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{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} '''Spring Creek Mine''' is a surface operation near Decker, Montana, owned by [[Rio Tinto Energy America]].  
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{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} '''Spring Creek Mine''' is a surface operation near Decker, Montana, owned by [[Cloud Peak Energy]].
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==Background==
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The mine was previously owned by [[Rio Tinto Energy America]]. In 2008 Rio Tinto spun the most significant of its Powder River Basin coal assets -- including the Spring Creek Mine -- off into Cloud Peak Energy, a company in which Rio Tinto has a 48.3% stake.<ref>Rio Tinto, [http://www.riotinto.com/annualreport2009/production/group_mines/energy.html 2009 Annual Report: Production & reserves: Group mines: Energy"], Rio Tinto website, 2010.</ref>
  
 
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==Mine Data==
 
==Mine Data==
 
*'''Owner''': Spring Creek Coal Company
 
*'''Owner''': Spring Creek Coal Company
*'''Parent company''': [[Rio Tinto Energy America]]
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*'''Parent company''': [[Cloud Peak Energy]]
 
*'''Location''': Montana, near Decker
 
*'''Location''': Montana, near Decker
 
*'''GPS coordinates''': 45.06 N, 106.77W
 
*'''GPS coordinates''': 45.06 N, 106.77W
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Revision as of 01:32, 29 July 2010

{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} Spring Creek Mine is a surface operation near Decker, Montana, owned by Cloud Peak Energy.

Background

The mine was previously owned by Rio Tinto Energy America. In 2008 Rio Tinto spun the most significant of its Powder River Basin coal assets -- including the Spring Creek Mine -- off into Cloud Peak Energy, a company in which Rio Tinto has a 48.3% stake.[1]

Mine Data

  • Owner: Spring Creek Coal Company
  • Parent company: Cloud Peak Energy
  • Location: Montana, near Decker
  • GPS coordinates: 45.06 N, 106.77W
  • Production: 15,712,091 short tons
  • Type of coal:
  • Mine type: Surface
  • Equipment:
  • Number of employees: 185

Articles and resources

References

Related SourceWatch articles

To see a listing of coal mines in a particular state, click on the map:

<us_map redirect="Category:Existing coal mines in {state}"></us_map>


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