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Red Hawk Mine

Location: 41 km NW from Marion, Illinois, United States

Address:

500 Cutler-Trico Road
Percy
Illinois, United States
62272

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusInactive / Suspended
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
SnapshotKnight Hawk acquired the Red Hawk mine in 2003. The mine is supported by an on-site jig plant for processing coal. This mine is currently idle.

According to the MSHA database, since April 8, 2022, the Red Hawk mine has the status "Non-Prod Active."

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC. (operator) 100 % Direct
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC. owns and operates the Red Hawk Mine.
SourceSource

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The mine extracts coal from the Illinois No. 5, 6 coal seams.

SourceSource

Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader

Summary:

MINE TYPE - Surface.

TRANSPORT TYPE - Truck.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.
SourceSource

Processing

  • Jig plant
  • CHPP

Summary:

The mine is supported by an on-site jig plant for processing coal.

Red Hawk Preparation Plant as at 2023:
- Raw feed - 250 ton-per-hour
- Type of plant - Water Only
- Primary Separ. - Jig

Production

FY 2022: According to MSHA, the mine was active in the first quarter of 2022 only.
FY 2020: According to MSHA, there was no production at Red Hawk Mine in 2020.
CommodityUnits20222021201920182017
Coal (thermal) tons 1,59634,1705676,625148,819
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics20212020201920182016
Hourly processing capacity 150 tons160 tons160 tons160 tons
Tonnes processed 30,046 tons
Annual production capacity 150,000 tons of clean coal

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
VP Operations Brent Hawley LinkedIn Mar 26, 2024
VP, Engineering & Development Tom Hasenstab LinkedIn Mar 26, 2024

EmployeesYear
2 2023
2 2022
5 2021
2 2020
6 2019
11 2018
16 2017

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