Powers of Attorney

EX-24.1 50 d254665dex241.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY Powers of Attorney

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, a director of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick A. Henderson, Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Alvin Bledsoe		Director
Alvin Bledsoe		Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Robert J. Darnall		Director
Robert J. Darnall		Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, a director of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick A. Henderson, Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Stacy L. Fox		Director
Stacy L. Fox		Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, a director of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick A. Henderson, Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Peter B. Hamilton		Director
Peter B. Hamilton		Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Frederick A. Henderson		Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Frederick A. Henderson		Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, a director of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick A. Henderson, Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Michael J. Hennigan		Director
Michael J. Hennigan		Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, a director of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick A. Henderson, Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Brian P. MacDonald		Director
Brian P. MacDonald		Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, a director of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick A. Henderson, Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Charmian Uy		Director
Charmian Uy		Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, a director of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick A. Henderson, Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Dennis Zeleny		Director
Dennis Zeleny		Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick A. Henderson, Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Mark E. Newman		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mark E. Newman		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, the Vice President and Controller director of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick A. Henderson, Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Fay West		Vice President and Controller
Fay West		Vice President and Controller

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, an officer and director of Dominion Coal Corporation, Elk River Minerals Corporation, Harold Keene Coal Co., Inc., Haverhill North Coke Company, Indiana Harbor Coke Company, Indiana Harbor Coke Corporation, Jewell Coal and Coke Company, Inc., Jewell Coke Acquisition Company, Jewell Resources Corporation, Jewell Smokeless Coal Corporation, Middletown Coke Company, LLC, Oakwood Red Ash Corporation, Omega Mining, Inc., Sun Coal & Coke, LLC, SunCoke Technology and Development LLC and Vansant Coal Corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Newman and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Michael J. Thomson		President and Director
Michael J. Thomson		President and Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, an officer of Energy Resources, LLC, hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Newman and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Michael J. Thomson		Operating Manager
Michael J. Thomson		Operating Manager

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, an officer and director of Dominion Coal Corporation, Elk River Minerals Corporation, Harold Keene Coal Co., Inc., Haverhill North Coke Company, Indiana Harbor Coke Company, Indiana Harbor Coke Corporation, Jewell Coke Acquisition Company, Jewell Resources Corporation, Jewell Smokeless Coal Corporation, Middletown Coke Company, LLC, Oakwood Red Ash Corporation, Omega Mining, Inc., Sun Coal & Coke LLC, SunCoke Technology and Development LLC and Vansant Coal Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Mark E. Newman		Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Director
Mark E. Newman		Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, an officer and director of Jewell Coal and Coke Company, Inc. hereby constitutes and appoints Michael J. Thomson and Denise R. Cade and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Mark E. Newman		Treasurer and Director
Mark E. Newman		Treasurer and Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, an officer and director of Dominion Coal Corporation, Elk River Minerals Corporation, Harold Keene Coal Co., Inc., Indiana Harbor Coke Company, Indiana Harbor Coke Corporation, Jewell Coal and Coke Company, Inc., Jewell Smokeless Coal Corporation, and Vansant Coal Corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Michael J. Thomson and Mark E. Newman and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign for him or her in the capacities indicated below a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange of the Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of December 2011.


Signature		Title

/s/ Denise R. Cade		Director
Denise R. Cade		Director