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The agreement calls for NTEC to make one payment right away, then monthly for a year.

Negotiations between NTEC and Montana continue.

Two former Blackjewel mines, Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr, returned to production in the fourth quarter after their purchase by another company.

Another bill moving ahead would allow state attorneys to investigate a bankrupt company’s wage or hour records.

The coal mine total matched the tally from 2018.

It agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars in royalties and taxes accumulated since May.

Wyoming is the nation's top coal-producing state.

Officials say part of the agreement was that the Navajo Transitional Energy Company would pay royalties accumulated since May.

Eagle Specialty Materials says the shovels are essential to keeping the mines open and hundreds of miners at work.

Lawyers for the company filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Jan. 9 asking for extensive investigation.