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Table 10. Major U.S. Coal Producers, 2007
Rank	Controlling Company Name	Production (thousand short tons)	Percent of Total Production
1	Peabody Energy Corp	192,318	16.8
2	Rio Tinto Energy America	134,353	11.7
3	Arch Coal Inc	126,881	11.1
4	Foundation Coal Corp	71,828	6.3
5	CONSOL Energy Inc	65,178	5.7
6	Massey Energy Co	37,169	3.2
7	NACCO Industries Inc	34,069	3.0
8	Westmoreland Coal Co	30,392	2.7
9	Murray Energy Corp	27,571	2.4
10	Peter Kiewit Sons Inc	27,171	2.4
11	Energy Future Holdings Corp	25,992	2.3
12	Alliance Resource Operating Partners LP	24,237	2.1
13	Alpha Natural Resources LLC	21,592	1.9
14	Patriot Coal Corp	19,262	1.7
15	Intl Coal Group Inc (ICG)	17,856	1.6
16	Magnum Coal Co	16,112	1.4
17	BHP Billiton Ltd	15,428	1.3
18	Chevron Corp	11,991	1.0
19	PacifiCorp	11,776	1.0
20	Level 3 Communications	10,675	0.9
21	James River Coal Co	10,294	0.9
22	Trinity Coal Corp	8,710	0.8
23	Energy Coal Resources Inc	8,407	0.7
24	Walter Industries Inc	6,606	0.6
25	Wexford Capital LLC	6,504	0.6
26	Booth Energy Group	6,493	0.6
27	TECO Energy Inc	6,151	0.5
28	Western Fuels Association Inc	5,304	0.5
29	Rosebud Mining Co	5,104	0.4
30	Black Hills Corp	5,049	0.4
	Subtotal	990,473	86.4
	All Other Coal Producers	156,162	13.6
	U.S. Total	1,146,635	100.0
Note: · Major coal producers are companies that produced more than 5 million short tons in 2007. 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."