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Central Appalachia

  • MC MINING

    Operated By: Excel Mining, LLC

    Approximate Employment: 287
    Annual Production: 1.4 million tons in 2010
    Reserve Estimates: 16.6 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
    Status: Producing
    Transportation Options: Barge access via rail or truck, Truck, CSX
    Coal Type: Low-sulfur
    Method: Continuous mining
    Employment Opportunities

    4126 State Highway 194 W.
    Pikeville, Kentucky, 41501
    Ph: (606) 631-9460
    Fax: (606) 631-1663
    Sales Contact: jim.plaisted@arlp.com

    MC Mining, LLC (MC Mining), owns an underground mining complex located near the city of Pikeville in Pike County, Kentucky. Alliance acquired the mine in 1989. The underground operation utilizes continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques to produce low-sulfur coal.

    Substantially all of the coal produced at MC Mining in 2009 met or exceeded the compliance requirements of Phase II of the Federal Clean Air Act. The preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 1,000 tons of raw coal an hour.

  • PONTIKI (EXCEL)

    Operated By: Excel Mining, LLC

    Approximate Employment: 186
    Annual Production: 0.9 million tons in 2010
    Reserve Estimates: 8.1 million tons (as of 12/31/10)
    Status: Producing
    Transportation Options: Barge access via rail or truck, Truck, NS
    Coal Type: Low-sulfur
    Method: Continuous mining
    Employment Opportunities

    HC 67, Box 615
    Pilgrim, Kentucky, 41250
    Ph: (606) 395-5348
    Fax: (606) 395-5529
    Sales Contact: jim.plaisted@arlp.com

    Pontiki Coal, LLC owns Pontiki, an underground mining complex located near the city of Inez in Martin County, Kentucky. The mine was constructed in 1977. Pontiki utilizes continuous mining units employing room-and-pillar mining techniques to produce low-sulfur coal from the Pontiki Van Lear Mine.

    The preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 900 tons of raw coal an hour.