Peabody Energy News

Cathy Westbury of Stanton Elementary in Fenton was named a Peabody Energy Leader in Education for the 2012-13 school year, and awarded $1,000 for her compassion and commitment to students.

Do you feel like Wyoming is losing its battle for proposed coal terminals in the Northwest region? Don't. The coal companies interested in exporting Powder River Basin coal are investing a lot of time and money into getting the projects done, Charlene Murdock, spokeswoman for Peabody Energy told Wyoming legislators Wednesday.

The coal industry has been suffering after natural gas prices dropped dramatically last year, but Peabody Energy Chairman and CEO Gregory Boyce said today that demand for coal from two major U.S. basins is expected to grow in the coming years.

A new report criticizing Arch Coal and Peabody Energy for creating Patriot Coal was released Tuesday by two groups of religious leaders -- Interfaith Worker Justice and Religious Leaders for Coalfield Justice.

In addition to the company's mining operations, Peabody Energy markets and brokers coals from its operations and other coal producers, both as principal and agent, and trades coal and freight-related contracts through trading and business offices.

Illinois has 32 businesses on the Fortune 500 list. However, not one of them is located in the southern part of the state.

Born to Hong Kong parents, Nathanael Wei is the youngest member of Britain's House of Lords.

A conveyor belt moves coal mined underground to the surface in March 2006 at Peabody Energy's Gateway Mine near Coulterville.

Patriot Coal CEO Ben Hatfield said Wednesday morning during testimony in the company's bankruptcy hearing that 88 percent of Patriot's retirees never worked for Patriot.

Police have arrested three protesters who traveled to Wyoming for Peabody Energy's shareholder meeting at Gillette College, including one woman accused of hanging an anti-Peabody banner from the rafters of a college building.

Spearheaded by the United Mine Workers of America, thousands of protesters flocked to St.

Basin. In 2012, Peabody shipped nearly 140 million tons of coal from the Powder River Basin to 90 power plants in 24 states, as well as customers in "In addition to completing the safest year in Peabody history, we achieved record revenues, record U.S. Adjusted EBITDA and record volumes," Boyce said.

Arguments got underway today over the fate of healthcare and pension benefits for unionized Patriot Coal workers as thousands of miners rallied against proposed cuts.

Peabody Energy is holding its annual shareholders meeting in Wyoming to highlight the importance of the coal-rich Powder River Basin.

Another Florissant educator has been bestowed a great honor by Peabody Energy. Thursday, Peabody Energy Leaders in Education awarded McCluer High School math teacher Rega Wesley-Stewart $1,000 for her demonstrated commitment and compassion toward students.

The number of shares sold short in Alliance Holdings , Alliance Resource Partners , Alpha Natural Resources , Arch Coal , Cloud Peak Energy , James River Coal , Peabody Energy , Walter Energy , Westmoreland Coal and Yanzhou Coal Mining swelled in the period.

A major hearing in Patriot Coal Corp.'s bankruptcy case about benefits for union workers and retirees is scheduled for Monday, and the United Mine Workers of America said it will host its biggest rally yet at 10 a.m. that day in front of Peabody Energy's headquarters.

Shirley Inman, a retired miner who worked at the Hobet 21 mine in West Virginia for 19 years, during a protest in St.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on BTU.

Several active and retired miners from West Virginia and Kentucky will be among the shareholders who will come to Gillette to attend annual meetings of Peabody Energy and Arch Coal this month.Along a This item is available in full to subscribers.