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2. Powder River Basin - Wikipedia

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   Fifteen mines operate in the Powder River Basin, with most of the active mining taking place in drainages of the Cheyenne River. The US uses about 600 million tons of coal a year, with about 40% of the coal coming from the Powder River Basin. [6] The amount of coal coming from the Powder River Basin has been increasing over the last 20 years.

3. North Antelope Rochelle Mine - Wikipedia

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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 ...

4. Coal mining in Wyoming - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Wyoming coal mine is shedding jobs ahead of the power ... - AOL

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   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 ...

6. US proposes ending new federal leases in nation's biggest ...

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   The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most productive coal mining region in the U.S. as officials seek to limit climate-changing ...

7. Montana, Wyoming sue federal government over coal ... - AOL

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   (The Center Square) – The attorneys general of Montana and Wyoming sued the Biden administration after it announced plans to halt federal coal production in the Powder River Basin. The Basin ...