Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Underground |
Commodities |
|
Mining Method |
- Continuous
- Room-and-pillar
|
Processing |
|
Mining Methods
- Continuous
- Room-and-pillar
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Summary:
The River View mine is currently the largest room- and-pillar underground coal mine in the U.S. The River View mine began production in 2009, and utilizes continuous mining units to produce high-sulfur coal.
Mining Access: Slope & Shaft.
Source:
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Source:
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Summary:
River View's preparation plant has throughput capacity of 2,700 tons of raw coal per hour.
Production:
Commodity | Units | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Coal (thermal)
|
M tons
| 11 | 9.8 | 9 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.3 |
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.
Reserves at December 31, 2019:
Category | Tonnage | Commodity |
Proven
|
105.7 M tons
|
Coal (thermal)
|
Probable
|
127 M tons
|
Coal (thermal)
|
Proven & Probable
|
232.7 M tons
|
Coal (thermal)
|
Mine Management:
Job Title | Name | Phone | Profile | Ref. Date |
Engineering Manager
|
Brendan Mackellar
|
|
|
Sep 4, 2020
|
General Manager
|
Ken Ford
|
(270)-389-6700
|
|
Sep 4, 2020
|
Maintenance Director
|
Greg Little
|
|
|
Sep 4, 2020
|
Staff:
Employees | Year |
845
|
2019
|
664
|
2018
|
602
|
2017
|
593
|
2016
|
609
|
2015
|
580
|
2014
|
587
|
2013
|
Corporate Filings & Presentations: