Wild Boar Coal Mine

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Wild Boar Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Indiana, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Wild Boar Coal Mine Indiana, United States 38.17855, -87.264139 (exact)

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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
1.48052543[1] 2023[1] Surface Open Pit 75* 157[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
15[2] 2022[2] Illinois Basin Bituminous

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Peabody Wild Boar Mining LLC[3][4] Peabody Energy Corp [100.0%] USA

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

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM[5] 2[6] 2[7] 2[8] 2[9] 2[5] 2[5] 1[10]

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

Wild Boar Mine is a surface coal mine, operated by Peabody Energy near Lynnville, Indiana. The Wild Boar Mine is operated by Peabody Energy and is in operation since late 2010.[11]

  • MSHA ID: 1202441
  • Start year: 2010
  • Owner: Peabody Energy
  • Parent company: Peabody Energy
  • Location: Lynnville, Kentucky
  • GPS coordinates: 38.178550, -87.264139
  • Production (short tons): 2.500.000 (2019)
  • Type of coal: Bituminous
  • Mine type: Surface
  • Equipment: Dozer/casting, truck/shovel
  • Number of employees: 205(2020)
  • Status: Operating

Customer Plants

Deliveries in 2020[12]

Plant Name State Delivery Quantity in Short Tons
Elmer Smith Station KY 16.398
E.W. Brown Generating Station KY 123.310

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 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240122194912/https://www.peabodyenergy.com/Peabody/media/MediaLibrary/Investor%20Info/Annual%20Reports/Peabody-10-K-Year-Ended-12-31-22.pdf?ext=.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://miningdataonline.com/property/1468/Wild-Boar-Mine.aspx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125043716/https://www.peabodyenergy.com/Investor-Info/Shareholder-Information/Annual-Report. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240606040306/https://www.peabodyenergy.com/Peabody/media/MediaLibrary/Investor%2520Info/10K-Year-Ended-12-31-2023.pdf?ext=.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 06 June 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472818000007/btu_20171231-10k.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472819000013/btu_20181231-10k.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001064728/000106472820000007/btu20191231-10k.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001064728/000106472821000008/btu-20201231.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 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)
  11. "Wild Boar Mine" Peabodyenergy.com, accessed June 2020
  12. "EIA 923 February 2020" EIA 923 2020.

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