Pride Coal Mine

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Pride Coal Mine is a retired coal mine in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details


Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Pride Coal Mine	Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States	37.291389, -87.051667 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status


Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Retired	–	2015	2024

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
–	1.556728945^[1]	2023^[1]	Underground	Longwall	–	373*	208^[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
–	–	–	Illinois Basin	Bituminous	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company


Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Muhlenberg County Coal Resources Inc^[2]	American Consolidated Natural Resources Inc	USA

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


ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM^[3]	1.133980875^[3]	1.315417815^[3]	1.796225706^[3]	1.923231564^[3]	1.868800482^[3]	1.9504471049999998^[3]	1.551285837^[3]

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

Pride Coal Mine is an underground mine in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States.^[4] Muhlenberg County Coal Resources, Inc. operates the mine, which is owned by American Consolidated Natural Resources Holdings Inc (ACNR). ^[4] The mine was previously known as Survant mine and owned by Murray Energy before being taken over by ACNR Holdings ^[5]

Operator: Muhlenberg County Coal Resources, Inc. ^[4]
Owner: American Consolidated Natural Resources Holdings Inc (ACNR). ^[4]
Location: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States ^[4]
Coordinates: 37.291389, -87.051667 (Exact) ^[6]
Status: Operating
Capacity: 2.12 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)^[4]
Total Reserves:
Mineable Reserves:
Coal Type: Bituminous
Mine Type: Underground
Start Year: 2015 ^[4]
Source of Financing:

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Additional data

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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)
↑ "Operations". Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 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)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 United States Department of Labour; Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), "Mine Data Retrieval System: Pride mine", MHSA website, Accessed April 2021
↑ Oil and Gas 360, "Murray Energy Corporation's Murray Kentucky Energy, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Majority Interest in Western Kentucky Coal Resources, LLC", Oil and Gas 360 website, Accessed April 2021
↑ Mining Database, "Servant mine", Mining Database website, Accessed April 2021

[autoref_0-1] 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)

[autoref_1-2] "Operations". Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2023-08-03.

[autoref_2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 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)

[MDRS-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 United States Department of Labour; Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), "Mine Data Retrieval System: Pride mine", MHSA website, Accessed April 2021

[5] Oil and Gas 360, "Murray Energy Corporation's Murray Kentucky Energy, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Majority Interest in Western Kentucky Coal Resources, LLC", Oil and Gas 360 website, Accessed April 2021

[6] Mining Database, "Servant mine", Mining Database website, Accessed April 2021

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