Staircase (Urbex) by Jaco Verheul

Cokeries d'Anderlues The Cokerie d'Anderlues was a coking plant at Anderlues located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. The origins of this company lie with a mining company. In 1867, the Société Charbonniére du Midi d'Anderlues, founded in 1860, and the Société du Bois de la Haye, founded in 1858, merged to form the Société d'Anderlues, which was renamed S.A. des Houillères d'Anderlues in 1894. Mining activities, which had already begun in 1850, were carried out until 1967, and finally ended in 1969. In 1906, a coking plant was built on the 31.5 ha site, which also processed the by-products of purifying the coke oven gas into pitch, benzene and the like. In 1908, production was 74 ktonnes of coke/year. Coke was mainly produced for casting, a quality that was not used for the blast furnace operation, but for iron foundries, among others. It was not until 1970 that blast furnace coke was also produced under the brand "Cokan". After mining was finally terminated in 1969, use was still made of the coal available in the slag heap, while imported coal was also used. In 1971, the company's name was changed to S.A. des Cokeries et Houillères d'Anderlues, shortened to Cokeries d'Anderlues. Ammonium sulphate production ended in 1987. In 1979 it was still processing 120 kt of coal per year, which was 1

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