Kennecott Energy Coal Mine – Cordero Rojo – Wyoming
Cordero Rojo was overtaken as Rio Tinto's largest single US coal producer by the company's Jacobs Ranch operation, also in the Powder River Basin, which produced 36.3Mt Licensed to produce up to 60Mt/y, Cordero Rojo achieved its maximum annual output to date in 1999, at 41.5Mt. The mine lies at an elevation of 1,400m in the …
Jacobs Ranch Mine
Jacobs Ranch Mine employs 603 people as of December 31, 2006 and is located fifteen miles southeast of Wright, Wyoming in the southern portion of the Powder River Basin. Rio Tinto Energy America acquired the 9,284 acre permitted area from Kerr-McGee Coal Corporation in 1998. In 2001, Jacobs Ranch was the successful bidder for …
EX-99.1
Rio Tinto's Jacobs Ranch Operation. ST. LOUIS (March 9, 2009) – Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) announced today that it has agreed to purchase Rio Tinto's Jacobs Ranch mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming for $761 million. In 2008, Jacobs Ranch produced 42.1 million tons of high-quality sub-bituminous coal for sale to power …