Stonecoal Branch No. 2 Coal Mine

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Stonecoal Branch No. 2 Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Verner, Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stonecoal Branch No. 2 Coal Mine	Verner, Logan County, West Virginia, United States	37.688023, -81.824559 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1998	–

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
–	0.55	2024	Underground	–	–	373.0*	101

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
6.0	2024	19.0	Appalachia	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Ramaco Resources LLC [100%]	Ramaco Resources Inc [100%]	USA

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0.26	0.55	0.5	0.34	0.47	0.58	0.53

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

Background

Stonecoal Branch Mine No. 2 is an underground mine on Elk Creek Rd, near Verner, Logan county, West Virginia. The mine started production in 1998 with Stonecoal Branch Mining Inc as its operator. Ramaco Resources took over as the operator in 2013, and is currently both the operator and the owner. In 2020, the mine produced 0.4 million tons and had 69 employees.

• MSHA id: 4608663
• Operator: Ramaco Resources LLC

• Owner: Ramaco Resources Inc

• Location: Verner, Logan County, West Virginia

• Coordinates: 37.688023, -81.824559 (Exact)

• Status: Operating

• Production: 374,835 tonnes per annum (Mtpa)

• Total Reserves:

• Mineable Reserves:

• Coal Type: Bituminous

• Mine Type: Underground

• Start Year: 1998

• Source of Financing:

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