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Judge Rules Westmoreland Coal Can Scrap Health Care, Union Contract to Sell Wyoming Mine

Published: February 18, 2019 |

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A bankruptcy judge says Westmoreland Coal Company can eliminate health care for retirees and its union contract to sell a southwestern Wyoming mine to a Virginia businessman.

Friday’s ruling will likely mean retired miners who worked at the Kemmerer mine in Wyoming will lose their company health benefits. However, the judge delayed entering a final order until Tuesday to give the United Mine Workers of America and the Colorado-based company time to negotiate a deal.

Westmoreland, one of the nation’s oldest coal operators, filed for bankruptcy in October.

The company owns several mines throughout the United States and Canada, including the Beulah Mine, a 9,000 acre surface mine complex in Beulah.

According the the Westmoreland website, coal from the Beulah mine supplies fuel for the Coyote Generating Station as well as the Heskett Station in Mandan. The Beulah Mine produces approximately 2.9 million tons of lignite annually.

Source: Associated Press


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