Kosse Coal Mine

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Kosse Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Kosse, Texas, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kosse Coal Mine Kosse, Texas, United States 31.3038, -96.46265 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 1980

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
8.690829426[1] 2023[1] Surface Open Pit 75* 357[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
Texas Region Lignite Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Vistra Corp Vistra Corp [100%] USA

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

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM[2] 9[2] 7[2] 8[2] 9[2] 7[2] 8[2] 8[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 supplement.

Customer Plants

Deliveries in 2018[3]

Plant Name State Delivery Quantity in Short Tons
Oak Grove Plant TX 9,122,889

References

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