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Brush Valley Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Homer City, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Brush Valley Coal Mine | Homer City, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States[1] | 40.530425, -79.107936 (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] | – | 2008[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.5[2] | 2024[2] | Underground[1] | – | – | 373.0* | 52[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | Appalachia | Bituminous | – | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Rosebud Mining Co [100%] | Rosebud Mining Co [100%] | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 0.63[1] | 0.63[1] | 0.67[1] | 0.52[1] | 0.61[1] | 0.53[1] | 0.55[1] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
Background
Brush Valley Coal Mine is an underground mine 4 km east of Homer City, Pennsylvania. [3] Rosebud Mining operates the mine,[4] an independent company that owns over 30 mines in Pennsylvania and Ohio.[5] Rosebud Mining was founded in 1979 by J. Clifford Forrest III who still owns and controls the company as the CEO..[6]
The Brush Valley Mine uses a continuous, room-and-pillar method.[3] The mine had 52 employees and produced approximately half a million tonnes in 2020. The mine has been in operation at least since 2008.[4]
- Operator: Rosebud Mining Company
- Controller: J. Clifford Forrest III
- Location: Homer City, Pennsylvania
- Coordinates: 40.530425, -79.107936
- Status: Operating
- Capacity: 573,229 (2020)<ref name=MSHA/ >
- Total Reserves:
- Number of Employees: 52 (2020)<ref name=MSHA/ >
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mine Type: Underground
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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) - ↑ 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.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedMDO - ↑ 4.0 4.1 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 6 2021
- ↑ Moore, Daniel (November 20, 2014). "Alpha will cut 412 coal jobs in deal with Rosebud Mining Co". Pitsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ↑ Gutman, David (February 17, 2014). "Freedom execs' personal assets may be shielded". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
