St Louis Coal Club

Peabody Development Company is a subsidiary of Peabody Energy, which is one of the largest private sector coal companies in the world. Its coal products fuel more than 10 percent of the United States' electricity generation and over two percent of worldwide electricity. Founded in 1883, Peabody Energy offers a portfolio of coal supplies. It manages and holds majority interests in more than 30 mines in the U.S., Australia and Venezeula, as well as has access to brokered coal secured by Peabody COALTRADE. Peabody Energy conducts business through operating segments that include Western U.S. Mining, Eastern U.S. Mining, Australian Mining, and Trading and Brokerage.

Peabody Energy is one of the largest private-sector coal companies, with sales of nearly 250 million tons and billions of dollars in revenues. Its coal products fuel approximately 10 percent of all United States electricity and some of worldwide electricity. Peabody Energy serves worldwide coal demand from electricity generators and steel makers and has grown to serve new customers and emerging 'Btu Conversion' markets. At the age of 24, Francis S. Peabody founded the retail coal business in Chicago in 1883. Its first coal mine opened in 1895 in Williamson County, Ill. Peabody Energy has grown from a retail coal business to more than 30 operations in the United States nearly 20 operations throughout the rest of the world. Gregory H. Boyce has been the chief executive officer of Peabody Energy for more than a year. He has been with the chemical, petroleum and materials company for over three years. Boyce earned a BS degree from the University of Arizona. Corporate headquarters are maintained in St. Louis.

Saint Louis-based Arch Coal is one of the United States largest coal producers. The company exclusively mines clean-burning, low-sulfur coal. In total, Arch Coal contributes more than 10 percent of America s coal supply from its complexes in West Virginia, Wyoming, Kentucky, Virginia, Colorado and Utah. With more than 140 million tons of pro forma coal sales in 2004, the company provided United States utilities with the fuel for more than five percent of the nation s electricity. Arch Coal also controls a vast domestic reserve base totaling more than 3.5 billion tons. Of that, 90 percent is low in sulfur. Arch Coal has a location in Charleston, W.Va.