Coal Operations Overview

While coal has evolved from the days of the locomotive engines and pot belly stoves, it remains an essential component in our everyday lives.  Today, steam coal is used by utilities to generate electricity, while metallurgical coal is used for either the coking process or in place of steam coal.  

Drummond has been in the business of mining coal since the Company's inception in 1935.  At present, Drummond produces metallurgical coal from Shoal Creek in the Warrior Coal Basin, which stretches across Jefferson, Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties  in Alabama.   Drummond Ltd. produces steam coal from Mina Pribbenow in La Loma, near Colombia. 

The Warrior Coal Basin is located in northwest Alabama and is a part of the southernmost extension of the bituminous coalfields in the eastern United States.   Drummond Ltd's Colombian coal operation is located in northern Colombia in the Cesar Coal Basin, near the Caribbean coast, and also contains bituminous coal.

Drummond has invaluable experience in the Warrior Coal Basin mining coal from surface as well as from underground continuous mining.  Mining there has transitioned to underground longwall operations.   The Drummond Ltd. operations in Colombia have been developed using surface mining and coal-handling expertise exported from the U.S. operations.  

Our customers look to Drummond to meet their energy needs in a complex and challenging marketplace.  Drummond satisfies our customers' requirements with the ability to blend coal from multiple reserves to ensure consistent, high quality products which meet or exceed all of our customers' specifications.