
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
When the green coal on top has been coked the fire is ready for use.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
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 Edith Thomas
Inventories have resumed building, while stronger coking coal and coke prices are reshaping profit distribution across the steelmaking chain, adding further pressure on iron ore, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The resource powered steamships, heated homes, and supported metal production through coking processes.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 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
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