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Sufco Mine

Location: 38 km E from Salina, Utah, United States

Address:

597 SR24
Salina
Utah, United States
84654

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Summary

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Continuous
  • Longwall
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SnapshotThe Sufco mine is one of the longest continuously running and most productive underground longwall mines in the U.S.

The Sufco coal mine produces 3.5 to 4.0 million tons per year of high BTU, low sulfur coal. Sufco is truck served with ability to reach local and international markets via access to local rail transloading facilities.

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Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Wolverine Fuels LLC 100 % Indirect
Canyon Fuel Company LLC (operator) 100 % Direct
Canyon Fuel Company LLC is the operator of the Sufco mine.

Wolverine Fuels LLC is the parent company of the Canyon Fuel Company LLC.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The Sufco mine has longwall and continuous miner reserves in the Upper Hiawatha and Lower Hiawatha seams, which have an average seam thickness of 10 feet.

It is located in the Blackhawk Formation in the Wasatch Plateau coalfield in which eight coal beds have been identified that contain coal seams more than seven feet thick.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits20242023202220212020201920182017
Coal (thermal) tons  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,373,9424,904,4765,883,975
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics202420232022202120202019201820172015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,373,942 tons4,904,476 tons5,883,975 tons
Raw coal annual capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe7 M tons

Production Costs

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Personnel

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