Oaktown Fuels Coal Mine No. 1

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Oaktown Fuels Coal Mine No. 1 is an operating coal mine in Oaktown, Knox County, Indiana, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Oaktown Fuels Coal Mine No. 1	Oaktown, Knox County, Indiana, United States	38.874125, -87.429362 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2014	–

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
–	3.2	2024	Underground	Bord and Pillar	–	373.0*	412

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
34.0	2023	–	Illinois Basin	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Sunrise Coal LLC [100%]	Hallador Energy Co [100%]	USA

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	3.77	3.9	4.1	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.57

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

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Background

Oaktown Fuels Mine No 1 is operated by Sunrise Coal and owned by Hallador Energy Company, located in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.

The mine provides coal to the Stanton Energy Center. The mine is operated by Sunrise Coal and owned by Hallador Energy Company.

• Operator: Sunrise Coal
• Parent company: Hallador Energy Company
• Location: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
• GPS coordinates: 38.874125, -87.429362 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year:
• Mineable Reserves: 49.46 Mt (Proven and Probable Reserves, 2018)
• Resources:
• Coal type: Bituminous (Thermal)
• Mine size:
• Mine type: Underground, Longwall
• Production: 3.72 mtpa (4 million short tons)
• Number of employees:

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