Antelope Coal Mine
{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}Antelope Coal Mine is fifty-five miles north of Douglas, Wyoming in the Powder River Basin. Rio Tinto Energy America acquired the mine in 1993 from Northern Energy Resource Company, a mining subsidiary of PacifiCorp. Antelope’s production has continued to increase each year for the last 20 years, and is permitted to mine 36 million tons of coal annually. Coal mined from Antelope is shipped primarily to Illinois, Oklahoma, Michigan, and Texas. The coal's average quality is 8,850 Btu subbituminous thermal coal.[1]
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Mine Data
- Owner: Antelope Coal Company
- Parent company: Rio Tinto Energy America
- Location: Wyoming, near Douglas
- GPS coordinates:
- Production: 34,474,682 short tons
- Type of coal: Sub-bituminous
- Mine type: Surface
- Equipment:
- Number of employees: 489
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References
- ↑ "Antelope Mine," Rio Tinto Energy America Website, accessed November 2009
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
- "Antelope Mine," Rio Tinto Energy America
