Center Mine

{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}Center Mine is a surface coal mine near Center, North Dakota. The mine is owned and operated by BNI Coal Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE. The mine supplies lignite coal to fuel the nearby Milton R. Young Station, Units I and II. Each year BNI Coal mines about 4.5 million tons of lignite.

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Mine Data

• MSHA ID: 3200218
• Owner: BNI Coal Ltd.
• Parent company: ALLETE
• Location: Center, North Dakota
• GPS coordinates: 47.083098,-101.294289
• Production: 4,500,000 tons
• Type of coal: Lignite
• Mine type: Surface
• Equipment: Draglines
• Number of employees: 140

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