Elk Creek Mine (WV)

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Elk Creek Mine (WV) is a proposed coal mine in West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Elk Creek Mine (WV)	West Virginia, United States	37.682504, -81.826425 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	–	–

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
–	1.63293246	–	Underground	–	–	373*	–

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
96	–	–	Appalachia	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Hopkins County Coal LLC [100.0%]	Alliance Resource Partners LP	USA

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Expansion/Extension

Table 7: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Proposed	Announced	Extension	–	0.9	–

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Background

Elk Creek Mine (WV) is a metallurgical coal mine in West Virginia, United States.

In 2022, the company proposed an expansion at the mine. The Elk Creek Mine was located in parts of Logan, Mingo and Wyoming counties in West Virginia. It had been owned by CONSOL Energy but closed in the 1990s. Consol sold the idled mine to Ramaco Resources in 2012.

According to Ramaco Resources, "When we acquired the Elk Creek project in 2012, we acquired rail access, permitted impoundment and coal refuse disposal facilities, as well as numerous reclaimed, but permitted, deep mines. The Elk Creek project began production in the fourth quarter of 2016. The project consists of 24 seams that are targeted for production. Ramaco Resources’ Elk Creek produced approximately 529,000 tons of high volatile A/B metallurgical coal in 2017 from two underground continuous miner room-and-pillar operations and one surface contour and highwall miner operation. A third underground continuous miner operation was started in 2018 and production is expected to be approximately 1.8 million tons in 2018."

The mine has 96 million tonnes of recoverable reserves (60 proven, 36 probable), according to Ramaco Resources.

• Owner: Ramaco Resources
• Parent:
• Mine Status: Operating
• Start year: 2016
• Current Capacity (MTPA): 1.8 million tonnes per annum (proposed expansion to 3 million tonnes).
• Recoverable Reserves (MT): 96 million tonnes
• Proposed Capacity (MTPA):
• Location: Davin, Logan County, West Virginia
• Coordinates: 37.682504,-81.826425 (exact)
• Coal Type: Metallurgical
• Mining Method: Underground

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