August 09, 2023
A Navajo Nation-owned energy company must arbitrate claims that coal shipping delays by BNSF Railway Co. cost the tribe more than $100 million and threatened its export relationships, according to a Montana federal judge's order.
March 15, 2023
A Navajo Nation-owned energy company says its claims that BNSF Railway Co. failed to adequately transport coal from its Spring Creek Mine in 2022 can't be arbitrated, telling a Montana federal court that its allegations only pertain to the latter of two standalone contracts governing the coal movements — one containing an arbitration provision and the other without.
December 20, 2022
A Navajo Nation-owned energy company has accused BNSF Railway Co. of failing to provide rail transportation for the company's coal business, telling a Montana federal court that BNSF's "erratic" and inadequate service has caused a $150 million revenue shortfall this year.