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Daviess County
Chemical Composition and Cost
With an average sulfur content of 3.4 percent and average
heat content of 22.6 MMBtu, the mean delivery price for
coal from Daviess County in 2012 was $50.69 per ton. The
average ash content for coal shipped from Daviess County
was 11.3 percent during the year.
Daviess County Coal Mining Productivity
State & Power Plant Deliveries (Tons) Percentage
Total 1,564,405 100%
Kentucky 1,564,405 100%
Mill Creek 630,563 40.3%
Elmer Smith 346,382 22.1%
Ghent 311,351 19.9%
Trimble County 205,098 13.1%
D B Wilson 37,750 2.4%
R D Green 33,261 2.1%
Although Daviess County in Western Kentucky had the fourth
highest mine productivity in the Commonwealth in 2012, just
slightly less than its neighboring counties, productivity has
fallen by 53 percent from its peak in 2001. Overall
productivity was 3.81 tons per labor hour, while surface
productivity averaged 4.02 tons per labor hour.
Daviess County Coal Market
The customer-base for Daviess County steam coal was located
entirely in Kentucky in 2012. The Mill Creek Power Plant,
operated by Louisville Gas & Electric, was the largest consumer
of Daviess County coal, followed by the Elmer Smith
(Owensboro Municipal Utilities) and Ghent Generating Stations.
In all, six different power plants in Kentucky received
a total of 1.5 million tons of steam coal mined in Daviess
County during 2012.
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