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Eagle Seam Deep Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Verner, Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Seam Deep Coal Mine | Verner, Logan County, West Virginia, United States[1] | 37.710028, -81.749111 (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[2] | – | 2014[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.21[3] | 2024[3] | Underground[1] | – | – | 373.0* | 54[3] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0[2] | 2024[2] | 4.0[2] | Appalachia | Bituminous | Met[2][4] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Ramaco Resources LLC [100%][1][2] | Ramaco Resources Inc [100%] | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | – | 0.2[1] | 0.49[1] | 0.45[1] | 0.61[1] | 0.29[1] | 0.27[1] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
Background
Eagle Seam Deep Mine is an underground mine in Logan County, West Virginia, operated by Ramaco Resources as a part of its Elk Creek Complex.[5] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
In 2014, Ramaco Resources received a permit to build the underground mine on their Elk Creek complex. The construction was completed in 2016[6], and the mine started production in 2017.[5]
In 2020, Eagle Seam Deep Mine produced 0.5 million tons and had 52 employees.[5] As of 2020, Elk Creek complex had 113 million tons in reserves, 68 million proven and 45 million probable.[7]
- MSHA id: 4609495
- Operator: Ramaco Resources
- Owner: Ramaco Resources
- Location: Logan, West Virginia
- Production: 488,638 short tons (2020)
- Coordinates: 37.710028, -81.749111 (Exact)
- Total Reserves: 113 million tons
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mine Type: Underground
- Start Year: 2017
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001687187/000155837025003144/metc-20241231x10k.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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) - ↑ https://ramacoresources.com/met-coal-operations/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 28, 2021
- ↑ (December 29, 2016) Form S-1 . US Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
- ↑ (December 31, 2020) Form 10-K . US Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
