POWDER RIVER COAL COMPANY IBLA 96566 Decided December 6, 2001 Appeal from a decision of the Associate Director for Policy and Management Improvement, Minerals Management Service, denying in part an appeal from an order assessing additional royalty for coal production from Federal coal lease M. MMS920478MIN. Affirmed as modified. 1.
When Westmoreland Coal Company, the owner of the Kemmerer mine in southwest Wyoming, filed for bankruptcy, it received court approval to toss out retiree obligations and the union contract in 2018. What's more, a majority of the Powder River Basin coal mines are not unionized, leaving workers with few protections when a company goes bankrupt.
This 37,500squaremile region known as the Powder River Basin is home to some of the largest coal mines in the world, and it supplies around 40% of the country's 700 million tons annually.
Westmoreland Coal Sales Company sales Coal Specifications Proximate Analysis (as received) Typical Btu/lb. 8,550 Sulfur % Ash % Sodium as % of Ash % Recoverable Reserves 357 million tons Annual Production 2017 .63 Million tons 2016 .65 Million tons 2015 .76 Million tons Storage Capacity 44,000 tons (troughtype ...
It has served energy customers in Louisiana with cleaner, lowsulfur Powder River Basin coal since 1979. It is due to close in April after a storied career. At its peak, it employed a staff of 34 that moved between 7 million and 8 million tons of coal a year from rail to barge—quickly, efficiently, safely, year in and year out, 24 hours a day ...
PRB coal demand and production continues. GILLETTE (WNE) — The coal production from Peabody Energy Corp. and Arch Resources Inc. through the first three months of 2022 aligned with the strong projections each company had for their Powder River Basin mines headed into the year, despite rail issues and other logistical challenges.
The inspector also relied on a sign that included the following language: "Powder River Coal Company, North Antelope/Rochelle Mine." (Tr. 26; Ex. G5 p. 4). He testified that this sign was located "at the antelope entrance towards the access road, on the west end." (Tr. 26). He admitted that these signs were on the other side of the ...
GILLETTE Halfway through 2022, Powder River Basin mines have produced about half of the total amount of coal as last year, keeping up the pace of production despite struggling to get enough ...
Wyoming's Powder River Basin produces the bulk of the nation's coal, but many are now bracing for what could be the first coal mines to close there. Reporter Cooper McKim of Wyoming Public Media ...
LOCATION 65 miles south of Gillette, WY COAL TYPE Thermal MINING METHOD Dozer/Casting, Dragline, Truck/Shovel Did You Know? million tons of coal produced in 2022 billion tons of proven and probable reserves ~1,200 employees Rail: BNSF and Union Pacific Work With Us
Coal Company then had a monopoly on coal production in the territory and used the coal primarily for its railroad operations. Carbon, on the UP line southwest of Medicine Bow, was founded by Thomas Wardell in 1868 and incorporated in 1890. ... In the 1970s, demand boomed for lowsulfur Powder River Basin coal after new amendments to the ...
Powder River Basin coal has ranged from less than 4 per ton in the 1990s to about 10 a year ago. ... to close its Coal Creek mine in the Powder River Basin by year's end. The company also plans to close its flagship Black Thunder mine — the second largest surface coal mine in North America, although Arch has not set a target closing date. ...
The cheapest coal in America has never been so expensive, as demand for the dirtiest fossil fuel surges ahead of winter. Coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana more than doubled ...
Wyoming's First Coal Bust. During Wyoming's halcyon days of coal in 2008, Powder River Basin mines collectively filled more than 100 twomile long trains per day and sent them rolling to power plants in 36 states. After 11 years of decline, the daily pulse of coal trains out of the basin slowed to fewer than 50.
In 2010, Campbell County, where most of the Powder River Basin coal mines are located, produced nearly billion worth of taxable minerals, more than any other Wyoming county. ... In 1885, the Powder River Cattle Company may have owned more than 50,000 cows. The cattle boom didn't last long. The brutal winter of killed perhaps 15 ...
A Wyomingbased company foresees a different use for Powder River Basin coal, one that potentially could be more climate friendly. However, some nearby residents still are concerned about the act of mining coal. Ramaco Carbon operates out of the Brook Mine near Sheridan.
Powder River Coal Corp. is a coal mining company. The Company owns and operates surface mines in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Company profile page for Powder River Coal Corp including stock ...
Peabody's North Antelope Rochelle Coal Mine, Wyoming in 2005, from portion of Arch Coal's Black Thunder Mine Complex is visible to north (left).. Peabody Energy is a coal mining company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Its primary business consists of the mining, sale, and distribution of coal, which is purchased for use in electricity generation and steelmaking.
Inventories of the Powder River Coal Company's Tract L, Campbell and Converse Counties, Wyoming. Prepared for Powder River Coal Company by GCM Services, Inc., Butte, Montana., 2001b, Class I and Class III . References Cited South Powder River Basin Coal Final EIS.
WASHINGTON — BNSF Railway and Navajo Transitional Energy Co. have reached a settlement that will end the coal miner's common carrier complaint against the railroad. The companies today asked the Surface Transportation Board to suspend the case until Jan. 8, 2024, which is when BNSF and NTEC expect to conclude their settlement process.
The Powder River Basin is a geologic structural basin in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, about 120 miles (190 km) east to west and 200 miles (320 km) north to south, known for its extensive coal reserves.
WASHINGTON Navajo Transitional Energy Co. says BNSF Railway has violated its common carrier obligations by failing to provide adequate service for its Powder River Basin export coal trains. NTEC, in a complaint filed with the Surface Transportation Board on Friday, says BNSF has failed to provide adequate service from the Spring Creek Mine in Montana to the Westshore Terminals at
A coal truck drives across the Eagle Butte mine, a large Powder River Basin surface mine purchased by Blackjewel LLC before the company was forced to file for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. The mine is now owned by Eagle Specialty Materials LLC. Source: SP Global Market Intelligence
Greenbrier and New River Railroad: CO: 1881 1901 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Guyan, Big Ugly and Coal River Railway: 1907 1921 N/A Guyandotte Valley Railroad Company: CO: 1899 1903 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Guyandotte and Ohio River Railroad and Mineral Company: NYC: 1872 1881 Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad: Hampshire Southern ...
The Powder River Basin produced nearly 420 million tons of coal in 2009 and accounted for 50% of the electricity generation in the United States. The four large, publicly traded coal companies that dominated PRB production were so flush with cash they were taking on billions in debt to fuel extensive expansion and growth.
More than 40% of coal produced in the United States comes from 16 mines in the Powder River Basin (PRB), a mining region primarily located in northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana. Four companies collectively own more than half of those PRB mines, and those 10 mines produced 87% of the Basin's coal in 2018.
The coal is a costeffective fuel choice for generators. Advantages of the ARGUS 8,800 PRB coal price assessment. Argus' Powder River basin coal price assessments provide the most transparent view of the physical market for PRB coal each week. The weekly assessments include all available physical coal trading activity for each week's trading.
A ranch on the Little Powder River north of Gillette, Wyo., now shares the land with the recently built Dry Fork Power Plant, generating 385 megawatts of electricity by burning coal from a nearby ...
This lignite field is part of the Great Plains coal area. Heat values of the deposits in this area range from 6,500 to 7,000 BTU/lb. The lignite is primarily burned by local power plants, but can be used by any properly designed stokers, coalfired units and cyclone furnaces. Beulah Mine | Freedom Mine. View Guide to North Dakota Coal Mines
The latest coal reports show improvement for Powder River Basin mines when compared to the first half of the year. But overall production remains on track to decline slightly from
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