Four Corners coal mine looks to keep operating for 110 more years

Diné CARE pushes back against expansion for mine that fuels Four Corners coal plant

Dragline at the Navajo Mine before the Navajo Transitional Energy Company had purchased the mine from BHP Billiton. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

At first glance, I thought it must be a typo.

I was skimming through the Navajo Transitional Energy Company’s application with federal regulators to expand its Navajo surface coal mine in northwestern New Mexico …