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Leer Mine

Location: 32 km S from Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

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275 Technology Drive, Suite 101
Canonsburg
Pennsylvania, United States
15317-9565

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Summary

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Longwall
  • Continuous
  • Room-and-pillar
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SnapshotThe Leer franchise consistently ranks among the lowest cost U.S. metallurgical mines and produces a product quality that is recognized and sought-after worldwide.

Leer longwall mine in West Virginia has achieved Level A verification for all protocols comprising the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative. Leer is the first mine of any type to achieve and verify this performance level through TSM’s new subscription program, which allows any mine anywhere in the world to implement this globally recognized sustainability initiative for the mining industry.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
ICG Tygart Valley, LLC (operator) 100 % Direct
Core Natural Resources, Inc. 100 % Indirect
ICG Tygart Valley, LLC, wholly owned subsidiary of Core Natural Resources, Inc., operates the Leer mine.

On January 14, 2025, CONSOL Energy Inc. completed its previously announced all-stock merger of equals transaction (the “Merger”) with Arch Resources, Inc., pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 20, 2024, by and among CONSOL Energy Inc., Mountain Range Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of CONSOL Energy Inc. (“Merger Sub”), and Arch. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Arch, with Arch continuing as the surviving corporation and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Additionally, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company was renamed “Core Natural Resources, Inc.” and began trading under the ticker symbol “CNR” on January 15, 2025.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The Leer Mine reserve is a relatively flat lying, sedimentary deposit of Pennsylvanian Age. The Leer Mine is actively mining a single coal seam, the Lower Kittanning.

The principal minable coal seam on the Leer Mine Property is the Lower Kittanning Seam. The Lower Kittanning Seam occurs in a larger area, with a higher seam thickness than all other listed seams in the formation. The Leer Mine is actively mining the Lower Kittanning Seam. The Lower Kittanning Seam reserve extends northeast from Grafton, West Virginia toward Thornton, West Virginia. The reserve area is approximately 6.5 miles in length and approximately 4.0 miles wide. The Lower Kittanning Seam consists primarily of a single horizon of coal with a bone coal parting. Drillholes show seam thickness ranging from 0.0 to 10.5 feet. The seam thins (< 3.0 feet) to the south and east of the Leer Mine LOM Plan and to the north and east of the northern extension of the Leer Mine LOM Plan.

The mineable coal seam is typically low-ash, high thermal content, high volatile A rank bituminous metallurgical coal product. Parting does occur within the property and generally is between one and three feet thick. The parting does not affect the end product since the coal is washed. The seam is generally continuous but is absent in areas outside the Leer Mine LOM Plan. These sub-crops of the Lower Kittanning seam are usually from sandstone washouts.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (metallurgical) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3.73.22.93.72.6
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

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Annual production capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3.5 M tons of clean coal

Production Costs

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Mine Financials

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Book Value M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 252.9  

Personnel

Mine Management

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