Wyoming has been the largest producer of coal in the United States since 1986, [1] and in 2018, coal mines employed approximately 1% of the state's population. [2] In 2013, there were 17 active coal mines in Wyoming, which produced 388 million short tons, 39 percent of all the coal mined in the US, and more than three times the production of ...

The North Antelope Rochelle Mine is the largest coal mine in the world. [1] [2] Located in Campbell County, Wyoming, about 65 miles (105 km) south of Gillette, it produced 85.3 million tons of coal in 2019. [3] [4] Peabody Energy opened the North Antelope Mine in the heart of Wyoming's Powder River Basin in 1983. [5] The Rochelle mine was ...

2023年11月10日 · An ex-Wall Street banker who put $2m into a Wyoming coal mine has potentially received a colossal investment return after discovering “rare earth elements” worth $37bn at his reserve.

2023年11月26日 · Ramaco Resources CEO Randall Atkins says his company bought a coal mine in Wyoming for $2 million in 2011, but has discovered potential for rare earths that so far has shown it could have at least $37 billion worth of the stuff.

The Black Thunder Coal Mine is a surface coal mine in the U.S. state of Wyoming, located in the Powder River Basin which contains one of the largest deposits of coal in the world. In 2022, the mine produced 62,180,000 short tons (56,410,000 t) …

2024年3月26日 · Ramaco Resources in northeast Wyoming plans to update its rare earths deposit find Wednesday, pushing the estimate on tonnage underground to over 1.5 million tons, and the value to more than $37 billion. Ramaco's coal mine in northern Wyoming is revealing potential to be a huge rare earths deposit.

Between 1865 and January 1, 2022, more than 12.6 billion short tons of coal had been mined in Wyoming, most of it in the last 30 years. The highest coal production year for Wyoming was 2008 when 466.3 MST was mined. Coal mines operate in Campbell, Lincoln, and Sweetwater counties.

Since 1865, more than 12.5 billion short tons of coal have been mined in Wyoming. In 2021, 239 million short tons (MT) of coal were produced in Wyoming, up 9 percent from the 218 MT produced during 2020. Coal was produced from mines in Campbell, Sweetwater, and Lincoln counties in Wyoming.

Wyoming, the nation’s leading coal producer since 1986, provides about 40% of America’s coal through the top 10 producing mines located in the Powder River Basin. Most Wyoming coal is sub-bituminous, which makes it an attractive choice for power plants because it has less sulfur and burns at around 8,400 to 8,800 BTUs per pound.

This page contains links to maps, Google Earth files, GIS datasets, and publications describing the locations of coal resources and mining activity in Wyoming.