US EditionUS rejects bid to lease coal from public lands in Utah as sales in western states fall flat
The Interior Department rejected a Utah coal lease bid for failing to meet Mineral Leasing Act fair market value requirements amid declining coal demand.
- The US Interior Department rejected the sole bid it received for coal on a proposed lease near Utah's Skyline Mine because it did not meet the requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act.
- On October 6th, a coal sale from public lands in Montana drew a single bid of $186,000, about one-tenth of a penny per ton, and was rejected.
- Environmentalists have fought for years against the expansion of Utah's Skyline Mine, as emissions from burning coal are a leading driver of climate change.
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U.S. rejects bid to lease coal from public lands in Utah as sales in western states fall flat
U.S. officials rejected a mining company's bid for more than 6 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 Interior Department disclosed Thursday.
U.S. rejects bid to lease coal from public lands in Utah as sales in Western states fall flat
BILLINGS, Mont. — 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. Read more...
The U.S. authorities rejected the offer of a mining company to extract 1.3 million tons of coal under a national forest in Utah, the third proposal to sell coal from public lands in the west of the United States that fails this month.
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