Rawhide Coal Mine

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Rawhide Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Gillette, Wyoming, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rawhide Coal Mine	Gillette, Wyoming, United States	44.151037, -105.394855 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1977	–

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
–	8.878616659	2023	Surface	Open Pit	4.5	50*	97

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
117	2022	–	Powder River Basin	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Peabody Caballo Mining LLC	Peabody Energy Corp [100.0%]	USA

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	10	9	10	9	11	10	8

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.

External links

• "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
• "Rawhide Mine Factsheet" Peabody Energy

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