UW’s Coal Refinery Field Demonstration Plant, Unlocking New Markets for Wyoming Coal

Miners at Mettiki Coal were notified Thursday that the company’s Mountain View Mine in Tucker County will permanently close, resulting in the loss of nearly 200 jobs.

Harlan County has always been coal country, and the coal industry has been one of its biggest employers for around 100 years.

In August 2024, the San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, New Mexico, was demolished in a controlled implosion, sending up clouds of dust as the smokestacks of the 50-year-old coal-fired power plant tumbled to the ground.

Jef Caers, professor at Stanford University and a global leader in applied geoscience, will headline the first virtual conference organized as part of the World Mining Congress 2026.

India sees significant potential to import more coking coal from the United States as the South Asian nation expands its steelmaking capacity, Vikram Dutt, the top official at the country’s coal ministry, said on Thursday.