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Amax Coal West, Inc.

Amax Coal West's Environmental Reconstruction
Award-winning reconstruction: Little Rawhide Creek
Located near Gillette, Wyoming, Amax Coal West's mines are situated in the Powder River Basin, the nation's largest coal-producing area. The Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte mines are state-of-the-art surface mines that produce clean-burning, low-sulfur coal used to generate electric power and support a convenient, comfortable lifestyle for millions of Americans.

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Amax Coal West employees and their neighbors in nearby Gillette and surrounding Campbell County live active outdoor-oriented lives. As Partners for Progress with the local community, Amax Coal West has turned environmental policy into action in a number of ways including the following projects:

* The Caballo Creek Wetlands area near the Belle Ayr mine, home to a variety of wildlife;
* The Tadpole Reclamation and Reservoir area at Eagle Butte where local young people have planted cat tails, reeds, trees and shrubs;
* Reclaiming land and reconstructing Little Rawhide Creek reconstruction near Eagle Butte;
* Using land being used to graze cattle; and
* Habitats constructed from rock that provide protection for animals and a place for them to nest.

In 1995, we spent $6.8 million dollars to conserve the environment at Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte.

QUESTION OF THE MONTH:

How involved is Amax Coal West in the local community?

ANSWER:

ECONOMIC BENEFITS

A Partnership for Progress should yield benefits. These are among the significant positive economic benefits Amax Coal West operations provide for local communities:

* More than 350 direct jobs.
* Average earnings of more than $60,000 a year per employee, compared to an average of $28,800 for all industries in Campbell County. The Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte mines create jobs that have wages more than twice as high as the average of other jobs in the county and more than 191 percent higher than average Wyoming wages and salaries.
* Creation of indirect jobs in related maintenance businesses, restaurants, at car dealerships, and at retail stores.
* All this economic activity adds up to lower property taxes for homeowners, better county services, better schools, and a more vibrant local economy.

The result: added value to our lives and our communities.

BRIGHT, SKILLED EMPLOYEES

 Amax Coal West Employee
Maintenance technician works on large scale loading equipment in one of the Amax Coal West mines
Amax Coal West employees are well educated and cross-trained for on-the-job versatility. The Company's pay system rewards them for learning and maintaining a number of skills and for taking responsibility for their jobs.

They work in a highly competitive business. To keep its competitive edge, Amax Coal West had capital expenditures of more than $12.7 million in Wyoming in 1995. The Company spent $25.7 million for equipment, materials, and services purchased in the state.

LEARN MORE! SPEAKERS AVAILABLE!

If you're a resident of Campbell County and would like to learn more about Amax Coal West and the way we partner with local communities to support a quality of life we all enjoy, please call (888) 491-3737. We'll be happy to provide a speaker and presentation for your community group.

Amax Coal West
Belle Ayr Mine

P.O. Box 3039; Gillette, WY, 82717
(307) 687-3400
Eagle Butte Mine
P.O. Box 3040; Gillette, WY, 82717
(307) 687-3300
E-mail:info@CyprusAmax.com


Take a look the positive economic impact of Cyprus Amax on some local communities:
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