US rejects bid to buy 167M tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton
US Rejects Rock-Bottom Bid for 167M Tons of Coal on Public Lands: Less Than a Penny Per Ton Falls Flat In a stinging rebuke to coal industry hopes, federal officials have shot down a bid to snap up 167 million tons of public-land coal in Montana for a laughably low price—under a penny per ton. … Read more