Excel Mining, LLC, located in Pikeville, Kentucky, is a top producer of low ash, low sulfur, and high BTU bituminous coal. The Excel Mining complex consists of a four super unit underground coal mine (Excel #5), an overland conveyor system, a coal preparation plant, a main line rail load out, and a refuse impoundment. Excel is currently mining in the Pond Creek Coal Seam. Known for having a very low sulfur content, the coal generated from this seam is highly marketable to both foreign and domestic customers for power generation, specialized industrial applications, PCI applications, and as a blend additive for metallurgical coal.