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Table 10. Major U.S. Coal Producers, 2008 |
| Rank |
Controlling
Company Name |
Production
(thousand short tons) |
Percent
of
Total Production |
| 1 |
Peabody Energy Corp |
200,752 |
17.1 |
| 2 |
Rio Tinto Energy America |
140,818 |
12.0 |
| 3 |
Arch Coal Inc |
134,017 |
11.4 |
| 4 |
Foundation Coal Corp |
69,366 |
5.9 |
| 5 |
CONSOL Energy Inc |
63,806 |
5.4 |
| 6 |
Massey Energy Co |
40,151 |
3.4 |
| 7 |
Patriot Coal Corp |
33,317 |
2.8 |
| 8 |
NACCO Industries Inc |
29,554 |
2.5 |
| 9 |
Westmoreland Coal Co |
29,275 |
2.5 |
| 10 |
Peter Kiewit Sons Inc |
28,198 |
2.4 |
| 11 |
Alliance Resource Operating Partners LP |
26,395 |
2.3 |
| 12 |
Murray Energy Corp |
26,059 |
2.2 |
| 13 |
Energy Future Holdings Corp |
23,307 |
2.0 |
| 14 |
Alpha Natural Resources LLC |
20,879 |
1.8 |
| 15 |
Intl Coal Group Inc (ICG) |
18,340 |
1.6 |
| 16 |
BHP Billiton Ltd |
15,952 |
1.4 |
| 17 |
Chevron Corp |
10,976 |
0.9 |
| 18 |
PacifiCorp |
10,884 |
0.9 |
| 19 |
James River Coal Co |
10,583 |
0.9 |
| 20 |
Level 3 Communications |
10,559 |
0.9 |
| 21 |
Trinity Coal Corp |
8,859 |
0.8 |
| 22 |
Walter Industries Inc |
7,471 |
0.6 |
| 23 |
Wexford Capital LLC |
6,726 |
0.6 |
| 24 |
Booth Energy Group |
6,621 |
0.6 |
| 25 |
TECO Energy Inc |
6,327 |
0.5 |
| 26 |
Cline Group |
6,088 |
0.5 |
| 27 |
Black Hills Corp |
6,016 |
0.5 |
| 28 |
Energy Coal Resources Inc |
5,999 |
0.5 |
| 29 |
Western Fuels Association Inc |
5,261 |
0.4 |
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Subtotal |
1,002,556 |
85.6 |
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All Other Coal Producers |
169,253 |
14.4 |
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U.S. Total |
1,171,809 |
100.0 |
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