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Article: BRIEFLY LOCAL
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- February 28, 2007
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Westmoreland sells coal royalties
Westmoreland Coal Co. said Tuesday it sold rights to royalty
payments on 225 million tons of coal from a Wyoming mine for $12.7
million.
The royalty interest in Peabody Energy Corp.'s Caballo Mine was
included with mines Westmoreland bought from Montana Power Co. in
2001 and was sold because it is "unrelated to any of the company's
current operations," Westmoreland Chairman Chris Seglem said.
Colorado Springs-based Westmoreland will book a $5.6 million
pretax profit in the first quarter as a ...