Salt Lake Tribune · Dec 5, 2019
Coal bankruptcy plan approved amid bonding uncertainty
(Ryan Dorgan | The Casper Star-Tribune via AP, file) In this Jan. 9, 2014 photo, rail cars are filled with coal and sprayed with a topper agent to suppress dust at Cloud Peak Energy's Antelope Mine north of Douglas, Wyo.Cheyenne, Wyo. • A judge approved a bankruptcy reorganization for one of the biggest U.S. coal companies Thursday amid ongoing uncertainty about how its mines will be bonded in the long term.
Gillette-based Cloud Peak filed for bankruptcy in May. In 2018, the company was the third-highest-producing coal producer in the U.S., after Peabody Energy and Arch Coal, both based in St. Louis.