Combination coal deashing and coking process

A process for the conversion of ash-containing raw coal to deashed coke comprising solvent-treating raw coal with recycle solvent liquid in the presence of added hydrogen, said solvent-treatment including passage through a tubular reactor having a length to diameter ratio of at least 100 at a temperature between 400.degree. and 500.degree. C. and a hydrogen pressure between 35 and 300 kg/cm.sup.2 to dissolve hydrocarbonaceous material from ash-containing raw coal, separating said hydrocarbonaceous material from said ash, said separated hydrocarbonaceous material comprising a fraction which is solid at room temperature in major proportion together with a first solvent boiling range liquid fraction, operating said solvent-treatment under conditions of temperature and residence time so that the amount of said first solvent boiling range liquid fraction is less than the amount of said recycle solvent liquid, obtaining the remainder of said recycle solvent liquid by heating at least a portion of said solid fraction to a temperature above the highest temperature employed in said solvent-treating step and delay coking said heated solid fraction without added hydrogen to produce deashed coke, a second solvent boiling range liquid fraction and coker hydrogen, recycling said coker hydrogen to said solvent-treatment step, and recycling substantially said entire first and second solvent boiling range liquid fractions to said solvent-treatment step.