North American Mining spoke to Penn State’s Prof. Barbara Arnold about the current state and future of coal preparation in the U.S. By Jonathan Rowland There are 154 coal preparation plants active in the U.S. with a further 73 idled. That is still a “decent number,” according to Barbara Arnold, who has spent over three decades involved in the coal…
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First coal leaves New Consol mine
Consol Energy’s newest mine, the Itmann coal complex in Wyoming County, West Virginia, has commissioned its preparation plant and has loaded and shipped its first train. The plant started operating in late September. The first loaded train left Oct. 12. When fully operational, Itmann No. 5 is expected to produce about 900,000 tons annually of premium low-vol metallurgical coking coal…
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