Remining 3 Coal Mine

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Remining #3 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)
Remining #3 Coal Mine	West Virginia, United States	37.722117, -82.147095 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2012	–

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
–	0.1496854755	2023	Surface	–	–	75*	28

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
Appalachian Resource Co	Appalachian Resource Company	USA

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0.372	0.572	0.435	0.127	0.082	0.154	0.154

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.

Background

Remining no. 3 or Remining # 3 is a surface mine in Mingo County, West Virginia. In December 2011, Rhino Resource Partners LP, a metallurgical and thermal coal producer, announced that the development in its new Remining 3 surface mine at its Tug River complex was nearing completion, with a projected production of 375 thousand tons a year. The mine started operating in the first quarter of 2012 through its subsidiary CAM Mining LLC, and produced 143 thousand tons in 2013 while employing 8 workers.

In June 2015, the company filed a workers layoff/closure report with Kentucky's Office of Employment and Training and issued WARN notices to its workers at several of its mines including Remining 3. In the report, it said that CAM mining was was idling its operations due to adverse market conditions. The MSHA database indicates that, Remining 3's slowed down and stopped production during late 2015, early 2016 but the mine became fully operational once again in the last quarter of 2016.

David Zatezalo, the president of Rhino Resource Partners, became President Trump's pick to run MSHA after his retirement in 2014. During his tenure, Rhino had a series of mine health and safety violations.

In 2020, Rhino Resource Partners declared bankruptcy, and the mine was acquired by the Appalachian Resource Company LLC, which operates it through its subsidiary Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC.

In 2020 the mine produced 140 thousand tons and had 36 employees. This was a stark decline from its 2019 production, which stood at almost half a million tons with over 70 employees.

• Operator: Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC

• Owner: Appalachian Resource Company LLC

• Location: Mingo County, West Virginia

• Coordinates: 37.722117, -82.147095 (Approximate)

• Status: Operating

• Production: 140,414 tons

• Total Reserves:

• Number of employees: 36

• Coal Type: Bituminous

• Mine Type: Surface

• Start Year: 2012

• Source of Financing:

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