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The North Antelope Rochelle Mine is the largest coal mine in the world. [1] [2] Located in Campbell County, Wyoming, about 65 miles (105 km) south of Gillette, it produced 85.3 million tons of coal in 2019. [3] [4] Peabody Energy opened the North Antelope Mine in the heart of Wyoming's Powder River Basin in 1983. [5] The Rochelle mine was ...
A P&H 4100 shovel loads coal into a haul truck at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine.. Coal mining in Wyoming has long been a significant part of the state's economy. Wyoming has been the largest producer of coal in the United States since 1986, [1] and in 2018, coal mines employed approximately 1% of the state's population. [2]
Owner Type State Short Tons (2017) [2] Image North Antelope Rochelle Mine: Peabody Energy Corporation [3] Surface Wyoming: 101,595,323 Black Thunder Mine: Arch Coal [4] Surface Wyoming 99,450,689 Antelope Coal Mine: Cloud Peak Energy [5] Surface Wyoming 28,503,504 Eagle Butte Mine: Foundation Coal [6] Surface Wyoming
Despite the slump, West Virginia added 1,500 coal mining jobs in 2022 and employed by far more miners than any other U.S. state at 13,000, which is 30% of the total U.S. coal-mining employment ...
Coal plants have been closing at a fast rate since 2010 (290 plants closed from 2010 to May 2019; this was 40% of the US's coal generating capacity) due to competition from other generating sources, primarily cheaper and cleaner natural gas (a result of the fracking boom), which has replaced so many coal plants that natural gas now accounts for ...
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Two coal-processing facilities are located on-site, and crushed coal is shipped by rail to electric utility customers in the south and west of the United States. [1] [2] The mine employs between 430 [1] and 540 [2] people. The mining complex is wholly owned by Navajo Transitional Energy Company, who acquired the mine at bankruptcy auction in ...
The Black Thunder Coal Mine is a surface coal mine in the U.S. state of Wyoming, located in the Powder River Basin which contains one of the largest deposits of coal in the world. In 2022, the mine produced 62,180,000 short tons (56,410,000 t) of coal, [1] over 25% of Wyoming's total coal production. [2] Black Thunder's dragline excavator Ursa ...