Glancy Surface Coal Mine

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Glancy Surface Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Wharton, West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Glancy Surface Coal Mine Wharton, West Virginia, United States 37.903911, -81.679863 (approximate)

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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
0.680388525[1] 2023[1] Surface 75* 100[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
Rockwell Mining Sev.en Global Investments AS [100.0%] Liechtenstein

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

Glancy Surface Mine is a surface mine near Wharton, Boone county, VW.[2] Rockwell Mining LLC operates the mine.[3] Rockwell was owned by Blackhawk Mining LLC[4] until 2020 when Blackhawk itself was acquired by the Czech company Sev.en Energy.[5]

In 2020 the mine produced 0.8 million tons, and employed 103 workers.[3]

  • MSHA id: 4609377
  • Operator: Rockwell Mining LLC[3]
  • Parent Company: Sev.en Energy AG[3]
  • Location: Wharton, Boone county, VW [2]
  • Coordinates: 37.903911, -81.679863 (Approximate)
  • Status: Operating
  • Production: 806,807 tonnes per annum[3]
  • Total Reserves:
  • Employees:103[3]
  • Coal Type: Bituminous[3]
  • Mine Type: Surface
  • 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 brief
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 6 2021
  4. Leonardo Wardrobe (September 12, 2019) SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT . United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Report.
  5. "Sev.en Energy acquires Blackhawk Mining to significantly strengthen its presence in US metallurgical coal mining". June 1, 2020. Sev.en Energy. Retrieved June 6, 2021.