powder river basin coal

BNSF and the future of coal FreightWaves

BNSF and the future of coal FreightWaves

The Powder River Basin grew its 2017 production by % over 2016, and BNSF captured most of that—Union Pacific is the only other railroad with any access to this coalproducing region, but it only touches a piece of the lowermost extremity of the PRB in southern Wyoming. Plans to build terminals on the PNW coast to expedite coal exports to ...

Minerals | Free FullText | Geochemical Occurrence of Rare Earth ... MDPI

Minerals | Free FullText | Geochemical Occurrence of Rare Earth ... MDPI

Fly ash from the Appalachian coal basin (Figure 2b) has the highest median value of REE concentration ( ppm) whereas the Illinois, Polish coalfields and the Powder River coal basin present similar median values, ppm, and ppm, respectively. The fly ashes originating from the Powder River coal basin exhibit significant ...

 Energy Information Administration EIA Independent Statistics ...

Energy Information Administration EIA Independent Statistics ...

Mining and crude oil and natural gas extraction are major contributors to Wyoming's gross domestic product (GDP) and tax revenue. 11,12 Coal is mined primarily in the northeastern part of the state in the Powder River Basin. 13 Crude oil and natural gas production is spread across the state, and each fossil fuel is produced alone or together in ...

Court rulings threaten to hasten Wyo coal's demise

Court rulings threaten to hasten Wyo coal's demise

Coal production in the Powder River Basin — the nation's largest coalsupplying region — has declined 49% from 2008 to 2021, according to WyoFile's analysis of Mine Safety and Health ...

UW SER Publishes Study on Domestic Critical Mineral Production From ...

UW SER Publishes Study on Domestic Critical Mineral Production From ...

The results of the study show that coal fly ash created from the combustion of Powder River Basin coal holds promise as an economic source of REEs. "We have really important work going on in SER and across UW through some key collaborations," says SER's Davin Bagdonas, the lead author on the study.

Rare Earth Elements Project Receives Federal Funding

Rare Earth Elements Project Receives Federal Funding

Published June 23, 2020. The potential development of a new industry to extract rare earth elements from the ash of Wyoming's Powder River Basin coal has taken a step forward with a federal grant through the Department of Energy (DOE). The grant is part of DOE's Technology Commercialization Fund, which was created to promote DOE ...

MRP 37: Powder River Basin Overview The Mineral Rights Podcast

MRP 37: Powder River Basin Overview The Mineral Rights Podcast

Now, let's dive into our overview of the Powder River Basin. The Powder River Basin is located in Southeast Montana and Northeast Wyoming. It is about 120 miles East to West and 200 miles North to South. Fun fact: the Powder River Basin is originally known for its coal deposits.

Report: Pace of coal plant retirements likely to increase

Report: Pace of coal plant retirements likely to increase

Major coal producers have read the coal market trends and have begun to adapt, too, Feaster said. Both Arch Resources and Peabody Energy — which, combined, make up more than half the coal production in the Powder River Basin — have focused their capital spending on metallurgical coal.

PRB coal demand and production continues | Regional News ...

PRB coal demand and production continues | Regional News ...

From January through March, Arch sold million tons of thermal coal, shipped out of Black Thunder and Coal Creek, its two Powder River Basin mines, as well as its West Elk mine in Colorado, according to its quarterly report. That production was on par with the million tons sold in the previous quarter that ran through December 2021.

Navajo Company Sues BNSF Railway Over Coal Transportation

Navajo Company Sues BNSF Railway Over Coal Transportation

Dec. 20, 2022, at 4:16 Navajo Company Sues BNSF Railway Over Coal Transportation. FILE A BNSF railroad train hauling carloads of coal from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming is ...

Coal in Powder River Basin | National Wildlife Federation

Coal in Powder River Basin | National Wildlife Federation

Coal in the Powder River Basin. The Powder River Basin in the Red Desert stretches for more than 14 million acres from the peaks of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains to the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana. It provides premier habitat for elk, mule deer, pronghorn antelope, wild turkeys, and the threatened greater sagegrouse in places like Otter ...

Powder River Basin Coal on the Move | Scientific American

Powder River Basin Coal on the Move | Scientific American

Powder River Basin Coal on the Move No other coal deposit on the planet is so big, so close to the surface and so cheap to mine as the rich seams in eastern Wyoming and southern Montana. And...

Sixteen mines in the Powder River Basin produce 43% of coal

Sixteen mines in the Powder River Basin produce 43% of coal

More than 40% of coal produced in the United States comes from 16 mines in the Powder River Basin (PRB), a mining region primarily located in northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana. Four companies collectively own more than half of those PRB mines, and those 10 mines produced 87% of the Basin's coal in 2018.

A Geological History of the Powder River Basin Williams College

A Geological History of the Powder River Basin Williams College

A stratigraphic section of the Powder Creek Basin can be found at the Wyoming Geological Survey website. A common type of rock found in this basin is called "scoria" colloquially known as "red dog,". It is red from oxidation of iron, which causes the rock to rust. The area is rich in coal, and the coal sometimes burns naturally due to ...

Powder River Basin coal down through first half of 2023

Powder River Basin coal down through first half of 2023

A coal train rolls past a truckandshovel coal mining operation in the Powder River Basin north of Gillette on Sept. 2, 2022. Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile

PDF Powder River Basin BNSF Railway

PDF Powder River Basin BNSF Railway

Powder River Basin The Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming and Montanta is the largest low sulfur coal source in the nation. Eight of the ten largest mines in the United States are located in the PRB.

Powder River Basin coal industry is in longterm decline

Powder River Basin coal industry is in longterm decline

The market for thermal coal— that is, coal used for electricity generation—is in longterm structural decline, a trend that spells erosion in demand for PRB coal. This shift raises major issues for local economies. PRB coal production directly employed 5,723 people in Montana and Wyoming in the fourth quarter of 2018, and coal mining ...

Coal Transportation Rates to the Electric Power Sector

Coal Transportation Rates to the Electric Power Sector

Powder River Basin: Montana: Big Horn, Custer, Powder River, Rosebud, and Treasure ... In such cases, we assign the shipments to a coal basin based on the origin state and, when appropriate, other factors. Shipments originating in Alabama are assigned to southern Appalachia because it is the only coal basin in the state. Similarly, shipments ...

Coal Markets  Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Coal Markets Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Weekly production Dollars per short ton Dollars per mmbtu About the Coal Markets Report summarizes average weekly coal commodity spot prices by coal regions in the United States. The historical data for coal commodity spot market prices are proprietary and not available for public release. NYMEX coal futures

Coal explained  Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Coal explained Energy Information Administration (EIA)

The largest surface mines in the United States are in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, where coal deposits are close to the surface and are up to 70 feet thick. Mountaintop removal and valley fill mining has affected large areas of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and Kentucky. In this form of coal extraction, the tops of mountains are ...