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The '''Cordero Rojo Mine''' is a [[coal]] [[mining]] complex located in the state of [[Wyoming]] in the United States, in the coal-rich [[Powder River Basin]]. The mine is of [[open pit mining|open pit]] construction and employs several [[dragline excavator]]sexcavators. Two coal-processing facilities are located on-site, and crushed coal is shipped by rail to [[electric utility]] customers in the south and west of the United States.<ref name="MT">{{cite web|url=http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/cordero/|title=Cordero Rojo Coal Mine, WY, USA|work=mining-technology.com|publisher=SPG Media Limited|accessdate=2009-04-14}}</ref><ref name="RTEA">{{cite web|url=http://www.rtea.com/pages/corderorojo.aspx|title=Cordero Rojo Mine|work=Rio Tinto Energy America website|publisher=Rio Tinto Group|accessdate=2009-04-14}}</ref> The mine employs between 430 and<ref name="MT"/> and 540<ref name="RTEA"/> people.
The mining complex is wholly owned by the giant mining company [[Rio Tinto Group]], thru its subsidiary [[Rio Tinto Energy America]]. It was formed in 1997 from the consolidation of two previously existing mines, the Cordero mine (purchased by Rio Tinto in 1993) and the Caballo Rojo mine (purchased in 1997).<ref name="MT"/> The mine produced between 34 and 36 million tons of coal per year in the years 2004 to 2006,<ref name="MT"/> and over 40 million tons of coal in 2007, making the Cordero Rojo that year's third-highest producer of coal in the United States.<ref name="EIA">{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/acr/table9.html|title=Major U.S. Coal Mines, 2007|date=September 2008|publisher=[[Energy Information Administration]] of the [[Department of Energy]]|accessdate=2009-04-14}}</ref>
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*'''Number of employees''': 430-540
==Articles and resources==
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