Coal

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15% reduction in jobs since March.

Nearly a year after the water quality certification was denied, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers restarted the federal permitting and environmental review process for the project.

The company will file its final 2019 plan with state regulatory commissions by Oct. 18.

Federal bankruptcy judge Frank Volk approved the motion Friday morning.

Blackjewel Attorney Stephen Lerner said Contura is the only company that has shown willingness to finance Blackjewel's assets.

Blackjewel operates some 32 properties in total and holds over 500 mining permits, more than any other mining enterprise in the country.

Wyoming Machinery Co., owns a lot of equipment at the mines and it provides monthly about $3 million in maintenance and other services.

Monday, Blackjewel failed to secure $20 million in emergency funding, and then immediately closed the mines and sent more than 600 mine workers home.

The loans can also be used for essential firefighting personnel to the extent required to extinguish active fires at Blackjewel's mines.

BNSF Railway, which has hauled coal from the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte mines in Campbell County, is aware that their owner Blackjewel LLC, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy business reorganization, a BNSF spokeswoman said in an email Wednesday...

Not only does Wyoming produce a lot of coal and other resources for the rest of the US. But it turns out that we use also consume a lot of the energy too.