IIR Industry Alert: Illinois Fuels Plans Coal Expansion

The new underground mine will utilize simple drift mining techniques and continuous mining equipment. A 1,500' conveyor system will be constructed to deliver coal from the underground...

Houston-July 15, 2002-Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Illinois Fuels, an affiliate of Appalachian Fuels, LLC (Ashland, Kentucky), has acquired an underground mining permit and awaits a power sales agreement to proceed with engineering and construction of a 900,000 to 1 million ton per year underground coal mine.

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