Davy Branch Coal Mine
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Davy Branch Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Stollings, West Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Davy Branch Coal Mine | Stollings, West Virginia, United States | 37.79972222, -81.94666667 (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 | – | – | 2029 (planned)[1] |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.7094184354[2] | 2023[2] | Underground | – | – | 373* | 111[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.98[1] | 2022[1] | 20[1] | – | Bituminous | Met | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Aracoma Coal Co | Alpha Metallurgical Resources | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | – | – | – | 0.066[3] | 0.568[3] | 0.67[3] | 0.709[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
Davy Branch Coal Mine (also known as Davy Branch Upper Chilton) is a 1.2-million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) coal mine in Logan, the state of West Virginia, United States. Aracoma Coal Company, LLC submitted a mine application for Davy Branch mine in November 2019.[4]
The mine has since become operational.
Mine Accidents
In 2021, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration found that the Aracoma Coal Company didn’t sufficiently assure safe underground haulage at the Davy Branch mine when mobile equipment traveled through a flypad (a transparent ventilation curtain) and shuttle cars shared a common intersection. On February 21, shuttle car operator Justin L. Lafferty, 38, died as the result of injuries he sustained at 7:44 a.m. on Jan. 22, when another shuttle car struck his own, according to the agency.[5]
The mine operator has been issued 36 violations by the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training since the start of 2021 totaling $7,400 in fines. According to local reporting, "Repeat violations have included unpermitted parking of mining equipment, improper ventilation of working sections of the mine and failure to effectively insulate and seal permanent splices in training cables."[5]
- Operator: Aracoma Coal Company
- Owner: Contura Energy
- Location: Logan, the state of West Virginia, United States
- Coordinates: -28.0567, 30.1136 (exact)
- Mine status: Operating
- Start year:
- Production capacity (Mtpa): 1.2
- Total reserves (Mt):
- Coal type: Bituminous
- Mine type: Underground
- Mine size (Km2):
- Workforce size:
- Primary consumer:
- Source of financing:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/NYSE_AMR_2022.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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) - ↑ "Applications for OMR," "West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection," accessed July 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mike Tony,MSHA fingers coal company for lack of underground haulage policies in final report on January fatal incident, Charleston Gazette-Mail, Jul 13, 2021
