CCU Sexton Strip Mine

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CCU Sexton Strip Mine is an operating coal mine in Athens, Ohio, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
CCU Sexton Strip Mine	Athens, Ohio, United States	40.216548, -81.006113 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2007	–

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
–	0.2013950034	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	75*	22

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
CCU Coal and Construction	CCU Coal and Construction	USA

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0.454	0.544	0.336	0.154	0.127	0.191	0.2

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

CCU Sexton Strip mine is a surface mine in Harrison, Ohio. The mine started production in 2007, with Harrison Resources LLC as its operator. Harrison Resources LLC was a joint venture between CONSOL of Ohio LLC and Oxford Mining Company, a subsidiary of Westmoreland Resources Partners whereby the former owned 51% and the latter 49% of the shares. In 2014, CONSOL's interest in Harrison Resources was redeemed, and Oxford Mining Company became the sole owner of Harrison Resources. In 2015, Oxford Mining Company started operating the Sexton Strip Mine directly.

After Westmoreland declared bankruptcy in 2018, its Ohio assets were acquired by CCU Coal and Construction LLC, which operates and owns the mine since then. Between 2009 and 2018, the mine produced between 0.5-1 million tons of coal a year, however its production has been declining. In 2020, the mine produced only 165 thousand tons. The same year, it had 22 employees.

• MSHA id: 3304577
• Operator: CCU Coal and Construction LLC

• Owner: Charles C Ungurean

• Location: Harrison, Ohio

• Coordinates: 40.216548, -81.006113

• Status: Operating

• Production: 165,772 short tons
• Number of Employees: 22

• Total Reserves:

• Mineable Reserves:

• Coal Type: Bituminous

• Mine Type: Surface

• Start Year: 2007

• Source of Financing:

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