The Logan Mine Complex is located in the Central Appalachian Basin in the southern West Virginia counties of Logan, Boone and Wyoming. The Logan mining complex has a large reserve of premium quality High-Vol met coal, complemented by a long history of high quality production.

Logan’s reserves are one of the largest contiguous blocks of premium, high quality, low-cost High-Vol coal in North America.

The thermoplastic (fluidity) properties of the coal produced at Logan make it well suited for coke making and its coal has a well established reputation for quality in both the domestic and export marketplaces.

Logan consists of four active underground mines (Powellton No. 1, Lower War Eagle, Eagle No. 1 and Muddy Bridge) and supporting infrastructure that produce High-Volatile Met coal using the room and pillar mining method and one active surface mine (Toney Fork) and supporting infrastructure that produce both Met and thermal coal using the contour and highwall mining methods. The Logan complex life plan includes 12 proposed mines, consisting of nine underground mines and three surface mines.

Logan produces primarily High-Vol Met coal (HVA HCC and HVB HCC), mined from various seams of the Kanawha Formation, most of which are situated below drainage; however, several Met coal seams are situated above drainage. Logan also produces thermal coal from upper portions of the Kanawha Formation.

Most of Logan’s Met coal production is attributable to its four active underground mines, Powellton No. 1, Lower War Eagle, Eagle No. 1 and Muddy Bridge, each of which uses the room and pillar mining method. The Powellton No. 1 mine utilizes one continuous miner super section to extract coal from the Upper Powellton seam, which is situated above or below drainage, depending on the relief of the property, and accessed by a shallow slope and crop. The Lower War Eagle mine utilizes two continuous miner super sections to extract coal from the Lower War Eagle seam, which is situated below drainage throughout the property and accessed by slope. The Eagle No. 1 mine utilizes three continuous miner super sections to extract coal from the No. 2 Gas seam, which is situated above drainage throughout the property and accessed by drift entry. The Muddy Bridge mine utilizes two continuous miner super sections to extract coal from the No. 2 Gas seam, which is situated above drainage throughout the property and accessed by drift entry.

A majority of the sections of the active underground mines at Logan are configured as full super sections, with two continuous miners per section. Each section also has two or four roof bolters, three or six shuttle cars and two scoops. From the continuous miner at the production face, the shuttle cars haul extracted coal to a feeder breaker, which transfers raw coal to a conveyor belt for transport to a surface stockpile holding area. A shared overland conveyor carries raw coal from the Powellton No. 1 and Lower War Eagle mines to a CPP. Trucks haul raw coal from the Eagle No. 1 mine to the CPP and from the Muddy Bridge mine to the Logan overland conveyor. The CPP has a feed rate capacity of 1,088 raw tph. The CPP site includes raw coal storage, clean coal storage, a loadout connected to a CSX rail line and refuse disposal area.

The Toney Fork surface mine extracts Met and thermal coal using the area mining method. The current LOM plan for Toney Fork also contemplates utilizing contour and highwall mining methods at various times during the life of the mine. The mine uses a spread of front-end loaders, large tractors/dozers and rock trucks to remove overburden and expose the coal. We will deploy highwall mining when overburden volumes exceed economical stripping ratios associated with area and contour mining. Trucks haul raw coal from Toney Fork to the CPP site for cleaning or to the loading site to be shipped directly to customers.

The thermoplastic (fluidity) properties of the coal produced at Logan make it well suited for coke making and its coal has a well established reputation for quality in both the domestic and export marketplaces.

Logan Coal currently produces metallurgical, PCI and thermal coal from surface and underground mines that are served by a preparation plant and unit-train load out facility on the CSX Transportation.