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Holding the number one spot on our list of the top coal mines in the world is the North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming , U . S . The mine produced 107.7 million tons of thermal coal in 2012 and is believed to produce the cleanest coal in the world . Owned and operated by Peabody Energy , the surface mining operation began producing coal in 1983 . The coal is mined from three pits and is hauled by truck to one of four hoppers at the mining complex , where coal is crushed , conveyed to silos , and then to the loadouts . The mine shipped 110.9 million tons of compliance coal during 2013 , and more than 1.8 billion tons since the mine began . The North Antelope Rochelle mine is estimated to contain more than 2.3 billion tons of recoverable coal .

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46 June 2014