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While northeastern Wyoming is home to eight of the 10 most productive U.S. coal mines, Black Butte in the southw Wyoming coal mine is shedding jobs ahead of the power plant's coal-to-gas ...
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.
The Eagle Butte mine is a coal mine located 7 miles (11 km) north of Gillette, Wyoming in the United States in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. The mine is an open pit , "truck and shovel", mine producing a low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal from the Roland and Smith seams that is used for domestic energy generation.
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 17,264,483 Cordero Rojo Mine: Cloud Peak Energy [5] Surface Wyoming 16,393,569 Belle Ayr Mine
The court's 5-2 decision overturns a 2022 lower court ruling that effectively blocked work on the Black Butte mine north of White Sulphur Springs by revoking its permit. Attorneys for Montana ...
In 2011 Wyoming's coal mines employed 7,000 people; a high was reached in 1981 when 38,500 Wyomingites were recorded as being employed in the mining industry. Most of Wyoming's coal mines are in the Powder River Basin of northeastern Wyoming, especially in Campbell County. [6] More than 88% of the state's coal production was contributed by ...
Pages in category "Mines in Wyoming" ... Almy, Wyoming; B. Belle Ayr Mine; Black Thunder Coal Mine; C. Cordero Rojo Mine ... Eagle Butte Mine; F. Ferris-Haggarty Mine ...
The Powder River Basin mines supply approximately 40% of the coal that fuels those stations (mainly east of the Rocky Mountains) for generating electricity. [11] The mines work in areas where the stripping ratio is between 1:1 (i.e. one ton of rock for one ton of coal) and 3:1. [12] As the mines expand the stripping ratio will increase.