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Major U.S. Coal Producers

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Table 10. Major U.S. Coal Producers, 2006
Rank	Controlling Company Name	Production (thousand short tons)	Percent of Total Production
1	Peabody Coal Co.	207,978	17.9
2	Rio Tinto Energy America, Inc.	134,390	11.6
3	Arch Coal, Inc.	129,458	11.1
4	Foundation Coal Corp.	69,280	6.0
5	CONSOL Energy, Inc.	63,243	5.4
6	A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc.	38,318	3.3
7	North American Coal Corp.	31,168	2.7
8	Westmoreland Coal Co.	29,408	2.5
9	Alliance Coal, LLC	23,233	2.0
10	Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc.	22,732	2.0
11	TXU Corp.	22,656	1.9
12	Robert Murray	20,426	1.8
13	International Coal Group, Inc.	19,486	1.7
14	BHP Minerals Group	18,508	1.6
15	Alpha Natural Resources, LLC	18,356	1.6
16	Magnum Coal Co.	11,260	1.0
17	James River Coal Co.	11,237	1.0
18	Energy Coal Resources, Inc.	10,002	0.9
19	Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co.	9,543	0.8
20	PacifiCorp	9,162	0.8
21	Peter Kiewit/Kennecott	7,044	0.6
22	Alcoa, Inc.	6,725	0.6
23	Andalex Resources, Inc.	6,482	0.6
24	Western Fuels Association, Inc.	5,861	0.5
25	TECO Energy, Inc.	5,736	0.5
26	Wexford Capital LLC	5,358	0.5
27	Oxbow Carbon & Minerals, Inc.	5,128	0.4
	Subtotal	942,178	81.0
	All Other Coal Producers	220,572	19.0
	U.S. Total	1,162,750	100.0
Note: Major coal producers are companies that produced more than 5 million short tons in 2006. 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: · 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."