Putting solar panels on reclaimed mines could power new industry in the Powder River Basin, but lack of grid space for renewable electricity and community loyalty to fossil fuels hinder progress.
Today, Federal coal produced from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming accounts for over 85 percent of all Federal coal production. In 1920, the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) was enacted, establishing governance for coal, petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, and certain other minerals.
The primary assets are three coal mines located in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana: Antelope, Spring Creek and Cordero Rojo. The properties include surface and mineral rights to …
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 …
The Powder River Basin, or PRB, which is home to the largest coal reserves in the United States, currently supplies approximately 40 percent of the nation's coal and accounts for a full 13 ...
The BLM will not authorize new leases in the coal-rich Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming. ... located near Decker and operated by the Navajo Transitional Energy Company, could continue operating through 2060, ... "Both U.S. total coal production and Powder River Basin coal production peaked in 2008 and have since …
There has been speculation for years about what could finally mean death for coal in Wyoming's coal-rich Powder River Basin, which supplies 40% of the nation's thermal coal. The handwriting may now be on the wall with a seemingly obscure federal court order out of Montana on Thursday that puts a funeral date of 2041 for coal in …
A dragline stands amidst a cloud of smoke and coal dust after a coal "blast" in Wyoming's Powder River Basin in northeast Wyoming in July 2024.
Southern Wyoming (the Green River/Hanna Basins) consists of multiple major coal fields. Coal quality in Southern Wyoming can vary considerably; however, coal deposits are characterized by high BTU, low sulphur and low ash.
15.3 million tons of coal produced in 2023. 180 million tons of proven and probable reserves ~200 employees. ... Powder River Basin. Caballo Mine; North Antelope Rochelle Mine; Rawhide Mine; Other U.S. Bear Run Mine; El Segundo / Lee Ranch Mine; Francisco Mine; Gateway North Mine; Twentymile Mine;
According to the press release dated August 19, 2019 issued by the Navajo Transitional Energy Company and entitled NTEC Expands its Conscientious Energy Development Efforts by Acquiring Three Coal Mines in the Powder River Basin, which can be found here, the properties acquired include surface and mineral rights to …
Peabody is the world's largest producer and reserve holder of coal in the Powder River Basin with 2.3 billion tons in reserves. Powder River Basin is home to the world's largest …
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to future coal leasing on federal lands in Montana and Wyoming's Powder River Basin, the nation's most productive coal-producing region, in part because of the sector's emissions that worsen climate change. The two proposals from the U.S. Bureau of Land…
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Why this Location. This specific setting was selected because of its large carbon dioxide (CO 2) storage potential, its national importance as the largest coal-producing basin in the United States, and its location within the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership (BSCSP) area.The Powder River Basin is located largely in northeastern Wyoming, …
FILE - A mechanized shovel loads coal from an 80-feet thick seam into a haul truck at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek mine, Nov. 15, 2016, near Decker, Mont. Republicans in Congress say a Biden administration proposal on Thursday, May 16, 2024, to stop future coal leasing in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming could …
Federal Coal Leasing In Wyoming Expected To Draw Lukewarm Interest This Year. The moratorium on federal coal leasing in Wyoming's Powder River Basin has been lifted, but experts don't expect a bidding rush until after the Nov. 5 …
In 2022, in response to a challenge from conservation groups, including Powder River Basin Resource Council, Western Organization of Resource Councils, a federal judge found that the two resource management plans failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil, and gas production from …
A coal mine in the Powder River Basin has received state recognition for its reclamation efforts. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recognized the Coal Creek Mine with its 2022 Excellence in Mining Reclamation Award for coal. Coal Creek Mine is operated by Thunder Basin Coal Company south of Gillette.
In a huge shakeup for Wyoming's legacy coal industry, Arch announced a $5 billion merger Wednesday and a hedge fund has bought 10% of Peabody Energy. The companies represent more than half the coal production in the Powder River Basin. A large coal shovel fills a haul truck at the North Antelope ...
Peabody is the leading global pure- play coal company and a member of the Fortune 500, serving power and steel customers in more than 25 countries on six continents. The company offers significant scale, high- quality assets, and diversity in geography and ... Tons of coal sold from the Powder River Basin region in 2019. With a global safety ...
Arch Resources Inc., which runs one of the largest surface coal mining operations in the world out of northeastern Wyoming, has telegraphed for years that it wants to reduce its thermal coal footprint in the energy-rich Powder River Basin and elsewhere. Its announcement of a merger with Consol Energy Inc. this week may …
A coal train rolls past a truck-and-shovel coal mining operation on Sept. 2, 2022, in the Powder River Basin north of Gillette. Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile
Coal cars stage for loading at the Black Thunder Mine near Wright, Wyo. Up to 100 coal trains are loaded daily in the Powder River Basin and leave day and night on railroad tracks bound for more ...
Combined, they make up 53% of Wyoming Powder River Basin coal production and 51% of coal production statewide. Both saw their stocks rally after fourth-quarter 2021 reports to investors this month, based on strong earnings that mostly erased 2020 losses and painted a bright outlook for 2022. ... Navajo Transitional Energy Co., …
More than 234 square miles remain unreclaimed in the West after five decades of mining. More than a third of all land mined for coal in the Western United States awaits cleanup after a half-century of intensive strip-mining, but a weakening coal industry may be incapable of cleaning it up says a report released today by the Western …
The Navajo Nation-owned energy company runs three coal mines in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming and another near Farmington, New …
Peabody is a leading coal producer, providing essential products for the production of affordable, reliable energy and steel. Our commitment to sustainability underpins …
The collapse in coal production continues out of the state's energy-rich Powder River Basin (PRB) in northeastern Wyoming. Second quarter data released Wednesday by the Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) shows coal production has slipped nearly 30% from the second quarter of 2023 when the Cowboy State dug up …
GILLETTE — 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 ...
Today, Federal coal produced from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming accounts for over 85 percent of all Federal coal production. In 1920, the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) was enacted, establishing …
Meantime, the appetite for Wyoming coal continues to diminish at an alarming pace. Arch and Peabody, whose mines in the Powder River Basin account for more than 60% of the state's coal production, experienced first-quarter 2023 to first-quarter 2024 declines of 28% and 17%, respectively.
Development of the Powder River Basin (WSGS oil and gas map) as a hydrocarbon-producing basin occurred more slowly than in the other Laramide basins.The first producing oil well in the basin was drilled in 1889 north of Salt Creek field, which is still the most cumulatively productive oil field in Wyoming.More than 725 named fields and numerous …
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...
Sometime this summer, there will be a silver anniversary celebration of sorts for Wyoming's coal-rich Powder River Basin. Despite all the gloom and doom of coal industry projections that call for falling production from the Cowboy State, America's coal heartland is expected to hit an astonishing 9 billion tons of coal produced in the last 25 …
