Our History
For over 100 years, Shamokin Carbons’ family of companies have been innovators in the carbon industry. Our companies continue to grow and innovate. We have a strong legacy and a bright future.
1924
Anthony Rosini and his sons start Rosini Hauling, a transporter and marketer of deep-mined anthracite coal.
1933
Evoldo, Odone and Reno Rosini (Anthony’s sons) purchase land in Treverton, PA, build a dry anthracite screening plant and start Rosini Coal Co.
1945
The Rosini brothers purchase land in Coal Township, PA and build a modern “wet” breaker to process deep-mined anthracite coal.
1952
Rosini Coal Co. expands its operations by starting to mine its own coal.
1954
Rosini Coal upgrades its breaker facility to handle increased tonnage from its own mines.
1957
Don A Rosini and William J. Rosini (sons of Odone and Evoldo) enter the business and start Shamokin Filler Co., Inc. by constructing a drying and grinding facility to dry, pulverize and package anthracite coal for sale as a dielectrically resistant filler to the battery industry.
1963
Shamokin Filler expands by adding a 60′ long rotary dryer and a new bagging facility.
1966
Shamokin Filler introduces Carb-O-Cite as an anthracite additive for the glass industry. Carb-O-Cite eventually becomes a standard carbon additive for glass manufacturing.
1984
Rosini Coal expands its mining operations by purchasing a strip mining job in Kulpmont, PA from Kerris & Helfrick Coal Company.
1986
Shamokin Filler expands into the graphite business by installing the first ever graphite pelletizing plant.
1990
Rosini Coal Co. is sold ending the Rosini family’s activities in mining and cleaning anthracite coal.
1993
William E Rosini (son of William J) starts working full time for Shamokin Filler Co. and the Rosini family focuses on building out it’s complete line of carbon products.
1994
Shamokin Filler Co. changes its name to Shamokin Carbons to reflect the broad range of carbon products and processes the Company offers.
1997
1997 Shamokin Carbons starts importing and marketing calcined anthracite and graphitized cokes. Started offering a full carbon series consisting of synthetic graphite’s, natural graphite’s, calcined petroleum cokes, metallurgical Coke’s and blends to accommodate a wide variety of metallurgical and industrial applications.
2009
Don T Rosini (son of Don A) enters the business. Don T and William E take over ownership and management of the Company (4th generation of family ownership).
2010
Shamokin Carbons enters into an exclusive sales agreement with Essix Resources to market carbons to the steel industry.
2011
Shamokin Carbons acquires Mountain Top Anthracite and begins supplying precision sized anthracite to the water filtration industry.
2014
Shamokin Carbons acquires JS McCormick & Co. to expand its metallurgical coke and petroleum coke businesses.
2016
Shamokin Carbons initiates a quality assurance program and attains ISO 9001:2015 quality certification.
2019
Shamokin Carbons signs an exclusive supply agreement with Grafitos Mexicanos, the largest amorphous graphite mine in Mexico.
2020
Shamokin Carbons forms a Mexican company, Alliance Graphite Victory (AGV) and builds a new grinding and packaging facility in Hermosillo, Mexico to process amorphous graphite sourced from Grafitos Mexicanos’ mines.
