Foundation Coal West
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Foundation Coal West is a subsidiary of Foundation Coal.
Foundation Coal West operates the Belle Ayr Mine in Wyoming, which produced 28.7 million tonnes in 2008, and the Eagle Butte Mine in Wyoming, which produced 7.3 million tonnes in 2008.[1]:
The company commenced production in 1972 and in December 2007 announced that over the life of the mines it had produced a billion ton of Powder River Basin coal. The billionth ton, it stated, was being delivered to Westar Energy's Jeffrey Energy Center located near St. Marys, Kansas.[2]
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- ↑ Foundation Coal Holdings, "2008 Annual Report", Foundation Coal, page 11.
- ↑ Foundation Coal , "Foundation Coal West Ships Billionth Ton", Media Release, December 14, 2007.
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