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Navajo Nation weighing purchase of coal mine in New Mexico
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Navajo Nation has until July 1 to decide whether to purchase a coal mine on the New Mexico portion of the reservation.
The asking price for the Navajo Mine is $85 million. BHP Billiton operates the facility on land leased from the tribe near Farmington.
The mine so far has generated $40 million for the tribe, President Ben Shelly said.
Owning it outright could generate more revenues.
The Navajo Nation
Council voted to create a limited liability corporation that would acquire the mine.
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