Overview
| Stage | Production |
| Mine Type | Open Pit & Underground |
| Commodities |
|
| Mining Method |
- Truck & Shovel / Loader
- Contour Strip
- Highwall
- Continuous
- Room-and-pillar
|
| Processing |
- Wash plant
- Dense media separation
|
| Mine Life | 2053 |
Logan complex consist of four underground mines (Lower War Eagle, Powellton, Eagle 1, Muddy Bridge) and one surface mine (Toney Fork – idle from March 2020). |
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Greenbrier Minerals LLC owned and operating of Logan complex. Greenbrier Minerals LLC is wholly owned subsidiary by Coronado Global Resources Inc.
Summary:
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.
Mining Methods
- Truck & Shovel / Loader
- Contour Strip
- Highwall
- Continuous
- Room-and-pillar
Summary:
Logan complex consist of four underground mines (Lower War Eagle, Powellton, Eagle 1, Muddy Bridge) and one surface mine (Toney Fork – idle from March 2020).
The Lower War Eagle mine is located near Man, West Virginia in Wyoming County and operates in the Lower War Eagle coal seam (bituminous) with an overall average mining height of 72 inches. The mine produces an average of 12,000 tons of raw material daily utilizing room and pillar mining. Coal is extracted from the face, transported by shuttle cars, then transported on belt conveyors to the surface. A battery-powered track haulage system and self-propelled rubber-tired personnel carriers are used to transport men and materials in and out of the mine.
The Muddy Bridge Mine currently operating in the No. 2 Gas coal seam and the average mine height is 90 inches. The mine has one continuous miner section with two mechanized mining units. The mine is in producing status operating 6 days per week with two 9 hour production shifts and one maintenance shift. The mine has four openings and liberates zero cubic feet of methane in a 24 hour period and is ventilated with one blowing fan.
Processing
- Wash plant
- Dense media separation
Source:
Summary:
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.
Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|
Coal (metallurgical)
|
Mt
| ...... | ...... | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.
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Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|
Coal tonnes mined
| ...... | 6.6 Mt of ROM coal | 7 Mt of ROM coal | 7.1 Mt of ROM coal |
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Reserves at December 31, 2020:
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Marketable Coal |
|
Proven
|
98 Mt
|
Coal (metallurgical)
|
54 Mt
|
|
Probable
|
43 Mt
|
Coal (metallurgical)
|
21 Mt
|
|
Proven & Probable
|
141 Mt
|
Coal (metallurgical)
|
75 Mt
|
|
Measured
|
175 Mt
|
Coal (metallurgical)
|
|
|
Indicated
|
87 Mt
|
Coal (metallurgical)
|
|
|
Inferred
|
3 Mt
|
Coal (metallurgical)
|
|
|
Total Resource
|
265 Mt
|
Coal (metallurgical)
|
|
Commodity Production Costs:
| | Commodity | Units | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|
Total cash costs (sold)
|
Coal (metallurgical)
|
USD
|
......
|
69.8 / t
|
62.9 / t
|
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Financials:
| | Units | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|
Capital expenditures
|
M USD
| ...... | 29.9 |
25.5
|
10.6
|
|
Revenue
|
M USD
| ...... | 235 |
241.9
|
133.9
|
|
After-tax Income
|
M USD
| ...... | -10.3 |
11
|
-16.9
|
|
EBITDA
|
M USD
| ...... | 31.9 |
34.9
|
3.2
|
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