The List of Major US Coal Producers

Coal production in the U.S. dropped to below 900 million short tons according to EIA. The average number of employees in coal mines declined by 12% year-over-year and reached 65,971.

The major US coal producers in 2015 are listed in the table below:

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Rank	Controlling Company Name	Production (thousand short tons)	Percent of Total Production
1	Peabody Energy Corp	175,908	19.6
2	Arch Coal Inc	130,654	14.6
3	Cloud Peak Energy	75,040	8.4
4	Alpha Natural Resources	70,398	7.8
5	Murray Energy Corp	55,524	6.2
6	Alliance Resource Partners LP	44,716	5
7	Westmoreland Coal Company	36,628	4.1
8	NACCO Industries Inc	30,593	3.4
9	CONSOL Energy Inc	24,929	2.8
10	Energy Future Holdings Corporation	23,344	2.6
11	Coalfield Transport Inc	20,114	2.2
12	RWE Trading Americas Inc	17,508	2
13	Kiewit Peter Sons' Inc	16,241	1.8
14	Bowie Resources Partners LLC	12,220	1.4
15	Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (Vclf)	9,217	1
16	Armstrong Energy Inc	8,074	0.9
17	Brent K Bilsland	7,323	0.8
18	Coronado Coal LLC	6,955	0.8
19	Global Mining Group LLC	6,420	0.7
20	Western Fuels Assoc Inc	6,369	0.7
21	J Clifford Forrest	6,074	0.7
22	Prairie State Energy Campus	5,954	0.7
23	Navajo Transitional Energy Co	5,685	0.6
24	Warrior Met Coal Intermediate Holdco LLC	5,452	0.6
25	Jeffery A Hoops	5,238	0.6
26	MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co	5,163	0.6

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Source: US EIA

The top five producers are Peabody Energy Corp (BTUUQ), Arch Coal Inc(ANR), Cloud Peak Energy(CLD), Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) and Murray Energy Corp.

Download: The List of Major US Coal Producers (in Excel)

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