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Recent Trends in Heat Recovery Cokemaking Processes - ABM

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Iron Production: Coke M<strong>in</strong>imization<br />

• Coke is the 2 nd highest cost consumable <strong>in</strong> Steel<br />

production<br />

– ~25% of the total cost<br />

– Iron highest at ~40% of total cost<br />

• Blast furnace competitiveness depends on lower<strong>in</strong>g<br />

coke use<br />

• Steel Industry focused on lower<strong>in</strong>g coke use for the<br />

last 50 years by advances <strong>in</strong> practices and technology<br />

September 2011 SunCoke Energy 4

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