Center Coal Mine
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Center Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Center, Oliver County, North Dakota, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Center Coal Mine | Center, Oliver County, North Dakota, United States[1] | 47.083098, -101.294289 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | 1930[2] | 2037 (planned)[3] |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 3.85[4] | 2024[4] | Surface | – | 72.84[2] | 75.0* | 168[4] |
Table 4: Coal resources and destination
| Total Reserves (Mt) | Year of Total Reserves Recorded | Total Resources (Mt) | Coalfield | Coal Type | Coal Grade | Primary Consumer/ Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600.0[5] | – | – | Other Western | Lignite[3] | Thermal[3] | Milton R. Young Generation Station[3] |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| BNI Coal Ltd [100%][3][1] | ALLETE Inc [100.0%] | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 4.28[6] | 4.25[6] | 3.95[6] | – | 3.25[1] | 3.54[1] | 3.54[1] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240717193400/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/mine-data-retrieval-system. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://bnicoal.blob.core.windows.net/content/Content/Documents/bni-fact-sheet9-15-23.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240216225446/https://www.bnicoal.com/. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240213175031/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.ndstudies.gov/energy/level2/module-3-coal/where-coal-found.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://miningdataonline.com/property/703/Center-Mine.aspx.
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