Over the past several years SunCoke has been expanding its production with the addition of plants in Haverhill, Ohio, and Vitória, Brazil. Other growth projects include:

Haverhill, Ohio
Construction of a second SunCoke Energy Heat Recovery/Coke Manufacturing plant in Haverhill, Ohio, was completed during 2008. Severstal North America, Inc. and WCI Steel, Inc. have executed long-term contracts with SunCoke for the purchase of coke from the plant.

The project included building 100 ovens to produce approximately 550 thousand tons of blast furnace coke per year. Waste heat from the ovens is captured and used to produce and supply steam to a 67 megawatt turbine, providing a net average of 46 megawatts of electricity into the regional power market. Cost of construction was approximately $230 million.

Granite City, Illinois
Construction of the Granite City plant began in May 2008. The plant will produce 650,000 tons of blast furnace per year from 120 heat recovery ovens. Along with the metallurgical-grade coke, the plant will also supply 500,000 pounds per hour of superheated steam to the adjacent U.S. Steel’s steelmaking facility. The steam will be used in a Cogeneration facility built by U.S. Steel. Production start-up of the approximately $290 million plant is scheduled for late 2009.

Middletown, Ohio
SunCoke Energy reached an agreement to supply metallurgical-grade coke and electrical power to AK Steel at its Middletown, Ohio, Works. The proposed state-of-the-art heat recovery coke facility located adjacent to the AK Steel facility and will be capable of producing approximately 550,000 tons of coke and 50 megawatts of electrical power annually. The agreement is contingent upon receiving all necessary local, state and federal approvals and permits (including zoning approvals) to build and operate the facility, as well as available economic incentives.

Currently discussions are taking place with neighbors who have expressed concern over the location of the plant. Additionally, the original engineering design was modified to move the operations portion of the plant closer to the AK Steel facility and further from the neighboring community. Construction of the plant has been deferred while these discussions, and discussions with the permitting agencies, take place.