TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: (I) has a water fragmentation value of less than 40%. (I) includes the fine coal and the hydrophobic organic material in a mass ratio of 50:50-99.5:0.5. (I) includes at least 50 mass% of the fine coal. (I) does not include other binders apart from the hydrophobic organic material. (I) is in the form of pellets produced by a mechanical process comprising mixing coal and hydrophobic organic material into an admixture and extruding the admixture to form pellets without the addition of significant heat to the admixture. (I) has a particle size of 4-16 mm. The fine coal has a maximum particle size of no more than 4 mm. The fine coal is a bitumous coal or a sub-bitumous coal. (I) has a mechanical fragmentation value of less than about 45%; a thermal fragmentation value of less than about 45%; and water fragmentation value of less than about 20%. (I) has a moisture content of up to about 30 mass%. Preferred Components: (A) includes organic waste material generated by a petrochemical complex. (A) includes micro-organisms or microbes obtained from activated waste sludge. The activated waste sludge is produced by aerobic water purification works. (A) includes API sludge from an API gravity separator; and dusty tar. (A) includes micro-organisms or microbes (at least 10 mass%). The particulate feedstock includes (I). The coal feedstock and the particulate feedstock are gasified in a mass ratio greater than about 90:10. The gasification zone is a fixed bed dry ash gasification zone. The particulate feedstock has an ash content of less than about 40 mass%. Preferred Process: The extrusion is effected without transferring heat to the mixture prior to or during extrusion. EXAMPLE - A sub-bitumous coal with a particle size of less than 1.7 mm was mixed with the micro-organisms (waste sludge) received from an aerobic water purification works. The mixture was extruded at a pressure of 10-30 bar through a die with a plurality of 12 mm diameter apertures to produce pellets with a 12 mm diameter. The mixture was not heated, i.e. was at ambient temperature, and no additives, binders or other ingredients, apart from the coal and micro-organisms, were used, where the pellets comprises coal and bio-sludge in a mass ratio of 60:40 and had a moisture content of 20 mass% and an ash content of 30 mass%.