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Beckley Pocahontas Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Beckley Pocahontas Coal Mine | Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States[1] | 37.774351, -81.257788 (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[1] | – | – | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1.07[2] | 2024[2] | Underground | – | 59.48[1] | 373.0* | 327[2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.0[1] | 2024[1] | – | Appalachia | Bituminous | Met[1] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| ICG Beckley LLC [100%][3][1] | Arch Resources Inc [100.0%] | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 0.91[3] | 0.92[3] | 0.94[3] | 0.91[3] | 0.98[3] | 0.9[3] | 0.98[3] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
Background
Beckley Crystal is an underground coal mining operation in Raleigh County, West Virginia, operated by Baylor Mining and owned by Robert L. Worley. On April 23, 2010, a West Virginia coal miner died at the mine after being crushed between a piece of heavy equipment and a block of coal.[4]
- MSHA ID: 4608829
- Operator: Baylor Mining Inc
- Controller: Robert L Worley
- Union:
- County: Raleigh
- State: WV
- Latitude: 37.67
- Longitude: -81.37
- 2020 Production: 1 million short tons
- Reserves: 25.5 million short tons[5]
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mining Method: Underground
- Mine Status: Active
- Average No. of Employees: 58
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 https://app.quotemedia.com/data/downloadFiling?webmasterId=101533&ref=318934825&type=PDF&symbol=CNR&cdn=75a5e37dd57186e49f59ba3d368cece7&companyName=Core+Natural+Resources+Inc.&formType=10-K&dateFiled=2025-02-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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) - ↑ "Man Dies After Being Crushed at W. Virginia Mine" The Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2010.
- ↑ Mining Data Solution, Beckley Mine, accessed April 2021.
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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