The Illawarra Coke Company (ICC) is located in

Coalcliff Coalcliff is a town on the coast of New South Wales, Australia, between Sydney and Wollongong. History In 1796 William Clark and others trekking north to Port Jackson from the wrecked ship '' Sydney Cove'' noticed coal exposed at the cliffs ...

and

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, in the

Illawarra The Illawarra is a coastal region in the Australian state of New South Wales, nestled between the mountains and the sea. It is situated immediately south of Sydney and north of the South Coast region. It encompasses the two cities of Wollongo ...

region of

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, Australia where historically

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when ...

was mined on the slopes of the Illawarra escarpment. After the mines were closed, coke making still occurs on these sites. The company was the only independent producer of metallurgical and foundry coke in Australia and has been privately owned since 1996. It produced premium grade coke for metallurgical processing and foundry to Australian and overseas base metals producers for lead and

zinc smelting Zinc smelting is the process of converting zinc concentrates ( ores that contain zinc) into pure zinc. Zinc smelting has historically been more difficult than the smelting of other metals, e.g. iron, because in contrast, zinc has a low boiling poin ...

and iron production for steelmaking. The company's two cokeworks are adjacent to all major transport links. In April 2014, Illawarra Coke Company closed.

External links

"Illawarra Coal"
– An unofficial history of coal mining in the Illawarra
"Coalcliff Cokeworks Closes"
- Closure of Illawarra coke Company Coal companies of Australia Illawarra escarpment Coal mining in New South Wales Companies based in New South Wales Energy companies established in 1996 Non-renewable resource companies established in 1996 {{Australia-company-stub