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Costs of Strip Mine Reclamation in the West

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  • Leathers, Kenneth L.

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Estimated costs of mined land reclamation averaged $3,500 per acre in 1976 for western coal regions, an average of 5 cents per ton of coal produced and less than 1 percent of mine-mouth coal prices. Improvements in reclamation practices as a result of 1977 Federal legislation, as well as inflation, will boost these costs. Earthmoving and reshaping account for about 70 to 80 percent of total reclamation costs at a mine.

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Handle: RePEc:ags:ersrdr:333660
DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.333660
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