Chevron operates two coal mines and a minerals mine in the United States through its subsidiary Chevron Mining Inc.
Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, Chevron Mining's 1,200 employees provide coal and molybdenum to customers around the world.
In 2007, the Pittsburg & Midway Mining Co. and Molycorp Inc., both wholly owned subsidiaries of Chevron, merged to form Chevron Mining Inc.
Our coal mines are in Berry, Alabama (North River), in New Mexico (McKinley) and in Wyoming (Kemmerer). Chevron also owns a 50 percent interest in Youngs Creek Mining Company LLC, a joint venture to develop a coal mine in northern Wyoming. The initial feasibility study has been completed, and permits have been submitted. Construction of the mine is scheduled to begin when sufficient coal sales contracts have been secured.
In September 2008, Chevron sold its rare-earth processing facilities and mine in Mountain Pass, California, and its interest in Sumikin Molycorp in Japan. The petroleum coke calciner assets of Chicago Carbon Company, a wholly owned subsidiary in Illinois, also were sold in 2008. As of early 2009, the North River Mine and other undeveloped Alabama coal reserves were being actively marketed for sale.
Acquired by Chevron in 2005, Molycorp operated a molybdenum mine in Questa, New Mexico, and an open-pit rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California. Molybdenum is primarily used as an alloying agent in steel.
Chevron Mining Inc. employees are committed to operating in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. In 2008:
- Our Questa Mine received the 2008 Underground Metal/Nonmetal Safe Operator of the Year award from the New Mexico Mining Association.
- Our Kemmerer Mine received Chevron's Zero Is Attainable award for more than 1 million work-hours without a lost-time injury.
- Our McKinley Mine was recognized for its advanced reclamation techniques by New Mexico's Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department.
Updated: March 2009