Wyoming’s Black Butte Mine Expansion Approved, Extending Operations Through 2039
• Expansion allows the mine to recover 9.2 million tons of coal and create new jobs WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior has approved a mining plan change for the Black Butte Mine in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The change…
Complaints in coal country: Producers, state leaders frustrated with federal approval process
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming’s Black Butte Mine in January 2021 applied to add federal coal reserves at its Sweetwater County operations, which supplies the Jim Bridger Power Plant and a sizable share…