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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
   
Subtotal
1,002,556 85.6
   
All Other Coal Producers
169,253 14.4
   
U.S. Total
1,171,809 100.0
Note: · Major coal producers are companies that produced more than 5 million short tons in 2008. 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 2009 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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