Major Mines & Projects | Flat Top Mine

Flat Top Mine

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Location:

21 km NW from Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Regional Office:

9865 Highway 269
Parrish
Alabama, United States
35580

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Overview
Owners
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Personnel
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Overview

Stage	Production
Mine Type	Open Pit
Commodities	Coal (M/T)
Mining Method	Highwall
Processing	Wash plant

Owners & OPERATOR

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Company	Interest	Ownership
Best Coal Inc. (operator)

Flat Top mine is leased by Best Coal Inc, a subsidiary of FM Coal, LLC.

Deposit Type

Sedimentary

Summary:

The mine extracts coal from the Nickle Plate and American coal seams. The interburden thickness between the Nickle Plate and American coal seams is approximately 30 feet.

Mining Methods

Highwall

Summary:

The mining operations at Flat Top are expected to increase given that the highwall mining equipment, formerly at the Dutton Hill Mine, was put into use at Flat Top. This equipment was moved to Flat Top in August 2020, and production began in late September 2020. Flat Top is fully staffed with employees working ten hour shifts.

Crushing and Grinding

Processing

Wash plant

Source:

Summary:

The North Pratt Coal Washing Plant is an active coal prep operation located in Jefferson County.

Production:

Commodity	Units	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Coal (M/T)	tons	......	......	278,489	307,234	281,668	256,521

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Heavy Mobile Equipment:

Mine Management:

Job Title	Name	Ref. Date
.......................	.......................	Nov 16, 2021
.......................	.......................	Nov 16, 2021
.......................	.......................	Nov 16, 2021

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Staff:

Total Workforce	Year
	2020
	2019
	2018
	2017
	2016
	2015

Corporate Filings & Presentations:

Document	Year
...................................	2021
...................................	2021
...................................	2020
...................................	2020
Other	2017

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