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58 workers laid off at Montana mine

BILLINGS, Mont. — A Montana coal mine announced Wednesday it laid off dozens of workers and is cutting production amid an industrywide slowdown that’s starting to impact the largest coal-producing region of the United States.

Signal Peak Energy announced 58 employees had been laid off and eight vacant positions eliminated at its Bull Mountain Mine.

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