Jacobs Ranch Mine is a large open-pit coal mine located 15 miles southeast of Wright, Wyoming in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. In 2007, the mine produced 38.1 million short tons of coal, making it the fourth-largest coal mine by production in the United States.
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Until 2009, the Jacobs Ranch Mine was owned by Rio Tinto Energy America, an American-based subsidiary of the international mining giant Rio Tinto Group.3 In early 2009, Rio Tinto reached an agreement to sell the Jacobs Ranch mine to Arch Coal for $761 million.4
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"Jacobs Ranch Mine". Rio Tinto Energy America website. Rio Tinto Group. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20081211014330/http://www.rtea.com/pages/jacobsranch.aspx ↩
"Major U.S. Coal Mines, 2007". Energy Information Administration of the United States Department of Energy. September 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-14. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/acr/table9.html ↩
"Jacobs Ranch Mine". Rio Tinto Energy America website. Rio Tinto Group. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20081211014330/http://www.rtea.com/pages/jacobsranch.aspx ↩
Foley, Brett; Herlihy, Mark (March 9, 2009). "Arch Coal to Buy U.S. Mine From Rio for $761 Million (Update 2)". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved March 12, 2009. https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aQRIkg28LZxA&refer=europe ↩