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Glancy Surface Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Wharton, West Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Glancy Surface Coal Mine | Wharton, West Virginia, United States | 37.903911, -81.679863 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[1] | – | 2011[2] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.69[1] | 2024[1] | Surface[2] | – | – | 75.0* | 100[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 | Met[3][4] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Rockwell Mining LLC [100%][2] | Sev.en Global Investments AS [100.0%] | Czech Republic |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 0.32[2] | 0.78[2] | 0.83[2] | 0.73[2] | 0.75[2] | 0.7[2] | 0.68[2] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
Background
Glancy Surface Mine is a surface mine near Wharton, Boone county, VW.[5] Rockwell Mining LLC operates the mine.[6] Rockwell was owned by Blackhawk Mining LLC[7] until 2020 when Blackhawk itself was acquired by the Czech company Sev.en Energy.[8]
In 2020 the mine produced 0.8 million tons, and employed 103 workers.[6]
- MSHA id: 4609377
- Operator: Rockwell Mining LLC[6]
- Parent Company: Sev.en Energy AG[6]
- Location: Wharton, Boone county, VW [5]
- Coordinates: 37.903911, -81.679863 (Approximate)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 806,807 tonnes per annum[6]
- Total Reserves:
- Employees:103[6]
- Coal Type: Bituminous[6]
- Mine Type: Surface
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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 2.7 2.8 2.9 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) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240401205532/https://blackhawkmining.com/operations/. Archived from the original on 2024-04-01.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.7gi.com/portfolio/#blackhawk.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbrief - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 6 2021
- ↑ Leonardo Wardrobe (September 12, 2019) SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT . United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Report.
- ↑ "Sev.en Energy acquires Blackhawk Mining to significantly strengthen its presence in US metallurgical coal mining". June 1, 2020. Sev.en Energy. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
