OKK Koksovny
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OKK Koksovny, a.s. (former names OKD, OKK, a.s. and Ostravsko-karvinské koksovny, akciová společnost) is a Czech coke producer. It is the largest producer of foundry coke in Europe. The company operates one plant in the city of Ostrava called 'Svoboda' facility.
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 The Svoboda Coking plant Complex | |
| Company type | Joint-stock company |
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| Industry | Coking |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Zdeněk Durčák, CEO |
| Products | Coke |
| Revenue | 4,473,000,000 Czech koruna (1994)  |
| −44,000,000 Czech koruna (1994) | |
Number of employees | 720 (2010) |
| Parent | MTX Koksovny a.s. |
| Website | www |
History
The production of coke in the Ostrava area dates back to the 1840s. In 1843 a coking plant named "Jan" (later renamed "President Beneš" and then "Czechoslovak Army" was founded. It later became a part of OKK. In 1952, the company OKK was founded and all operating coking plants were merged under one head office, having previously existed as separate state enterprises, except for the metallurgical coking plants (in the Ostrava quarter Vítkovice, in the cities of Třinec and Kladno, and the coking plant Nová Huť [New Smelting Works] founded in the same year). OKK included the coking plants in Ostrava: Svoboda, Jan Šverma, Karolina, Trojice, Czechoslovak army, and Lazy.[1]
In 1994, the joint-stock company OKD, OKK was established on 1 January 1994 by the allocation of OKD, a. s. assets. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of OKD, a. s. The annual turnover of the company was around CZK 5.5 billion. The new enterprise was created by merging two mining coking plants located within the city of Ostrava and one more plant located in the Karviná region.
In 2008 after property changes the New World Resources Plc Company ("NWR") became a new owner of the OKD, OKK, a.s. NWR was also the owner of the OKD, a.s., a hard coal mining company.
Currently (2011) the OKK Koksovny, a.s. operates only one coking plant called 'Svoboda' facility.
Company products
The main business of OKK Koksovny, a. s. is the production of coke. The company produces coke from virtually all types of coal suitable for coking. Coal is sourced from OKD mines as well as from abroad.
OKK Koksovny, a. s. is the largest European producer of foundry coke. The firm offers a broad assortment of coke types for foundry and metallurgical manufacturing, for special metallurgy, heating and other purposes. It also sells chemical products from the high-temperature coal carbonisation that takes place during the coking process.
