Major US Coal Producers

January 27, 2012 By admin

Major U.S. Coal Producers

Report No: DOE/EIA-0584 (2009)
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Updated: February 3, 2011
Next Release Date: December 2011

Table 10. xls pdf Annual Coal Report
Table 10. Major U.S. Coal Producers, 2009
Rank	Controlling Company Name	Production (thousand short tons)	Percent of Total Production
1	Peabody Energy Corporation	189,232	17.6
2	Arch Coal Inc.	148,061	13.8
3	Cloud Peak Energy	90,965	8.5
4	Alpha Natural Resources LLC	83,523	7.8
5	CONSOL Energy Inc.	58,145	5.4
6	Massey Energy Co.	37,161	3.5
7	NACCO Industries Inc.	31,085	2.9
8	Patriot Coal Corp.	29,268	2.7
9	Peter Kiewit Sons Inc.	27,136	2.5
10	Alliance Resource Operating Partners LP	25,874	2.4
11	Murray Energy Corp.	25,837	2.4
12	Westmoreland Coal Co.	24,266	2.3
13	Energy Future Holdings Corp.	21,272	2.0
14	Drummond Co. Inc.	19,964	1.9
15	Intl Coal Group Inc. (ICG)	17,414	1.6
16	BHP Billiton Ltd.	14,917	1.4
17	James River Coal Co.	9,855	0.9
18	Chevron Corp.	9,841	0.9
19	PacifiCorp	9,447	0.9
20	Level 3 Communications	8,392	0.8
21	Walter Industries Inc.	7,571	0.7
22	Trinity Coal Corp.	6,805	0.6
23	Booth Energy Group	6,506	0.6
24	Cline Group	6,497	0.6
25	TECO Energy Inc.	6,205	0.6
26	Rosebud Mining Co.	6,084	0.6
27	Black Hills Corp.	6,016	0.6
28	Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holding Inc.	5,703	0.5
29	Western Fuels Association Inc.	5,234	0.5
	Subtotal	938,276	87.3
	All Other Coal Producers	136,647	12.7
	U.S. Total	1,074,923	100.0
Note: · Major coal producers are companies that produced more than 5 million short tons in 2009. A controlling company of a mine is defined as the company “controlling the coal, particularly the sale of the coal.” Most often, but not always, this is the owner of the mine. Source: · Velocity Suite, Ventyx 2010 and U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration Form 7000-2, “Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report.”

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