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Utah mine that caught fire no longer looking to reopen, a sign of coal’s times

Lila Canyon mine will lay off 150 workers in January, and Utah’s 2023 coal production will be the lowest since 1976.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah’s Lila Canyon coal mine, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The mine stopped producing in September 2022 after a coal pillar spontaneously combusted on Sept. 20, 2022, and started a stubborn fire. The mine never reopened and is now "idled indefinitely."