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Warrior-Cardinal Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Continuous
  • Room-and-pillar
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SnapshotThe Warrior complex produce medium/high-sulfur coal. The production is shipped via the CSX or PAL railroads or by truck directly to customers or potentially to various transloading facilities, including Mt. Vernon transloading facility, for barge deliveries.

New portal location allows convenient access to up to 100 million tons of additional reserves. All sections completed the portal relocation in 2Q25.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Alliance Resource Partners L.P. 100 % Indirect
Warrior Coal, LLC. (operator) 100 % Direct
Warrior Coal, LLC., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Alliance Resource Partners L.P., owns and operates the Warrior Complex.

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The Cardinal Mine is extracting coal from Kentucky No. 9 and No. 11 seams.

Reserves

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Mining Methods

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) M tons  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3.73.53.63.84
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics202520242023202220212020201920182017
Hourly processing capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1,200 tons1,200 tons1,200 tons

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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Workforce

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