El Segundo mine
{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} El Segundo mine, a coal mine that was owned by Peabody Energy, is located adjacent to the Lee Ranch mine in northwest New Mexico.
Contents
Location
Mine Data
- Owner: Peabody Energy
- Location: north of Grants, New Mexico
- GPS coordinates: 35.10 N, 107.51 W
- Annual Production: 6 million tons
- Type of coal:
- Mine type: surface (open pit)
- Equipment:
- Number of employees: 100
Production
The mine is expected to produce 6 million tons of coal annually and serves a 19-year, 65 million ton supply agreement with Arizona Public Service Company’s Cholla Power Plant near Joseph City, Arizona.[1]
Sale of the mine to Bowie Resources
In November 2015 Bowie Resources agreed to pay US$358 million to Peabody Energy for the Twentymile Mine outside Steamboat Springs and the El Segundo mine and Lee Ranch mine in New Mexico. Bowie also will assume about $105 million in related liabilities under the sale.[2]
Sale of the mine to Bowie Resources cancelled in 2016[3]
Resources
References
- ↑ "Peabody Energy commissions first new coal mine in New Mexico in 20 years", High Beam Research, August 2008.
- ↑ Dennis Webb, "Struggling Bowie buys three mines in 2 states ," Sentinel, November 24, 2015
- ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/peabody-energy-sues-bowie-over-collapse-of-358-million-mine-sale-1464880482
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External links
- Peabody Western Coal Company Southwest Operations, Peabody Energy website
