Table 15. Major U.S. Coal Producers, 2000
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| 1 |
Peabody Coal Sales Co. |
140,552 |
13.1 |
| 2 |
Arch Coal, Inc. |
108,749 |
10.1 |
| 3 |
Kennecott Energy & Coal Co. |
106,690 |
9.9 |
| 4 |
Consol Energy Inc. |
73,718 |
6.9 |
| 5 |
RAG American Coal Holding, Inc. |
62,809 |
5.9 |
| 6 |
AEI Resources Inc |
51,642 |
4.8 |
| 7 |
A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc |
40,286 |
3.8 |
| 8 |
Vulcan Partners, L.P. |
33,040 |
3.1 |
| 9 |
North American Coal Corp. |
27,208 |
2.5 |
| 10 |
TXU Corporation |
25,927 |
2.4 |
| 11 |
Westmoreland Coal Sales Co. |
18,791 |
1.8 |
| 12 |
Robert Murray |
16,049 |
1.5 |
| 13 |
Black Beauty Coal Co. |
16,021 |
1.5 |
| 14 |
Pacificorp |
15,568 |
1.5 |
| 15 |
BHP Minerals Group |
14,711 |
1.4 |
| 16 |
Alliance Coal Co. |
13,928 |
1.3 |
| 17 |
James River Coal Co |
11,922 |
1.1 |
| 18 |
Peter Kiewit/Kennecott |
9,932 |
.9 |
| 19 |
Quaker Coal Co. |
9,130 |
.9 |
| 20 |
Pittston Co. |
8,404 |
.8 |
| 21 |
Lodestar Energy Inc. |
7,526 |
.7 |
| 22 |
Coastal Coal Co., L.L.C. |
7,362 |
.7 |
| 23 |
Walter Industries, Inc. |
6,787 |
.6 |
| 24 |
ALCOA Inc |
6,624 |
.6 |
| 25 |
Chevron Corp |
6,546 |
.6 |
| 26 |
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co |
6,330 |
.6 |
| 27 |
Andalex Resources, Inc. |
5,980 |
.6 |
| * |
Subtotal |
852,232 |
79.4 |
| * |
All other coal producers |
221,380 |
20.6 |
| * |
U.S. Total |
1,073,612 |
100.0 |
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Notes: Major coal producers are companies that produced more than 5 million short tons in 2000. A controlling company of a mine is defined as the company "controlling the coal, particulary the sale of the coal." Most often, but not always, this is the owner of the mine.
Sources: COALdat, a product of RDI/Platts 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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