Brush Valley Coal Mine

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Brush Valley Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Homer, Pennsylvania, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Brush Valley Coal Mine Homer, Pennsylvania, United States 40.530425, -79.107936 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating

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
0.5542898517[1] 2023[1] Underground 373* 52[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
Appalachia Bituminous

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Rosebud Mining Co Rosebud Mining Co [100%] USA

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

Brush Valley Coal Mine is an underground mine 4 km east of Homer City, Pennsylvania. [2] Rosebud Mining operates the mine,[3] an independent company that owns over 30 mines in Pennsylvania and Ohio.[4] Rosebud Mining was founded in 1979 by J. Clifford Forrest III who still owns and controls the company as the CEO..[5]

The Brush Valley Mine uses a continuous, room-and-pillar method.[2] The mine had 52 employees and produced approximately half a million tonnes in 2020. The mine has been in operation at least since 2008.[3]

  • Operator: Rosebud Mining Company
  • Controller: J. Clifford Forrest III
  • Location: Homer City, Pennsylvania
  • Coordinates: 40.530425, -79.107936
  • Status: Operating
  • Capacity: 573,229 (2020)<ref name=MSHA/ >
  • Total Reserves:
  • Number of Employees: 52 (2020)<ref name=MSHA/ >
  • Coal Type: Bituminous
  • Mine Type: Underground
  • Start Year:
  • Source of Financing:

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References

  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)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named MDO
  3. 3.0 3.1 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 6 2021
  4. Moore, Daniel (November 20, 2014). "Alpha will cut 412 coal jobs in deal with Rosebud Mining Co". Pitsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  5. Gutman, David (February 17, 2014). "Freedom execs' personal assets may be shielded". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved June 11, 2021.