Absaloka Coal Mine

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Absaloka Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Hardin, Montana, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Absaloka Coal Mine Hardin, Montana, United States 45.804333, -107.045116 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[1] 2008[1]

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.
Capacity (Mtpa) Production (Mtpa) Year of Production Mine Type Mining Method Mine Size (km2) Mine Depth (m) Workforce Size
1.847028049[2] 2023[2] Surface Open Pit 71.11[3] 75* 90[2]

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt) Year of Total Reserves Recorded Total Resources (Mt) Coalfield Coal Type Coal Grade Primary Consumer/ Destination
25 Powder River Basin Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Westmoreland Mining LLC[4] Westmoreland Coal Co [100.0%] USA

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM[5] 3[5] 3[5] 2[5] 1[5] 1[5] 2[5] 1[5]

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Customer Plants

Deliveries in 2019[6]

Plant Name State Delivery Quantity in Short Tons
Sherburne County Plant MN 2,966,261

Deliveries in 2020[7]

Plant Name State Delivery Quantity in Short Tons
Sherburne County Plant MN 449,735

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Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230921094826/https://westmoreland.com/westmoreland-absaloka-mining-llc-montana/. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240213175031/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240220145903/https://deq.mt.gov/files/Land/CoalUranium/Annual%2520Reports/AR%2520Report_2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240723050541/https://miningdataonline.com/property/82/Absaloka-Mine.aspx. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240717193400/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/mine-data-retrieval-system. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  7. "EIA 923 March 2020" EIA 923 2020.