Nippon Coke and Engineering Proceeds with Coke Oven Rebuild Project

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Nippon Coke and Engineering Company Limited (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it will rebuild the aging 2A coke oven battery at its Kitakyushu plant. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for the report.

The project had been on hold due to COVID-19, but now construction will begin in February 2023, and the operation will restart in September 2024. Four coke oven batteries are currently in operation at the plant. The rebuild will improve coke productivity and energy consumption intensity, and carbon emissions will be reduced.

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