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Logan Coal Complex is an operating coal mine in West Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Logan Coal Complex | West Virginia, United States | 37.973681, -82.017534 (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] | – | – | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 2.1[1] | 2022[1] | Underground & Surface | Mixed | 131.83[1] | 75* | 128* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71[1] | 2022[1] | 654[1] | Appalachia | Bituminous | Thermal & Met | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Greenbrier Minerals | Coronado Global | Australia |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
The Logan County Mining Complex is group of surface and underground coal mines is owned by Coronado Global and produces 1.6 million tonnes per annum in West Virginia, United States.[2]
The mine was previously owned by Massey Energy and includes one surface mine and two underground room and pillar mines.[3] The Bandmill preparation plant has a processing capacity of 1,800 tons per hour.[4]
- Operator: Greenbrier Minerals
- Parent company: Coronado Global
- Location: Logan County, West Virgina
- GPS coordinates: 37.973681, -82.017534
- Production: 1.6 million tonnes[2]
- Type of coal: Met and Thermal coal[2]
- Mine type: Underground, Surface[2]
- Equipment: Highwall
- Number of employees:
- Established/Acquired: 1998
- Recoverable Reserves: 58 Mt (proven) 28Mt (probable)[5]
Fires
On January 19, 2006, two miners died at the Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine in Logan County, West Virginia, after a conveyor belt caught fire, leading to the Aracoma Alma Mine accident. The widows of the miners filed suit against Massey Energy, on the grounds that the company should have anticipated that the lack of an air control wall would allow smoke to fill escape routes. In the complaint, the women accused Massey CEO Don Blankenship of "personally engendering a corporate attitude of indifference and hostility towards safety measures which stood in the way of profit." The lawsuit was settled on November 17, 2008, although the terms were not disclosed.[6] Seven miners who were injured in the same fire have also filed suit against Massey, seeking punitive damages for their injuries.[7]
On April 15, 2009, a federal judge approved a plea deal with Massey subsidiary Aracoma Coal Company. Aracoma pleaded guilty to 10 criminal charges for the 2006 fire. The company was fined $2.5 million and must also pay $1.7 million for violations cited by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. The plea deal included a provision preventing Massey and its officials from being prosecuted.[8]
In August 2009 and again in June 2010, a fire broke out at Massey’s Bandmill coal preparation plant. The local fire chief Scott Beckett said the fires are "suspicious”: “A fire twice in a year in a $75 million building means something isn’t right. The fire marshal will go in and do a complete investigation.” The June fire broke out on one of the top two floors of the 12-story plant, which is idled while being rebuilt after the devastating fire in August 2009.[9]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240216224511/https://coronadoglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022-Proxy-Annual-Report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Coronado Global, About Us, Company Website, accessed May 2021
- ↑ Massey Energy, "Mining Locations", Massey Energy website, accessed October 2009.
- ↑ Massey Energy, "Massey Energy 2008 10K", SEC Info, February 29, 2008.
- ↑ Resources, accessed April 2021
- ↑ "Coal mine fire suit settled," West Virginia Record, November 17, 2008.
- ↑ "Miners injured at Aracoma seek damages," West Virginia Record, July 17, 2007.
- ↑ "Massey subsidiary fined $2.5M for fatal mine fire," Associated Press, April 15, 2009.
- ↑ Samantha Zee, "Massey Energy Coal Plant Fire ‘Suspicious,’ to Be Investigated" Bloomberg BusinessWeek, June 30, 2010.
