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{{Infobox_Company |
company_name = Arch Coal, Inc. |
company_logo = [[Image:Arch_Coal_logo.png|175px]] |
company_type = Public ([[NYSE]]: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=ACI ACI]) |
company_slogan = N/A |
foundation = Merger of publicly traded Ashland Coal, Inc. and privately held Arch Mineral Corporation in [[July 1997]] |
location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] |
key_people = [[Steven Leer|Steven F. Leer]], Chairman/CEO<br/>[[John Eaves|John W. Eaves]], President/COO |
num_employees = 3,600 ([[2006]]) |
industry = [[Coal mining]]|
products = [[Coal]]|
revenue = $2.51 billion U.S dollars (2005)
homepage = [http://www.archcoal.com/ www.archcoal.com]
}}
'''Arch Coal''', Inc. {{NYSE|ACI}} is the second-largest [[coal]] producer in the [[United States]], claiming to contribute approximately 12% of America’s coal supply (140 million tons in [[2005]]). The company's mines are located in [[Wyoming]], [[Utah]], [[Colorado]], [[West Virginia]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Virginia]]. The corporate headquarters are in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].
The company claims an expansive reserve totaling 3.1 billion tons of mostly low-[[sulfur]] coal.
Arch Coal is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ACI.
==History==
Arch Mineral Corporation began in [[1969]], as a partnership between Ashland Oil (now Ashland, Inc.) and the [[H. L. Hunt|Hunt]] family of [[Dallas, Texas]]. Arch Coal was formed in [[July 1997]] by merger of this privately held Arch Mineral and publicly traded Ashland Coal, Inc., which had been formed in [[1975]] as a [[subsidiary]] of Ashland Oil.
In [[June 1998]], Arch Coal purchased the coal assets of [[Atlantic Richfield]], which were mostly in the central [[Rocky Mountains]].
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==External links==
*[http://www.archcoal.com/ Arch Coal, Inc.], official website
*[http://finance.google.com/finance?q=aci Company profile at Google Finance]
[[Category:1997 establishments]]
[[Category:St. Louis, Missouri]]
[[Category:Coal mining]]
[[Category:Companies based in Missouri]]
[[Category:Mining companies of the United States]]