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Dakota Coal Company

Dakota Coal is not a mining company. It controls rights to lignite reserves in North Dakota and provides financing for the Freedom Mine north of Beulah, ND. Dakota Coal is also responsible for marketing Freedom Mine lignite production. The Freedom Mine is owned and operated by The Coteau Properties Company, a subsidiary of the North American Coal Corporation, Dallas, TX.

Coteau Mining Story

Dakota Coal’s customers include Basin Electric’s Antelope Valley Station, near Beulah, ND; the Leland Olds Station, near Stanton, ND; and Dakota Gasification Company’s Great Plains Synfuels Plant, adjacent to Antelope Valley Station.

Dakota Coal and Coteau work closely with their customers to ensure lignite quality doesn’t hamper daily plant operations. Customers know the quality of every shipment of lignite coal before they receive it. This information helps them handle their fuel to meet production and emissions goals.

Dakota Coal also has a division, Wyoming Lime Producers, and a subsidiary, Montana Limestone Company.

The Freedom Mine

Coteau truck and shovel operation removing subsoil at Freedom Mine.

The Freedom Mine is owned and operated by The Coteau Properties Company, a subsidiary of North American Coal Corporation, Dallas, TX. The Freedom Mine delivers approximately 16 million tons of coal per year, making it the largest lignite mine in the United States in deliveries.

The Freedom Mine uses two Bucyrus-Erie 2570 draglines for overburden removal and reclaims about 600 acres of land annually.

Dragline makes big move

North American Coal Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. based in Cleveland, OH. NACCO Industries, Inc. is a holding company with three principal businesses: NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (lift trucks), NACCO Housewares Group (housewares) and The North American Coal Corporation (mining).

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Coteau Mining Story

Learn more about The Coteau Mining Story by watching the video.  For best viewing, we recommend that you have at least a 56K or greater Internet connection. The Coteau Mining Story video is courtesy of the Coteau Properties Company.

Contact information

Dakota Coal Company
PO Box 5540
Bismarck ND 58506-5540
Tel: 701.221.4455