As Koch companies built operating and trading expertise around petroleum-related businesses, they recognized opportunities to branch out into other industries. Today, Koch Mineral Services, LLC and its affiliates are among the world’s largest dry-bulk commodity handlers, marketing and trading more than 50 million tons of product annually.
Koch Carbon's petroleum coke handling facility in Pittsburg, Cali., was honored with the California Voluntary Protection Programs Star award in 2008. The award recognized the company's and facility's outstanding safety and operational record and programs.
Koch Carbon, LLC and its affiliates globally trade and transport petroleum coke, coal, cement, pulp and paper, sulfur and other related commodities through a network of company-owned or operated bulk import/export terminals in the United States and Europe. The C. Reiss Coal Company is a leading supplier of coal and related products typically used in industrial applications or to generate electricity. Koch Exploration Company, LLC and its affiliates acquire, develop and trade petroleum and natural gas properties in the United States, Canada and Brazil.