Specifications - Cordero Rojo Coal Mine, WY, USA

Key Data
Producer of	Coal
Location	Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA
Ownership	Kennecott Energy (Rio Tinto plc - 100%)
Geology type	Palaeocene (Early Tertiary) coal measures
Mineral type	Power station sub-bituminous coal
Reserve base	321Mt (2005)
Annual production	36.1Mt (2006), 34.2Mt (2005), 35.2Mt (2004), 32.7Mt (2003)
Mining method	Single-seam open pit
Coal processing	Crushing only
Employment	430
Key Equipment
Mine	Marion 8200 and 8750 draglines
	P&H 2300 and Bucyrus-Erie BE290 mining shovels
	Caterpillar, Wabco, Euclid and Komastsu Haulpak 154t to 218t haul trucks
	P&H and Gardner-Denver rotary drill rigs
	Gundlach rolls crushers
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