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Savage Mine

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 Location:
35 km SW from Sidney, Montana, United States
  Address:
33804 County Road 107
P.O. Box 30, 59262
Savage
Montana, United States
59270
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline
Processing
  • Crush & Screen plant
Production Start1958
Mine Life2028
Westmoreland Coal Company became a privately held company on March 15, 2019. The company has not publicly reported 2018-2020 Savage Mine production data.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Westmoreland Mining LLC (WML) 100 % Indirect
Westmoreland Savage Mining LLC. (operator) 100 % Direct
The mine is operated by Westmoreland Savage Mining LLC, a subsidiary of Westmoreland Mining LLC.

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline

Summary:

The Savage Mine has been in operation since 1958 and produces lignite coal using standard dragline overburden stripping practices, and truck and shovel methods for coal removal.

Savage is an 874-acre strategically-placed single pit surface mine located on the Montana-North Dakota border. The Savage Mine has a full-requirements contract with the 57 megawatt Lewis & Clark Station which utilizes emission control technologies and is owned by Montana Dakota Utilities, and a longstanding annual supply relationship with a sugar beet refinery near Sidney, Montana.

The mine produces approximately 350,000 tons of lignite annually.

Number of Draglines Removing Overburden - 1.

Crushing and Grinding

Processing

  • Crush & Screen plant

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Summary:

The facility includes primary and secondary crushing operations, along with conveyors and an open coal stockpile. The lignite coal is hauled in semi-tractor/trailer trucks to Sidney, Montana where the majority of the coal is combusted in the electrical generation power plant owned by Montana-Dakota Utilities. Additionally, some of the coal is used at the Holly Sugar facility in Sidney.

Production:

CommodityUnits2021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) Mt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required0.30.20.30.2
Heat ContentBTU/lb6,5006,5056,3976,634
Sulfur%0.470.450.460.55
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Coal tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required291,820 tons of ROM coal294,840 tons of ROM coal273 k tons of ROM coal309 k tons of ROM coal
Annual mining capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required400 k tons of ROM coal400 k tons of ROM coal
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Reserves at December 31, 2017:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven 3,685 k tons Coal (thermal)

Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2020:
HME TypeQuantity
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Truck (haul)
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNamePhoneRef. Date
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Staff:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Other 2018
Form 10-K 2017
Form 10-K 2016
Form 10-K 2015
Form 10-K 2014
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