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Freedom Coal Mine

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Freedom Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Beulah, Mercer County, North Dakota, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Freedom Coal Mine Beulah, Mercer County, North Dakota, United States[1][2] 47.4139, -101.7391 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[1] 1983[2]

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa) Production (Mtpa) Year of Production Mine Type Mining Method Mine Size (km2) Mine Depth (m) Workforce Size
10.8[2] 2024[2] Surface[2] 36.4 30.0 468[3]

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
257.0[4] 2021[4] 331.0[4] Fort Union Region Lignite[2] Thermal[2] Antelope Valley Station[2]

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner Parent Company Headquarters
The Coteau Properties Co [100%][1][2] Nacco Industries Inc [100.0%] USA

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM[5] 14.7[6] 14.2[6] 13.5[7] 12.6[7] 12.5[5] 13.4[5] 10.34[5]

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

Background

The Freedom Mine is a coal mine, operated by Coteau Properties Company, owned by North American Coal, producing 14.1 million short tons per annum, in Beulah, North Dakota, United States. The Freedom Mine is operated by the Coteau Properties Company (a subsidiary of The North American Coal Corporation, Dallas, TX), Beulah, North Dakota. The mine supplies lignite to the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, Antelope Valley Station and Leland Olds Station.[8]

Freedom mine is the largest lignite mine in the United States, operating two 120-cubic-yard draglines and a fleet of 200-ton overburden trucks.[9]

  • MSHA ID: 3200595
  • Operator: Coteau Properties Company
  • Controller: North American Coal
  • Location: Beulah, North Dakota
  • GPS coordinates: 47.398117,-101.777687
  • Production (short tons): 14,183,313 (2018)[10]
  • Coal Type: Lignite
  • Mineable Reserve: 444.5 million tonnes (proven and probable)[11]
  • Mining Type: Surface
  • Mine Size: 9000 acres
  • Mine Depth: 50-150 feet[12]
  • Mine Status: Active
  • Number of employees: 454

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000789933/000078993325000006/nacco-20241231.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 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)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240216224545/https://miningdataonline.com/property/708/Freedom-Mine.aspx. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 (PDF) https://filecache.investorroom.com/mr5ir_nacco/343/NC_2023_10K-PRINTER_PROOF_LR.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://filecache.investorroom.com/mr5ir_nacco/243/NC-2018-10K.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 (PDF) https://filecache.investorroom.com/mr5ir_nacco/245/NC-2020-10K.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. North Dakota’s Freedom Mine: The largest lignite mine in the United States, Lignite Energy Council, 31 July 2017.
  9. Lignite Energy Council, " The Coteau Properties Company's Freedom Mine", Lignite Energy Council website, accessed May 2009.
  10. "EIA table 9 2019" EIA.gov accessed June 2020
  11. Freedom Mine, Mining Data Solutions, accessed November 2020
  12. State of North Dakota,Where is Coal Found, accessed November 2020

External links

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Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of world coal mines, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Mine Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.

References