The plant, which was destroyed by fire on August 27, 2009, is now expected to resume processing coal in September 2010.
Upon completion of the construction, the redesigned plant will be renamed ‘Zigmond Processing’, after retired longtime Massey member Richard Zigmond.
Zigmond Processing will be a preparation plant. When fully operational, this heavy media vessel, heavy media cyclone, spiral and froth flotation facility will have processing capacity of 1,200 tons per hour.
It will service four underground mines producing high quality metallurgical coal and two surface mines producing steam coal. The mines are all part of the company’s Logan County resource group. The facility will feature a new batch-weigh flood loadout that will be capable of loading 15,000 ton trains in four hours, the company said.
Shipments from the direct ship loadout are expected to begin during the first half of August 2010 and the company expects the plant to be fully operational by mid-September 2010.
Total employment at the combined operations served by the plant is expected to exceed 480 workers.
