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US rejects bid to lease coal from public lands in Utah as sales in western states fall flat

Cs news10 months ago06 mins

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials rejected a mining company’s bid for 1.3 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah, marking the third proposed coal sale from public lands in the West to fall through this month. The failed sales mark a setback in President Donald Trump’s push to revive a coal…

Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

Cs news10 months ago04 mins

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Navajo tribe-owned company bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana on Monday in the biggest U.S. coal sale in more than a decade. The offer from the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC) equates to one-tenth of a penny per ton, underscoring coal’s…