Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Coal Mine

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Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Coal Mine West Virginia, United States 37.924558, -81.307285 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 2004

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
0.3764816505[1] 2023[1] Surface 75* 83[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
Republic Energy Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc [100.0%] 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

Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Mine is a coal mining operation in Raleigh County, West Virginia, operated by Simmons Fork Mining and owned by Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Mine became started production in 2004 and was operated by Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. until 2014, after which it changed hands 4 times in a 4 year period. Operator became Pioneer Fuel Cooperation in 2014, Republic Energy inc. in 2016, Pioneer Fuel in 2017, and Republic Energy LLC in 2018.[2] All of these operating firms are subsidiaries of Alpha Metallurgical Resources(AMR) .[3][4]

In 2014, AMR announced that it was planning to shut down 11 mines in West Virginia including Ewing Fork Mine #1 due to declining coal demand.[5] However, MSHA database indicates that production at the mine continued through 2014, although at a lower rate of production.[2]

In 2020, the mine had 111 employees and produced 0.26 million tons.[2]

  • MSHA ID: 4609026
  • Operator: Republic Energy LLC
  • Controller: Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
  • Union:
  • County: Raleigh
  • State: WV
  • Coordinates: 37.924558, -81.307285
  • Production: 256,701 (2020)
  • Coal Type: Bituminous
  • Mining Method: Surface
  • Mine Status: Active
  • Average No. of Employees: 111 (2020)

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 2.2 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 6 2021
  3. (March 15, 2021) Form 10-K Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. Annual report . United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
  4. (October 3, 2013) Form 8-K Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. . United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
  5. Alpha Natural Resources to shut 11 coal mines in West Virginia, US NS Energy, August 1, 2014

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