Willow Lake Mine

420 Long Lane Road Equality, IL 62934, Illinois

408 workers · Closure · filed Nov 27, 2012

A WARN notice is filed with the state before a plant closing or a mass layoff, under the federal WARN Act or a state law like it. Workers is the number the employer said would be affected; plans can change after filing. Data sources

Company
Willow Lake Mine
Workers
408 workers
Kind
Closure
Notice date
Nov 27, 2012
Location
420 Long Lane Road Equality, IL 62934
State
Illinois
Notice
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As published

Location Name
Willow Lake Mine
Doing Business As Name
BIG RIDGE INC.
Location Address
420 Long Lane Road
Location City
Equality
Location State
IL
Location Zipcode
62934
County
Gallatin County
LWIA #
26
LWIA
26 - Southern 14 Workforce Investment Board Inc
Layoff Type
State
WARN Notice
True
Trade
No
Causes
Faltering Company
Reason
Plant Closure
Status
Closed
Report Source
Company Notification
Industry
Mining
NAICS Codes
212112 - Bituminous Coal Underground Mining, 212112 - Bituminous Coal Underground Mining
IEBS Id
20121129002
Approximate Total # of Full-Time Employees
408
Expected Layoff
408
Revised Layoff
408
Initial Date Reported
2012-11-27 00:00:00
Last Report Date
2012-11-27 00:00:00
Notification Date(s)
11/27/2012
Unions Involved
True
Unions
United Mine Workers of America.
Has public layoff assistance web page
Yes

From the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's WARN list, row 3,433, read Oct 3, 2026; first seen here Oct 3, 2026. Read with Big Local News's warn-scraper and warn-transformer.