Rosebud Coal Mine

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Rosebud Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Colstrip, Montana, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rosebud Coal Mine Colstrip, Montana, United States 45.870649, -106.772947 (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 1968

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
6.349385715[1] 2023[1] Surface Open Pit 103 75* 262[1]

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
241 Powder River Basin Subbituminous Thermal Colstrip Steam Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Westmoreland Mining LLC[2] 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
Saleable[3] 8[3] 8[4] 8[4] 4[5] 5[5] 6[5] 6[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.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240904184803/https://westmoreland.com/westmoreland-rosebud-mining-llc/. Archived from the original on 04 September 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106455/000010645518000028/wlb201710-k.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://miningdataonline.com/property/1452/Rosebud-Colstrip-Mine.aspx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 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)