SunCoke Company of Middletown

SunCoke Energy possesses the only proven, clean, heat recovery technology in the world that conforms to EPA MACT emission standards and offers steam or electric power as an emission free by-product.  We bring superior heat-recovery technology , capital, and people to make the best coke in the market. We will build, own, and operate a coke plant with you, delivering substantial benefits:

• Blast furnace efficiency improvement from consistent,  higher quality coke.
  
  
• The most  environmentally friendly cokemaking operation available.
  
  
• Availability of low cost energy (steam or electric power) as an emission free coke plant by-product.
  
  
• Significant cost savings from lower capital and operating costs.
  
  
• Guaranteed performance.

An important previous discussion:

SunCoke Plant - Planning Commission Vote - Event Date: 26 Mar 2008

 

"Should SunCoke be permitted to build a coke plant in Middletown?"

The question should be " Are we willing to accept the consequences of not permitting SunCoke to build the coke plane in Middletown" ?

As I stand  some nights on my back deck on S.Marshall viewing the orange haze in the skies coming from AK,I ask myself if we are willing to accept the consequences of having more pollution for the sake of a few more shiny coins which will be wasted anyway

How many more Jobs Jonathan after it is built?  Supposedly 75 jobs.  Now the question is how many jobs will be lost by closing the Current Coke ovens down?  Currently AK produces about 75% of it's Coke and buys 25% elsewhere.  When the Old Facility is shut down will those be lost jobs?????????????????????

Pacman, think about losing all the AK jobs in Middletown as a consequence. I would hate to think that is so. Especially since the new plant will reduce the total pollution in our air once the old coke plant shuts down.

Pac, I see where certain people have all their eggs in one basket(AK) and when that basket is finally dropped it will cause chaos in the minds of local people which is exactly what this town presents to the locals. I am from Charleston S.C. where I witnessed the 2nd largest Naval base on the east coast closed down. Charleston has survived this devastation by being creative and has rebounded from what at the time was seen as the end of the world. I believe if the right people were in charge of this town it also could rebound if AK was to close. One door closes,five opens.

Hawk- You mentioned the "all the eggs in one basket" theme. Reminds me of the Letter To The Editor I wrote in the mid 1980's.The article focused on the reliance of this town on AK Steel for money flow, employment and being the only place in town to land a decent paying job. The article further encouraged the city to develop and attract more diversified jobs other than paper mill and steel work. I took a copy of the article to then Commissioner Bill Donham and handed it to him before the commission meeting started.As an example of non-active behavior on the city's part, at this same time, the old Montgomery Ward building on University Blvd. was considered as a location for the post office which is still downtown and still lacks parking. Old Bill read the letter and we discussed the post office thing. That was in the mid 80's. It is now January 27th, 2009 and we still have no diversified jobs, the city is still relying on AK Steel as the "big brother" and the post office still lacks parking space. You also mentioned that if the right people were in charge of this town it could also rebound if AK closed. The work to land jobs that would need to be created to cushion the loss of AK should have been started in the 70's when the city saw AK downsizing.The urgency has been ignored by city leaders for over 35 years. IF started today, it would take at least 10 years to stock enough diversified jobs to resupply the pipeline with decent jobs to hit the ground running after an AK demise and, sadly, that would be a very optimistic timeline. The city is not now set up to attract any of the jobs we are talking about. That's another failed city leader subject that has been grown by incompetence in this/past city leadership.The players on Council has changed over the years, but the theme has always been the same- ignore the important stuff and do subtle fru fru crap that has set this city back 30 years behind our neighbors in thinking and developing. As long as the voters are happy placing stubborn, mindless, non-progressive, retreads in office, we will continue to experience this cluster we call a city government.

In their Feb. 5 conference call, Sunoco states that construction will take 15-18 months after the permit process is complete and that completion may extend past the end of 2010. Source: Les Lofton

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The City of Monroe says it will spend however much it takes to stop the SunCoke Plant from being built in Middletown. As of now, they have spent $150,000 of tax payers' money with no end in sight.


To see a full story on the Monroe/SunCoke law suit.

Perhaps no one in Monroe got the memo from Obama that said "Stimulus is Spending!"

Or perhaps they only got the memo from him that said "We are going to rebuild the economy by creating jobs with clean, renewable energy".

Earth to Monroe. That last one was just a lie to get elected.

The fact is still the same we need jobs in middletown badly,and Monroe does too. What they are doing is not helping the situation that our city has found it self in

I used the term "more pollution" there is a time when certain things must be ceased. The idea that AK has been here for a hundred yrs. tends to make me believe that there shouldn't be anything in this town. I can see people from out of town loading up the family to drive to middletown to see the mill. That would be a hoot.