River View Coal Mine
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River View Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Waverly, Union County, Kentucky, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| River View Coal Mine | Waverly, Union County, Kentucky, United States[1] | 37.74278, -87.887907 (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[2] | – | 2009[3] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 9.3[4] | 2025[4] | Underground[4] | Bord and Pillar[4] | – | 130 | 641[2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 303.5[4] | 2024[4] | 0.3[4] | Illinois Basin | Bituminous[1] | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| River View Coal LLC [100.0%][1] | Alliance Resource Partners | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM[5] | 9[6] | 9.8[7] | 11.3[7] | 9.4[7] | 9.9[5] | 10.2[5] | 9.9[5] | – | 9.3[4] |
Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.
Ownership Tree
This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.
Background
The River View Mine is an underground coal mine complex, operated by River View Coal, LLC, a subsidiary of Alliance Resource Partners, near Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky, United States. Production began at River View in 2009 utilizing continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques. River View's preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 2,700 tons of raw coal per hour.[8]
- MSHA ID: 1519374
- Start Year: 2009
- Owner: River View Coal, LLC
- Parent company: Alliance Resource Partners L.P.
- Location: Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky, United States
- GPS coordinates: 37.742780, -87.887907
- Production (short tons): 9,753,472 tons (2018)
- Type of coal: Bituminous (high-sulfur)
- Mine type: Underground
- Mine depth: 425 ft
- Equipment: Continuous mining, room and pillar
- Number of employees: 437
- Transportation: Barge - Ohio River MP 843
- Mineable Reserves: 236.2 million tons (as of 12/31/18)
- Mine status: Operating
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mine Data Retrieval System". Mine Health and Safety Administration. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20260701051244/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 01 July 2026.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20260701051807/https://s202.q4cdn.com/937149565/files/doc_financials/2024/ar/2024-Annual-Report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 01 July 2026.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 (PDF) https://s202.q4cdn.com/937149565/files/doc_financials/2020/ar/ARLP-2020-Annual-Report.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Mines: Illinois Basin" Alliance Resource Partners, accessed June 2020.
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