Signal Peak Mine
{{#badges:CoalSwarm}} The Signal Peak Mine is an underground coal mine in Musselshel County, Monatna, that opened in September 2009. Formerly known as the Bull Mountain mine, Signal Peak is operated by Signal Peak Energy and has newly built access to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad that leads to the BNSF's main rail line in Broadview, Montana. The 35 mile line was built at a cost of $105 million.[1]
The Boich Group and FirstEnergy invested $400 million to reopen the mine, which will produce an estimated 12.5 million tons of annually by the end of 2010. On December 3, 2009 the companies announced that they planned to sell much of the coal to growing Asian markets.[2] Additionally, FirstEnergy has a 15-year contract to buy up to 10 million tons of coal annually from the mine and has tentative contracts with rail haulers. The coal will supply four power plants along Lake Erie and be marketed to other power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania.[3]
According to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer at the mine's reopening: "This is a mine that will add 25 percent to the overall coal mining that we do in Montana."[1]
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Mine Data
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- Operator: Signal Peak Energy
- Controller: Boich Group and FirstEnergy
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- County: Musselshel
- State: Montana
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- 2007 Production (short tons): estimated 12.5 million tons
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- Mining Method: Underground
- Mine Status: Active
- Average No. of Employees: 200
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Signal Peak Mine expected to boost MT coal production, Montana's News Station.com (CBS), accessed December, 4 2009.
- ↑ U.S miner seeks to boost Asian coal sales, Fitri Wulandari, Reuters, December, 3 2009.
- ↑ Linda Halstead-Acharya, "Signal Peak Mine south of Roundup nears completion" Billings Gazette, May 19, 2009
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
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