The State Department of Natural Resources has granted Usibelli a permit for a new coal mine in the Healy area. The Jumbo Dome Mine site is on leased state land near where the company has long operated its Two Bull Ridge mine. Usibelli vice president of planning Keith Walters says the company needs more resource to ensure production capacity beyond Two Bull Ridge.
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Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.
