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Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in West Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Coal Mine | West Virginia, United States | 37.924558, -81.307285 (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 | – | 2004 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.3764816505[1] | 2023[1] | Surface | – | – | 75* | 83[1] |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Republic Energy | Alpha Metallurgical Resources | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 0.744[2] | 0.708[2] | 0.726[2] | 0.717[2] | 0.789[2] | 0.807[2] | 0.372[2] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.
Background
Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Mine is a coal mining operation in Raleigh County, West Virginia, operated by Simmons Fork Mining and owned by Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Mine became started production in 2004 and was operated by Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. until 2014, after which it changed hands 4 times in a 4 year period. Operator became Pioneer Fuel Cooperation in 2014, Republic Energy inc. in 2016, Pioneer Fuel in 2017, and Republic Energy LLC in 2018.[3] All of these operating firms are subsidiaries of Alpha Metallurgical Resources(AMR) .[4][5]
In 2014, AMR announced that it was planning to shut down 11 mines in West Virginia including Ewing Fork Mine #1 due to declining coal demand.[6] However, MSHA database indicates that production at the mine continued through 2014, although at a lower rate of production.[3]
In 2020, the mine had 111 employees and produced 0.26 million tons.[3]
- MSHA ID: 4609026
- Operator: Republic Energy LLC
- Controller: Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- Union:
- County: Raleigh
- State: WV
- Coordinates: 37.924558, -81.307285
- Production: 256,701 (2020)
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mining Method: Surface
- Mine Status: Active
- Average No. of Employees: 111 (2020)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 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) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 6 2021
- ↑ (March 15, 2021) Form 10-K Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. Annual report . United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
- ↑ (October 3, 2013) Form 8-K Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. . United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
- ↑ Alpha Natural Resources to shut 11 coal mines in West Virginia, US NS Energy, August 1, 2014
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
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