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88 Strip Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| 88 Strip Coal Mine | Virginia, United States | 37.071798, -82.155933 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | – | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.4408917642[1] | 2023[1] | Surface | – | – | 75* | 143[1] |
Table 4: Coal resources and destination
| Total Reserves (Mt) | Year of Total Reserves Recorded | Total Resources (Mt) | Coalfield | Coal Type | Coal Grade | Primary Consumer/ Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | 14.3[2] | Appalachia | Bituminous | – | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Paramont Coal Company Virginia | Alpha Natural Resources Holdings | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 0.517[3] | 0.644[3] | 0.653[3] | 0.608[3] | 0.608[3] | 0.472[3] | 0.445[3] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.
Background
88 Strip is a surface coal mining operation in Wise County, Virginia, operated by Paramont Coal Company and owned by Alpha Natural Resources. 88 strip mine was operated by Paramont Coal Company between 2006 and 2016, and by Paramont Contura,LLC since 2016.[4] Both are subsidiaries of Alpha Natural Resources. [5]
88 strip mine produced 0.67 million tons and employed 129 workers in 2020. [4]
- MSHA ID: 4407163
- Operator: Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC
- Controller: Alpha Natural Resources LLC
- Union:
- County: Wise
- State: VA
- Latitude: 37.08
- Longitude: -82.16
- Production (short tons): 669,357 (2020)
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mining Method: Surface
- Mine Status: Active
- Average No. of Employees: 129
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240213175031/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/NYSE_AMR_2022.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240717193400/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/mine-data-retrieval-system. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 6 2021
- ↑ (2020) Annual Report Pursuant To Section 13 Or 15(D) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934 for The Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020 . U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
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