Hughes Ferry Surface Mine No. 1

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Hughes Ferry Surface Mine No. 1 is an operating coal mine in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Hughes Ferry Surface Mine No. 1 Fayette County, West Virginia, United States[1] 38.0939058438536, -80.8900544874411 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[2]

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
0.0027215541[2] 2023[2] Surface[2] 75* 4[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
Bituminous[1]

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Long Flame Coal Corporation[1]

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

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM 0.006[3] 0.003[3] 0.003[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.

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References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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)