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Management - Labor Relations Risk Management - Labor Relations (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Risk Management Labor Relations [Abstract]  
Schedule of operations with employees represented by labor unions
The following table presents the Company's operations in which the employees are represented by organized labor unions:
Mine
 
Current Agreement Expiration Date
 
 
 
U. S.
 
 
Willow Lake (1)
 
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Willow Lake Preparation Facility (1)
 
December 2014
Kayenta (2)
 
September 2013
 
 
 
Australia
 
 
Owner-operated mines:
 
 
Wilkie Creek (3)
 
May 2013
Metropolitan (4)
 
June 2013
Coppabella (4)
 
August 2013
Wambo Coal Handling Plant
 
October 2014
North Wambo Underground
 
April 2015
North Goonyella
 
July 2015
 
 
 
Contractor-operated mines:
 
 
Eaglefield
 
July 2014
Wambo Open-Cut
 
August 2014
Moorvale
 
March 2015
Millennium
 
October 2015
Wilpinjong
 
May 2016
Burton
 
December 2016
(1)
The labor agreement for the hourly workers at the Company’s Willow Lake Mine in Illinois expired in April 2011. The mine continued to operate without a labor agreement until closure activities were initiated at that site in November 2012. The preparation facility will continue to service the Company's Cottage Grove and Wildcat Hills Underground Mines. Refer to Note 3. "Asset Impairment and Mine Closure Costs" for additional details regarding the closure.
(2)
Hourly workers at the Company’s Kayenta Mine in Arizona are represented by the UMWA under the Western Surface Agreement, which is effective through September 2, 2013. This agreement covers approximately 7% of the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries’ hourly employees, who generated 4% of the Company’s U.S. production during the year ended December 31, 2012.
(3)
The Wilkie Creek Mine was classified as held for sale within discontinued operations as of December 31, 2012.
(4)
Negotiations for the Metropolitan and Coppabella mines are underway.