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Barbour mine sealed temporarily

By Taylor McKinnie, The Inter-Mountain

PHILIPPI, W.Va. — The Leer South coal mine in Barbour County will remain temporarily sealed after miners were evacuated due to a fire on Jan. 13, according to officials.

Core Natural Resources, Inc. announced that it was taking steps to temporarily seal the Leer South mine’s active long-wall panel “in order to extinguish isolated combustion-related activity there.” 

Based on “collaborative, ongoing discussions” with regulatory authorities, Core officials said they believe Leer South will be able to resume development work with continuous miners within the next three months, and to resume long-wall mining mid-year.

“On behalf of the Core management team, I want to commend Leer South personnel for their exceptional efforts in managing a challenging situation safely and effectively, and I want to thank the regulatory agencies for their great support during this process,” Paul A. Lang, Core’s chief executive officer, said in a press release. “While we are disappointed that we may be losing around two quarters of longwall production at Leer South, we are confident we are taking the right steps to protect the mine, mining equipment and infrastructure.”

Read more: https://www.theintermountain.com/news/local-news/2025/01/barbour-mine-sealed-temporarily/

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