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Lynn Branch No. 2 Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Rita, West Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Lynn Branch No. 2 Coal Mine | Rita, West Virginia, United States | 37.771729, -81.931004 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[1] | – | 2020[1] | 2039 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1.140331168[2] | 2023[2] | Underground | – | – | 373* | 215[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16[1] | 2022[1] | – | Appalachia | Bituminous | Met | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Lynn Branch Coal Co | Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc [100.0%] | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM[3] | – | – | – | 0[3] | 0[3] | 1[3] | 1[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 supplement.
Background
Lynn Branch coal mine is an underground mine, operated by Contura Energy in Lynn Branch, Logan County, West Virginia, United States.[4]
The mine began operation in 2020. In May 2019, Contura Energy's board of directors approved a $25 million to $30 million project for a metallurgical coal mine in Lynn Branch, Logan County, West Virginia. The proposed mine was estimated to have 25 million tons in reserves, and to produce 1 to 1.2 million tons in its full capacity.[4] The mine's construction began in the third quarter of 2019, with the expectation that production would start in the third quarter of 2020. Contura's 2020 8-k report revised the expected production as 0.9-1.2 million tons.[5]
In 2020, production began at the Lynn Branch coal mine.
In February 2021, Contura changed its name to Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. The company was known as Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. until 2016 when it was restructured as Contura following a bankruptcy. The mine is expected to operate for 26 years, or until 2046. As of December 2020, Lynn Branch had 23 million short tons in reserves, divided as 12 million short tons proven and 10 million short tons probable. As of 2021, Alpha Natural Resources listed a Lynn Branch Coal Company as a subsidiary[6]
As of June 2021, Alpha Natural Resources's subsidiary Aracoma Coal Company held an underground mine permit for Lynn Branch #2 mine.[7]
In the first quarter of 2021, the mine had 98 employees.[8]
- MSHA id: : 4609575[8]
- Operator: : Aracoma Coal Company, LLC[8]
- Owner:
- Parent company: Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.
- Location: Lynn Branch, Logan County, West Virginia, United States
- GPS coordinates: 37.771729, -81.931004
- Mine status: Operating
- Start year: 2020
- Production: 0.9-1.2 million tons per year
- Total reserves: 23,228 thousand short tons [6]
- Proven reserves: 12,298 thousand short tons [6]
- Total reserves: 10,930 thousand short tons [6]
- Mine type: Underground
- Employees: 98[8]
- Coal type: Bituminous (met coal)[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 (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 3.4 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) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Contura Green Lights Lynn Branch Projects, Coal Age, May 23, 2019
- ↑ Contura Energy Inc. (February 10, 2020) Form 8-K . United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. (March 15, 2021) Form 10-K . United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Report.
- ↑ (June 1, 2021) Underground Mine Permits Open As Of 6/1/2021 . West Virginia Office of Miner's Health Safety and Training. Report.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 23 2021
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