Losses continue to mount among Powder River Basin coal producers, signaling a potential shakeup in an industry that supports some 17,000 jobs in the state.
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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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Recovered Abandoned Mine funds should be held for reclamation
Congress has recently acted to send a big pile of money from the Abandoned Mine Land fund to Wyoming. Now we have to think about actually using this money for the purpose for which it is collected.
