A Dubois County based mining company says it will eliminate as many as 138 jobs as it reduces its workforce at all of its facilities.
Huntingburg’s United Minerals wrote in a letter to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development that the layoffs are expected to occur between December 31st and January 13th.
The company’s operations include offices in Huntingburg; a mine, offices and a wash plant in Lynnville; other mines in Oakland City, Elberfeld and Boonville; a dock facility in Newburgh; and a river terminal in Evansville.
United Minerals blames the job cuts on a reduction in coal sales and demand for coal that’s expected to decline.