Signal Peak CEO signals potential mine closure

Signal Peak Energy President and CEO Parker Phipps told Yellowstone County Commissioners that unless it can expand onto federal land, Montana’s only underground coal mine could cease operations next year, reported local media. Phipps said the Bull Mountain mine is facing potential closure after U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy halted Signal Peak from beginning a 175-million-ton expansion until the Office…

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Montana operation begins year with new CEO

Montana’s only underground coal mine, Signal Peak, has kicked off 2022 with new leadership. The Associated Press reported January 11 that the operation seated Parker Phipps as president and CEO, effective February 1. He replaces outgoing president Joseph Farinelli. Phipps was most recently vice president of underground operations at the mine in Roundup. He joined Signal Peak last February as…

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Montana operation begins year with new CEO

Montana’s only underground coal mine, Signal Peak, has kicked off 2022 with new leadership. The Associated Press reported Jan. 11 that the operation seated Parker Phipps as president and CEO effective Feb. 1. He replaces outgoing president Joseph Farinelli. Phipps was most recently vice president of underground operations at the mine in Roundup, Musselshell County. Source: Associated Press

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