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{{#display_mapIn August 2015, Cloud Peak completed a land transaction that added 95 million tons to the Cordero Rojo mine's reserves.<ref>[https:44//investor.11cloudpeakenergy.com/press-release/announcements/cloud-peak-energys-cordero-rojo-mine-enters-land-transaction-and-gains-s Cloud Peak Energy’s Cordero Rojo Mine Enters Land Transaction and Gains Surface Access to an Estimated 95 Million Tons of Additional Coal], Cloud Peak Energy press release,-10524 Aug. 2015.36|width=600|height=400|type=satellite|zoom=14}} </ref>
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{{#Badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-PBRMines}}'''Cordero Rojo Mine''' is a coal mine in Wyoming, United States. ==Location== The map below shows the location of the mine, near Gillette, in Campbell county, Wyoming. {{#display_point:44.0396,-105.3828|width=600|height=500|type=hybrid|zoom=13}} ==Background==
The '''Cordero Rojo Mine''' is a coal mining complex located in the state of [[Wyoming]] in the United States, in the [[Powder River Basin]]. The mine is and open pit mine and employs several dragline excavators. 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.
In May 2012 it was announced that Cloud Peak Energy was to face state and federal violations after blasters earlier in the month ignited an explosion that was more than three times its intended size.<ref>http://trib.com/news/mine-faces-state-federal-fines-for-massive-blast/article_50411ad9-3afb-5f77-a6c1-c53562cbed6e.html#ixzz1vdhblDkr "Mine faces state, federal fines for massive blast"] Jeremy Pelzer Star-Tribune, May 22, 2012.</ref>
==Cloud Peak Energy to ship more Powder River Basin coal to Asia==
