Spotlight on Wyoming: One of the U.S. Mining Industry's Heavy Hitters

It's no secret that Wyoming is one of the U.S. mining industry's heavy hitters, especially when it comes to coal. According to recently-released statistics, Wyoming produced big numbers in 2014, contributing greatly to America's global coal ranking.

The U.S. had the largest proven reserves of coal globally at 237 billion tonnes (Bnt) in 2014, accounting for 26.6% of the global total. Sub-bituminous and lignite accounted for 54.4% or 129Bnt, while the remaining 45.6% or 108Bnt were bituminous coal. The state of Wyoming was the country's largest producing state, followed by West Virginia and Kentucky (Yahoo Finance).

Among all of the mining towns that contributed to Wyoming's success in 2014, perhaps one of the most prominent is Gillette. Home of heavy-hitting mines such as Eagle Butte, Gillette was practically built on the coal industry. In fact, while the coal industry falters in the rest of North America (most notably in West Virginia), Wyoming coal towns like Gillette have emerged largely unscathed.

Some people believe that the situation could soon change, however. With new Clean Power rules in the pipeline passed by the Obama Administration, the coal industry in Wyoming could soon feel the effects. Although Wyoming coal is still going strong as of the time of this writing, we plan to keep a close eye on the situation.

As providers of OTR tires to many coal mines, both in North America and beyond, we like to keep abreast of the current trends and what they could mean for the industry. When the time comes to order new sets of OTR tires for your coal mining equipment, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to working with you.

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