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Show . , Coke Code Ovens at atGeneva atGeneva I r Geneva Plant Pliant PliantStart PlantStart . ) Start Producing Prothdug $180,000,000 180000000 $160,000,000 160000000 $ , , , Steel Plant PlantTo PlantTo 1'0 10 To ' Produce Annua.1ly Annua1ly Annually Annually1,200,000 Annually1200000 . I 1,200,000 1200000 , , Tons of SteelCoke Steel SteelCoke Coke was WILS produced Tuesday for forthe forthe forthe the first t1rst time In the by-products by products - 4 < coke ovens at Geneva according accordingto to officials otDc1al8 omctals of Geneva Steel com- com company com-piny com piny - pany IT U S 8 subsidiary subsld1ary subsldlary This la Is the theInitial theinitial theInitial comIpany Initial phase of operations at com-I com I the < $ ; $180 180 HO 180 000 000 Geneva Plant near , . { Provo designed to supply ship shipplates shipplates ship'plate shipplate ' plates * for the west coast chip ship buUd- buUd budd- budd buUding budding build"ins buildins " - ing programI programr program I r < It was In April 1942 that the the1600 1600 acre plant site waa was cleared oft ofsmall of t , small farm fann buildings buUdtngs which dot- dot dotted dotted dot dotted - ted the area Construction was WILS un- un undertaken undertaken un undertaken - - dertaken at the request of Defense DefensePlant DefensePlant DefensePlant Plant corporation by Columbia ColumbiaS ColumbiaSf ColumbiaSCeel Sf S el company west coast sub5i subsi sub5idiary subsidiary subcidiary diary of U S Steel In August ofw of w . " this year Geneva Steel company a anewly anewly anewly newly formed fonned U 8 S bteel steel subsidiary subsidiarycontracted subsidiarycontracted .ontracted ontracted contracted < . with Defense Plant Plantlorporation Plantcorporation Plantcorporation lorporation corporation to operate this great greatWIIJ greatwar treatwar WIIJ war ' plant for the duration withoutI without I < profit or feeTo feeTo fee feeTo To supply coal for coking pur- pur purposes purposes pur-ooses pur ooses - - poses which in turn tt1rn tarn will supply coke and other fuels for the Gen Gen- Geneva Gen- Gen Geneva Geneva - - I eva Steel plant the Geneva MineI Mine i , in southeastern Utah was develop develop- developed developed - - ed and Is now shippinc shipping coal to toG.eneva toGeneva toGenevas G.eneva Geneva . s by products coke plantCoke plantCoke plant plantOoke Ooke Coke Is made by heating crushed crush crushf'd crushed f'd fd ed ' coal In the air tight ovens from from17 17 to 19 hours at temperaturesranging temperatures ' ranging up to 2000 2 000 degrees Fah Fah- Fah- Fah Fahrenheit Fahrenheit Fahrenheit - renheit During the heating process processthe processthe processthe the volatile constituents of the coal coalare coalare coalare are driven off In the form fonn of gases gasesThese gasesThese gasesThese These eases gases though don t go upIn up ' ln 1n In smoke at Geneva plant They Theyare Theyare Theyare ' are reclaimed as by products suchs suchu suchas such u as s , > gas for fuel purposes purposps coal tar tarammonium tarammonium tarammonium ammonium sulphate benzol and andothers andothers andothers andothersl others othersi l .1 1 i . The residue which Is largely largelycarbon largelycarbon largelycarbon carbon Is the coke It Is L"I LI " removed removedflom removedfrom removedTiom flom from the ovens oven & cooled graded ac according according 'ording ording cording { ' to size she and Is then ready readyfor readyfor readyfor for use In the blast furnaces Thereare There Thereare There.are Thereare -are are . - , . are four batteries of coke ovens at atGeneva atGeneva atGeneva Geneva 63 In each battery One of ofthese ofthese ofthese these batteries batterit's batterits ' Is now In produc producBon product productlon productlonThe Bon t ion producI I BonThe ionThe The next major step In operaJ operaUons opera4tions opera J 4tions tlons Uons expected to be taken during duringthe duringthe duringthe the current month will w1ll be the pro- pro production production pro production - duction of pit pig Iron In the first of ofthree ofthree ofthree three blast furnaces Following up- up upon upon up upon - on this the first f1r6t three of nine open op- op open op open - - en hearth furnaces will go Into ser.l'ice serl'ice ser- ser serice - .l'ice .lice lice l'ice . ' , ice for the production of steel steelingots steelingots steelingots ingots Finally upon completion of ofshipments ofshipments ofshipments shipments and erection of the re-/ re require re- re required re required - - / quired quire < ! facilities fac1Uties the rolling mUls mills mUlsw1l1 millswill millswill w1l1 will begin to turn out warcritical1ship war-critical war critical - J Jship 1ship ship platesWhen plates platesWhen , platesWhen When the Geneva plant swings swingsinto swingsinto swingsInto into full fwl operation It will produce produceqpproxtmately produceipproxlmately productipproximately qpproxtmately ipproxlmately 1200 1200000 000 tons of ofsteel ofsteel .teel teel steel : . Ingots annually ofl |