Coal More than a million tons of publiclyowned federal coal leaves Wyoming's Powder River Basin each day, bound for power plants across the nation. It's a big part of the state's economy and the nation's energy mixbut it also takes a toll on our state.
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Like other coalproducing areas, the Powder River Basin has seen mine closures and job losses mount in recent years. Production hit a 50year low in 2020, and 151 coal mines were idled or closed.
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The Powder River Basin (PRB) is a region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming about 120 miles east to west and 200 miles north to south known for its coal deposits. It is the single largest source of coal mined in the United States and contains one of the largest deposits of coal in the world. Most of the active coal mining in the Powder River Basin actually takes place in drainages of ...
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1. How much coal from the Powder River Basin is currently being exported? Thus far, modest amounts are being exported. In 2012, all coal exports from the primary PRB coalproducing...
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A push to develop the Powder River Basin's 25 billion tons of available coal to spark a new carbon economy for northeast Wyoming aims to evolve the region into the Carbon Valley.
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dersonCanyon, RosebudRobinson, and Knobloch coal in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana; the Harmon, Hansen, BeulahZap, and Hagel coal in the Williston Basin; the Deadman coal in the Greater Green River Basin, and the Ferris, Hanna, and Johnson107 coal in the Hanna and Carbon Basins (fig. 2). The assessment units and the coal
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Coal produced in the Appalachian region, for example, sells for 63 per short ton, but Powder River Basin coal sells for a shockingly low 13 per short ton—50 less per short ton.
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Combined, Arch and Peabody account for more than half the coal production in Wyoming's Powder River Basin — the largest coalproducing region, by volume, in North America. Demand for Powder River Basin thermal coal, which is almost exclusively burned to generate electricity in the, continued to rise this spring with Arch and Peabody ...
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The future of energy production in parts of Wyoming and Montana remains uncertain following a court ruling last week. A federal judge rejected the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) two resource management plans for the Powder River Basin, which is a region in Wyoming and Montana that produces more than 40 percent of coal.. District Judge Brian Morris said the BLM failed to properly ...
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This place is the Otter Creek valley, located in the heart of Powder River Basin, a region in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. Proposed Massive Coal Mine Would Put Wildlife at Risk. But with over 40 percent of coal production occurring in the region, wildlife habitat is under increasing stress from development.
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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.
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Over the years, the federal government has sold leases in the Powder River Basin for about per ton of coal or less. The market price of Powder River Basin coal is about a ton ...
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The Sheridanbased landowner advocacy group Powder River Basin Resource Council was a driving force behind recent efforts in Wyoming to replace selfbonding for coal mine reclamation with stronger ...
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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.
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The biggest coal deposit by volume is the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana, which the USGS estimated to have trillion short tons of inplace coal resources, 162 billion short tons of recoverable coal resources, and 25 billion short tons of economic coal resources (also called reserves) in 2013. The coal in the Powder River Basin is subbituminous in rank.
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Wyoming coal is having a good year in 2022, but few are betting on a longterm comeback. In its most recent quarterly reports, Arch Resources Inc. saw solid profits for its Powder River Basin operations, but during the company's sales call last week, CEO Paul Lang stated frankly a good quarter doesn't change the company's longterm plans ...
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The first coal basin to be evaluated was the Powder River Basin (PRB) in Wyoming and Montana, because it has been the most productive coal basin in the United States over the past 25 years. The results of the PRB assessment were published in Professional Paper 1809 in 2015.
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Coal is mainly found in three regions: the Appalachian coal region, the Interior coal region, and the Western coal region (includes the Powder River Basin). Facts and data for each coalproducing region for 2020. ... About 57% of total coal production was mined in the Western coal region. Wyoming, the largest coalproducing state in the ...
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GILLETTE — Coal production in the Powder River Basin saw growth in 2021 after a significant pandemicrelated setback marred the extraction industry the year before.
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Description Every day, 100 empty trains enter Wyoming. They leave fully loaded with coal. The United States has the largest coal reserves in the world, and much of it lies in the Powder River Basin (PRB) in Wyoming and Montana.
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/ °N °W From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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CASPER — Wyoming coal's market value has jumped — again. The average spot price for coal mined in the Powder River Basin climbed more than a dollar, from per short ton to per ...
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The spot price of costlier but more energydense Appalachian coal, meanwhile, ranged from 40 to nearly 84. Then, on Oct. 29, Powder River Basin coal passed 14 for the first time since 2011.
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A case study of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming. An empirical analysis of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming may provide insight into evaluating efforts to increase acceptance of energy transitions and just transition policies. Wyoming is one of the most important coal regions in the with its mines holding over onethird of all recoverable ...
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Getty Images. Major coal mining company Arch Resources will slash output from the prolific Powder River Basin coal mining region in Wyoming and Montana by as much as 50% over the next two to ...
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Coalfired power plants often utilize a specific coal quality that generators cannot easily replace with coal from other regions. While Powder River Basin coal operators have reported some success in managing costs as production footprints shrink, largescale operations have long been one of the region's primary advantages.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont.—A federal judge late Wednesday struck down two Bureau of Land Management resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of lowgrade, highly polluting coal over 20 years.
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Powder River Basin coal has ranged from less than 4 per ton in the 1990s to about 10 a year ago. ... they make up 53% of Wyoming Powder River Basin coal production and 51% of coal production statewide. Both saw their stocks rally after fourthquarter 2021 reports to investors this month, based on strong earnings that mostly erased 2020 losses ...
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Fort Union Formation stratigraphy. The Fort Union Formation is a geologic unit containing sandstones, shales, and coal beds in Wyoming, Montana, and parts of adjacent states. In the Powder River Basin, it contains important economic deposits of coal, uranium, and coalbed methane. [1]
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