Overview
| Status | Care and Maintenance |
| Mine Type | Underground |
| Commodities |
|
| Mining Method |
- Continuous
- Room-and-pillar
|
| Production Start | ...  |
| Mine Life | 5 years (as of Jan 1, 2017) |
The Quinsam mine, on care and maintenance since 2016, had returned to production in 2017, after being purchased by ERP Compliant Fuels LLC, and produced about 200,000 t in 2018. However, the mine was placed on care and maintenance again in May 2019 and remained so through 2022.
Property and assets offered for sale 2020. Sale process discontinued 2021. |
Source:
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| Company | Interest | Ownership |
|
Quinsam Coal Corporation
(operator)
|
100 %
|
Direct
|
|
ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC
|
100 %
|
Indirect
|
ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC indirectly owns Quinsam through Quinsam Coal Corporation.
Quinsam placed the mine on care and maintenance at the end of May 2019. The company subsequently made an assignment into bankruptcy. The receiver and manager Bowra Group Inc. offered the property and assets for sale in 2020. That process closed without a sale, except that of the existing mined coal inventory.
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Mining Methods
- Continuous
- Room-and-pillar
Summary:
The underground coal mining at Quinsam uses room-and-pillar methods. This mining method uses mechanized, remote control continuous mining machines to develop a series of underground roadways in the coal leaving a series of pillars of coal. The continuous miners cut and load the coal into shuttle cars, which haul and empty the coal onto a belt conveyor system leading to a coal stockpile on the surface. From there, coal is transported to the coal preparation plant.
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Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|
Coal (thermal)
|
t
| ...... | 210,454 | 53,473 | 15,500 | 130,700 |
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.
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Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2017 |
|
Coal tonnes mined
| 82,451 t |
|
Raw coal annual capacity
| 537,000 t |
|
Tonnes processed
| 68,120 t of ROM coal |
Reserves at December 31, 2021:
The permitted reserves for the 2 North and Area 5-7 South have a total of 842,000 raw tonnes. Mining reserves on unpermitted and future development areas total 10,675,700 raw tonnes. These areas include 4-South, 6-South and Quinsam North.
Mining resources (mineable reserves not yet established) on coal holdings described as exploration areas with potential for mineable coal totals over 47 million tonnes. These areas include Quinsam North, Quinsam East and Quinsam South.
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity |
|
Proven & Probable
|
11.5177 Mt
|
Coal (thermal)
|
|
Total Resource
|
47 Mt
|
Coal (thermal)
|
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