CCU Harrison Strip Mine

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CCU Harrison Strip Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Harrison County, Ohio, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
CCU Harrison Strip Mine Harrison County, Ohio, United States[1] 40.271122, -81.073783 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Mothballed[1] – 1998[1] –

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.
Capacity (Mtpa) Production (Mtpa) Year of Production Mine Type Mining Method Mine Size (km2) Mine Depth (m) Workforce Size
– 0.0244939869[2] 2024[2] Surface[1] Open Pit – 75* 6[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

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Owner Parent Company Headquarters
CCU Coal and Construction LLC [100.0%][1] natural persons [100%] USA

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
– 0.65[1] 0.57[1] 0.24[1] 0.19[1] 0.1[1] 0.13[1] 0.1[1] 0.02[2] –

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

CCU Harrison Strip is a surface mine in Harrison county, Ohio.[3] The mine started production in 1998, and was operated from then until 2019 by Oxford Mining Company, a subsidiary of Westmoreland Resources Partners.[3][4]After Westmoreland declared bankruptcy in 2018, its Ohio assets were acquired by CCU Coal and Construction LLC, which has operated and owned the mine since then.[5]

In 2020, the mine produced 0.2 million tons, and had 23 employees.[3]

  • MSHA id: 3304414
  • Operator: CCU Coal and Construction LLC
  • Owner: Charles C Ungurean
  • Location: Harrison, Ohio
  • Coordinates: 40.271122, -81.073783 (approximate)
  • Status: Operating
  • Production: 193,861 tons (2020)
  • Total Reserves:
  • Mineable Reserves:
  • Coal Type: Bituminous
  • Mine Type: Surface
  • Start Year: 1998
  • Source of Financing:

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References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 "Mine Data Retrieval System". Mine Health and Safety Administration. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20260701051244/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 01 July 2026. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 23, 2021
  4. ↑ Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP (2015) 2014 Form 10-K . U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
  5. ↑ "Westmoreland Sells Ohio Assets to CCU Coal and Construction". Coal Age. February 7, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2021.