The plant produced both furnace and foundry coke for the steel industry.

Coke breeze and foundry coke are included in this category.

"Similar to the met coal market, conditions for our furnace and foundry coke business have improved dramatically versus previous years.

The company is the only independent producer of metallurgical and foundry coke in Australia and has been privately owned since 1996.

We have achieved significantly higher furnace and foundry coke pricing in 2008, with a substantial portion falling to the bottom line," said Richmond.

According to Forbes, it is "the largest single producer of foundry coke in the U.S.".

While foundry coke pricing is expected to remain relatively stable, furnace coke prices are projected to be significantly lower than 2008's realized prices.

The main kinds of products are blast-furnace coke, foundry coke, coke nut and coke breeze.

Until a few years after the 1914-1918 war the coke was sold for blast furnace purposes and it was decided to concentrate on the production of foundry coke.

Memorandum on the use of Michel By- Product Foundry Coke in the operation of the iron foundry cupola- booklet.

Operating income rose $1.8 million from the prior- year period on increased furnace and foundry coke volumes and pricing, as well as improved plant performance in the current-year period.

It is home to the ABC Coke plant owned by the Drummond Company, "the largest single producer of foundry coke in the U.S.".

While the effect on consumers will not be immediate, the price of furnace and foundry coke will rise and be passed on to consumers to the extent market forces permit.

Coal Products, who produced foundry coke at the Cwm Coke Works at Tynant, Beddau, were also regulated by IPC until the works closed in 2002.

Industrial Coke Available from E.H.Bennett & Co. Ltd Metallurgical and foundry cokes are sourced to customer specification from a variety of British and overseas suppliers.

Walter Industries, Inc., based in Tampa, Fla., is a leading producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry and also produces steam coal, coal bed methane gas, furnace and foundry coke and other related products.

In 2009, citizen environmental monitoring of air quality problems resulted in an investigation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) into emissions from Tonawanda Coke Corporation (TCC), a producer of foundry coke located on River Road, Tonawanda.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he made prior to the closure of SSI Redcar of the (a) opportunity to produce foundry coke at Redcar coke ovens and (b) potential market for foundry coke.