LOGAN, W.Va. — Greenbrier Minerals LLC has announced plans to idle seven mining operations in southern West Virginia in the months ahead, eliminating 530 jobs.
The company issued a WARN notice Friday saying the layoffs will begin April 14 and will be permanent.
Greenbrier Minerals, a subsidiary of Coronado Global Resources, blamed the layoffs on adverse market conditions. It issued the following statement to MetroNews:
“Sustained weakness in the U.S. High-Vol markets has caused realized pricing at our Logan facility to remain below cash operating cost and the complex is now operating at a loss. Therefore, the Company is taking steps to preserve liquidity and protect shareholder value. Production is being immediately curtailed to cover contractual commitments carried over from 2025, which are expected to be fulfilled by March 2026. Accordingly, on Friday February 13, we issued all employees with notice in accordance with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. If further economic offtake cannot be secured by the conclusion of the 60-day notice period, the Logan Complex will be temporarily idled to minimize cash consumption while maintaining optionality should market conditions improve.
“We recognize the significant impact this action has on our highly skilled and much valued workforce, as well as on the communities which surround our Logan operations. Throughout the WARN period, we will continue to explore every commercially reasonable pathway to secure sales that could allow Logan to continue operating in some capacity in 2026. We are committed to communicating transparently with our employees, and to supporting them through this period.”
The operations impacted include:
–Toney Fork Surface Mine in Lorado
–Elk Lick Loadout in Lorado
–Powellton #1 Mine in Lorado
–Saunders Prep Plant in Lorado
–Lower War Eagle #1 Mine in Cyclone
–Muddy Bridge Mine in Davin
–Eagle No. 1 Mine in Lorado
The company announced it will also layoff employees of their Rich Creek/Lyburn administrative offices in Lyburn.
It’s one of the largest layoff announcements in the region in years and comes just days after Mettiki Coal announced the closure of its Mountain View Mine in Tucker County. That mine will close April 1 and close to 200 workers will lose their jobs.
The announcement also comes in the same week President Donald Trump hosted leaders of the coal industry and announced new policies aimed at benefiting the coal industry.