NOVELTY - The plant for manufacturing a processed biochar such as a biochar-coke for the smelting of metals, is claimed. The biochar is manufactured by a method comprising performing pyrolysis of biomass to produce biochar at temperatures approximating its plasticity temperature range, forming the processed biochar into compacted blocks that are used as a direct substitute for metallurgical coke as used in blast furnaces, and processing the granular biochar into a finer powder that is used as pulverized coal, mixing of biochar, ground iron ore and ground limestone.    USE - The plant is useful for manufacturing a processed biochar such as a biochar-coke into a carbon rich powder, which is useful for the smelting of metals from their ores, in pulverized coal injection technology blast furnaces, as a direct substitute for metallurgical coke in blast furnaces (all claimed) and as soil enhancer.    ADVANTAGE - The plant is capable of efficiently, simply, safely, economically and rapidly manufacturing the biochar-coke with enhanced physical and chemical properties in an environmental friendly manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The plant for manufacturing a processed biochar such as a biochar-coke for the smelting of metals, is claimed. The biochar is manufactured by a method comprising performing pyrolysis of biomass to produce biochar at temperatures approximating its plasticity temperature range, forming the processed biochar into compacted blocks that are used as a direct substitute for metallurgical coke as used in blast furnaces, processing the granular biochar into a finer powder that is used as pulverized coal, mixing of biochar, ground iron ore and ground limestone, and forming the obtained mixture into pellets of specified size for the introduction into the top of the blast furnace. The step of forming of the biochar into blocks takes place in close proximity to the biomass pyrolysis reactor so that freshly paralyzed hot biochar is rapidly transferred in an energy efficient manner to the area or areas for forming biochar into blocks of biochar-coke. The areas for forming biochar into blocks and the pyrolysis reactor or reactors are arrayed around the area for biochar-coke forming so that hot biochar is continually delivered to the biochar-coke forming machines while biochar is periodically removed from the pyrolysis reactor or reactors as soon as the pyrolysis is sufficiently complete. The pyrolysis reactors are arrayed around a central biochar-coke forming mechanism, which is arrayed around a large central pyrolysis reactor. The biochar is removed from the pyrolysis reactor as soon as some portions of the charge of biomass is sufficiently charred thus prolonging the time during which fresh hot biochar is removed at an approximately constant rate from a batch of biomass in a manner that avoids energy wasting over-pyrolysis of biomass. The transfer of the fresh hot biomass from the pyrolysis reactor passes through thermally insulated conduits to a biochar-coke forming sub-plant, where the transformation takes place using screw feeds, augers, reciprocating rams, rotary pistons, conveyer belts of heat resistant materials and segmented chains. The transfer regions and the forming mechanism are enclosed in an essentially airtight structure or enclosed and filled with a relatively inert hot gas such as flue gases from the pyrolysis reactor or with re-circulating nitrogen heated via a heat exchanger warmed by the flue gases thus reducing the oxidation of the hot biochar both before and directly after the formation of biochar. The airtight enclosure has flaps or other valve structures allowing the entry of biochar and biochar-coke into and out of the enclosure. The biochar coke, which is removed from the enclosure, is cooled by the relatively non oxidative gases that are cooled with fresh air inputs for combustion in the pyrolysis reactor via a heat exchanger thus preheating the combustion air and conserving the energy.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows a schematic side view of a plant for manufacturing a processed biochar such as a biochar-coke.