Overview
| Stage | Production |
| Mine Type | Underground |
| Commodities |
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| Mining Method |
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| Processing |
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| Production Start | 2007 |
| Mine Life | 2023 |
CAPP - Thermal consists of one active mine and one preparation plant in West Virginia.
Alpha’s last remaining thermal operation, the Slabcamp mine, is on schedule to mine out and cease operation in summer of 2022. But the radically changing economics in the thermal market have also increased the reserve life at our Slabcamp deep mine. Formerly planned to idle in 2022 year, more resource tons have been identified and mine plans are being developed. The company's last pure-play thermal mine is now expected to operate into the first quarter of 2023 year. |
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Contractors
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Summary:
Company operate high-quality, cost-competitive coal mines across the Central Appalachia (“CAPP”) coal basin.
Summary:
Room-and-Pillar Mining
Certain company mines in CAPP use room-and-pillar mining methods. In this type of mining, main airways and transportation entries are developed and maintained while remote-controlled continuous miners extract coal from the seam, leaving pillars to support the roof. Shuttle cars or battery coal haulers are used to transport coal from the continuous miner to the conveyor belt for transport to the surface. This method is more flexible than longwall mining and often used to mine smaller coal blocks or thinner seams of coal. Ultimate seam recovery of in-place reserves is less than that achieved with longwall mining. All of this production is also processed in preparation plants to remove rock and impurities before it becomes saleable clean coal.
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Summary:
CAPP - Thermal consists of one active mine and one preparation plant.
Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
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Coal (thermal)
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tons
| ...... | ...... | ...... | 1,070,511 | 1,197,819 |
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Reserves at December 31, 2020:
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity |
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Proven
|
533 k tons
|
Coal (thermal)
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|
Probable
|
3,911 k tons
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Coal (thermal)
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Proven & Probable
|
4,444 k tons
|
Coal (thermal)
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