SAVAGE MINE, MONTANA
The 874-acre Savage Mine, strategically located on the Montana-North Dakota border near Savage, MT, supplies its 350,000 tons of annual production via a full-requirements contract with Montana Dakota Utilities’ 57-megawatt Lewis & Clark Station, as well as a longstanding supply relationship with Sidney Sugars Refining Plant near Sidney, Montana.
Like other Westmoreland resource development properties, Savage engages in near-contemporaneous reclamation of developed land and has restored more than (TK) acres to its original conditions including use for (TK).
During its years of operation, Savage’s outstanding safety record has resulted in awards including 10 Westmoreland President’s Awards, three Montana Governor’s Award Small Mine Awards, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration’s Certificate of Achievement Award and Sentinels of Safety Award and the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute’s Safety Award for Surface Mines.
Safety Awards
| 2010 | Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute’s Safety Award for Surface Mines – Award for outstanding and ongoing safety performance during calendar years 2007, 2008, and 2009 |
| 2010 | Montana Governor’s Award for Safety and Health – Small Mining Employer |
| 2009 | Montana Governor’s Award for Safety and Health – Small Mining Employer |
| 2009 | Westmoreland Coal Company President’s Award for the safest mine within the company |
| 2008 | Westmoreland Coal Company President’s Award for the safest mine within the company |
| 2007 | Montana Governor’s Award for Safety and Health – Small Mining Employer |
| 2007 | Westmoreland Coal Company President’s Award for the safest mine within the company |
| 2006 | Westmoreland Coal Company President’s Award for the safest mine within the company |
| 2005 | Sentinels of Safety – Certificate of Achievement |
| 2005 | Westmoreland Coal Company President’s Award for the safest mine within the company |
| 2004 | MSHA’s “Certificate of Achievement in Safety” – small surface coal group Sentinels of Safety Program |
| 2004 | Westmoreland Coal Company President’s Award for the safest mine within the company |
| 2003 | Westmoreland Coal Company President’s Award for the safest mine within the company |
