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Maben Complex

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Highwall
  • Contour Strip
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SnapshotThe Maben Complex produces high-quality, low-volatile metallurgical coal that caters to both domestic metallurgical coal consumers and the global seaborne metallurgical coal market.

Maben contains several areas of high-quality low-volatile metallurgical coal, including the Sewell, Beckley, Pocahontas 3, Pocahontas 4, and Pocahontas 6 seams. As of 2024, the complex operates one active mine and has three planned underground mines.

Initially, coal mined at the Maben Property was shipped to Ramaco’s Berwind Plant for processing. In May 2024, construction began on a modular coal processing plant at Maben, which commenced operations in November 2024.

A new preparation plant to increase total site processing capacity will be built adjacent to the existing facility, with construction expected to begin in 2027.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Maben Coal, LLC (operator) 100 % Direct
Ramaco Resources, Inc. 100 % Indirect
Ramaco’s Maben Property is operated by Maben Coal, LLC.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The Maben Property is located within the Appalachian Plateau Physiographic Province and is underlain by Lower Pennsylvanian Age rock of the New River and Pocahontas Formations. The coalbeds of the New River and Pocahontas Formations are interbedded with sandstones, shales, siltstones, and underclays.

The Maben Property is within the western margin of the folded and faulted Central Appalachian Basin, with deformation occurring during the Alleghany (post-Permian) Orogeny.

The primary coal seams of interest on the Maben Property, in descending stratigraphic order, are the Sewell, Beckley, Pocahontas No. 6, Pocahontas No. 4, and Pocahontas No. 3. Of the coal seams Ramaco controls, only the Sewell and Beckley seams outcrop on the property.

Deposit Type
The Maben Property resource area is a relatively flat lying, sedimentary deposit of Lower Pennsylvanian Age. These bituminous coal seams in this area here are known to be highquality, low sulfur, and have metallurgical characteristics.

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Commodity Production

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All production numbers are expressed as clean coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

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