NAPP currently operates the Casselman mine, an underground mine utilizing the room and pillar mining method; the Acosta mine, an underground mine utilizing the room and pillar mining method; the Horning mine, an underground mine utilizing the room and pillar mining method; and the Schrock Run Extension mine, a surface mine using contour and auger mining methods.
NAPP currently operates two preparation plants, the Cambria Plant and the Shade Creek Plant, and has one idled preparation plant, the Rockwood Plant. The raw metallurgical coal produced from the NAPP Mines is trucked to the preparation plant where it is processed or “washed” using conventional coal processing techniques and stored for shipping. All of the preparation plants are located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. |