Kayenta Coal Mine layoffs hit as Navajo Generating Station closure looms

Kayenta Coal Mine layoffs hit as Navajo Generating Station closure looms

A bulldozer crawls over a pile of coal at Peabody’s Kayenta Mine on the Navajo Nation in 2012. The mine is closing this month, ahead of the December closure of its only customer, the Navajo Generating Station.

Kayenta Coal Mine layoffs hit as Navajo Generating Station closure looms

A bulldozer crawls over a pile of coal at Peabody’s Kayenta Mine on the Navajo Nation in 2012. The mine is closing this month, ahead of the December closure of its only customer, the Navajo Generating Station.