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Five Forks Mine

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Five Forks Mine

Location: 84 km SE from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Address:

839 Five Forks Road
Saline
Louisiana, United States
71070

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Five Forks Mine is a lignite mine that supplies the primary raw material for the manufacturing of activated carbon (AC) products, including both powdered activated carbon (PAC) and granular activated carbon (GAC).

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Arq Inc. 100 % Indirect
The Five Forks Mine is fully owned by Arq, Inc.

ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Arq Inc. Carbon Solutions, through Five Forks Mining, LLC, owns Five Forks Mine.

Five Forks is operated by Demery Resources Company, LLC, a subsidiary of the North American Coal Company.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Type of Mine: Surface Lignite.
Coal Formation or Coal Seam(s): Wilcox Formation I Seam.
Average Seam Thickness: 4.4 feet.
Average Depth: 44 feet.

Average Coal Quality (As received):
- Heat Content - 7,033 BTUs/lb;
- Sulfur - 0.44%;
- Ash - 7.8%;
- Moisture - 37%.

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) tons  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe183,475207,610334,580262,208194,714
Heat ContentBTU/lb7,0336,940
Sulfur%0.440.44
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe183,475 tons207,610 tons334,580 tons262,208 tons194,714 tons

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

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