Economies of scale, shifting markets and over-capacity will all play into PRB coal’s fate, analysts say.
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Rising cost of Powder River Basin mining adds to coal crunch
Powder River Basin mines must dig deeper each year, adding to the cost of mining a ton of coal and shrinking operating margins.
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Gillette to Interior: Help, don’t hurt coal
Coal supporters pleaded with feds to not increase the cost of mining as the Interior Department considers updating coal leasing and royalty programs.
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Coal-bed Methane: Boom, bust and hard lessons
Wyoming’s coal-bed methane boom in the early 2000s stirred controversies over land rights, mineral rights, environmental stewardship, the disposal of water and—at every turn—politics.
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California company & Wyo legislator seek to delay well-plugging with hopes that microbes will rebuild production
The persistent low price of natural gas continues to push coal-bed methane gas operators in the Powder River Basin to the brink of bankruptcy, leaving some 8,000 to 9,000 wells idle — many of them at risk of mechanical failure. Usually the bonds posted by companies facing bankruptcy fall short of covering the cost to […]
