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• home • company profile • ICC's history 98 YEAR There is a long and proud history of cokemaking in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The first 40 ovens at Corrimal Cokeworks (C1 battery) were built in 1911 and commissioned in 1912. The owners GS Yuill and Company operated Corrimal and Balgownie collieries and coal was transported to the cokeworks by rail wagons on a private rail line. In the 1930’s ten more ovens were constructed on C1 Battery. C2 Battery was commissioned in 1962 adding 32 larger ovens (approximately 1.5 times the size of the C1 Battery ovens). The 82 ovens are still in operation. In addition to producing coke, Corrimal Cokeworks also provided street lighting and domestic power distribution from Russell Vale to North Wollongong until the mid 1960’s. 50 ovens were constructed at Coalcliff in 1913 and the first coke was produced in December 1914. 8 more ovens were added in the 1960’s by the new owners Kembla Coal & Coke Pty Limited (KCC) together with an award winning Quench Tower (Prince Philip award for achievement in industrial design). All 58 ovens are still in operation. Australian Iron & Steel (later known as BHP) purchased Corrimal Cokeworks and Corrimal Colliery as a package around 1962. Around 1969 Bellambi Coal Company purchased Corrimal Cokeworks and sourced coal from the South Bulli Mine which they also owned. Illawarra Coke Company Pty Limited, a subsidiary of Kembla Coal & Coke Pty Limited, purchased Corrimal Coke Company in 1984, to add to its operation at Coalcliff. On 29 March, 1996, ICC Holdings Pty Limited, a private company purchased Illawarra Coke Company Pty Limited and currently owns and operates both Corrimal and Coalcliff Cokeworks. It is the only independent coke producer in Australia.
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Cokeworks was commissioned in 1914 A
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