WyoFile energy and policy reporter Dustin Bleizeffer talks with Cassandra Lee at KHOL about the layoffs and the scarce resources available to help workers hit by the energy downturn.
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Dustin Bleizeffer discusses big changes in Wyoming coal
WyoFile editor-in-chief Dustin Bleizeffer talks about big changes in Wyoming’s coal industry, and what it means to Wyoming’s economy.
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Wyo U.S. House candidates make promises on coal
Candidates for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat offer their ideas about what ails the coal industry and what to do about it.
Posted inEconomy
Laid off coal miners on their own after fueling Wyo economy for decades
GILLETTE — Rumors about the coal industry are common in northeast Wyoming where strip mining provides 5,000 direct jobs and supports about three times that in the mine services sector. But when Arch Coal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, Robert Frieze, who works at Arch’s Coal Creek mine, realized that talk of layoffs […]
Posted inEconomy, energy, Energy Report, Featured, Natural Resources, Policy, This Week
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.
