Environment Reclamation Success

As a company, we take our role of environmental stewardship to heart. Coal mining provides a plentiful and relatively low priced energy source. Reclamation affords our company, and our industry, an opportunity to restore the land to a productive and useful area for future development or preservation.

We strive to restore the land to its original condition or better. That is why it is with great pride that our company received the Outstanding Steep Slope Reclamation Award from the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology.

In 2012, Oxbow teamed with the Aspen Skiing Company, Holy Cross Electric, and Vessels Coal Gas to build the first coal mine methane-fueled electric generator west of the Mississippi River. Instead of venting methane gas in to the atmosphere, Oxbow now converts it into enough electricity to power four ski mountains, three hotels and 17 restaurants.

Community Sustainable Development

The people living in the historic mining town of Somerset Colorado had a problem: their drinking water was untreated coming directly from the Gunnison River. Oxbow Mining LLC contributed $175,000 towards building a new water filtration plant. "We`re real fortunate to have Oxbow pay for a water treatment plant," said Phillip Buskirk, president of the Somerset Domestic Waterworks District. "Oxbow helps Somerset a lot by running this." Oxbow pays for the technical operators and handles around-the-clock operations, which provide 65,000 gallons of water a day for the mine and residents of Somerset. Once coal mining is completed and the land reclaimed, Oxbow plans to turn the water treatment system over to the Somerset Domestic Waterworks District.

Safety Workplace Initiatives

The health and welfare of our workforce and their families is important to our success. We are committed to doing everything we can to help provide our employees and contractors around the world with an environmentally friendly, safe and accident free workplace.

As with all successful endeavors, continuing education and training are required components to reaching our goals. At Oxbow Carbon, we believe that safety is a shared responsibility, one to which everybody must contribute. Maintaining high performance levels, ensuring our workforce is kept informed of any required updates or changes and providing our people with opportunities for interaction with safety professionals and specialists are just a few examples of the way we prioritize safety.

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