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Central Appalachian (CAPP) coal has a high energy content, but it's expensive. That's led to a switch away from the region and an increase in demand for Powder River (PRB) and Illinois Basin coal ...
The West Kentucky Coal Field, alternatively The North Pennyrile or simply Northwest Kentucky, comprises an area in the west-central and northwestern part of the state, bounded by the Dripping Springs Escarpment and the Pennyroyal Plateau and the Ohio River, but is part of the Illinois Basin that extends into Indiana and Illinois. [1]
The Illinois Basin is a Paleozoic depositional and structural basin in the United States, centered in and underlying most of the state of Illinois, and extending into southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky. The basin is elongate, extending approximately 400 miles (640 km) northwest-southeast, and 200 miles (320 km) southwest-northeast.
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The Western Coal Fields are part of the Illinois Basin, which extends into Illinois and Indiana, while the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields is part of the Appalachian coal basin which extends from Pennsylvania to Alabama. Bituminous coal deposits in the eastern coal field are lower in sulfur content, averaging between 1 and 2 percent by weight.
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In 2006 he organized Foresight Energy to manage his Illinois Basin coal rights. Foresight Energy went public in 2014 on the New York Stock Exchange. [6] Cline sold off most of his share of Foresight in 2015, for $1.4 billion. [7] Illinois holds a 250-year supply of coal, providing the state with the largest recoverable coal reserve in the ...
James River Coal's main operations are in the Central Appalachian coal basin (CAPP). That's a region that's experiencing a downward trend in demand. Although the company has tried to diversify ...