The nature of coal production has altered the structure of this industry to achieve more consolidation and as a result, fewer companies have continued to dominate this sector. In the United States, the four largest players, including Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU), Arch Coal Inc (NYSE:ACI), Alpha Natural Resources LLC and Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (NYSE:CLD), have controlled more than half of the coal supply in the country. Figure 1: United States coal production share by top four coal companies The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that the four firms supplied a total of 575 million tonnes of coal in the…
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- Figure 1: United States coal production share by top four coal companies
- Figure 2: Total US coal production and top four coal producers’ share each year
- Figure 3: Top four US coal producers, 2000-2011
- Figure 4: Regional production for top four US coal producers (million short tons)
- Table 1: Mergers and acquisitions in the coal industry
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