ADA-ES Inc. (ADES)
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Established in 1996, ADA-ES, LLC (ADA-ES) commercialized a novel, cost-effec tive flue gas conditioning technology for industries using electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) and baghouses for particulate control.

Alliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP)
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Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (ARLP) is a diversified producer and marketer of coal to major United States utilities and industrial users. ARLP's predecessor companies began mining operations in 1971 and has since grown through acquisitions and internal development to become the fourth-largest coal producer in the eastern United States.

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR)
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Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. and its subsidiaries are a leading Central Appalachian coal producer with significant operations in Northern Appalachia.

Anglo American PLC (AAUK)
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The Group has a range of high quality, core mining businesses covering platinum, diamonds, coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals. The Group is geographically diverse, with operations and developments in Africa, Europe, South and North America and Australia.

Arch Coal Inc. (ACI)
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As one of the nation’s largest and most efficient coal producers, we contribute roughly 12% of America’s coal supply. We have a leading position in all three major low-sulfur coal basins, with mining complexes in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia.

Beard Company (BRCO)
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BTI is continually engaged in the development of advanced fine coal preparation processes. We recently developed, patented and commercialized a unique new process used to improve the handling characteristics of fine wet coal.

BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP)
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Formed from a merger between BHP and Billiton, we bring together an exceptional mix of quality, low-cost resource assets, complemented by a strong management team determined to operate our assets in an efficient manner.

Coalcorp (TSX: CCJ)
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Coalcorp (TSX:CCJ) is a coal mining, exploration and development company with a 100% interest in the La Francia and Caypa coal mines, interests in two ports to be developed, an interest in a rail line operator in north-eastern Colombia and, varying interests in a number of coal exploration properties, all located in Colombia.

Compliance Energy Corp (TSX: CEC)
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Compliance Energy Corporation ("Compliance") is a Canadian power company engaged in the development of a 56 megawatt green power project located near Princeton, British Columbia, Canada. The Company also has extensive coal resources that it is exploring on Vancouver Island.

CONSOL Energy Inc. (CNX)
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CONSOL Energy Inc. is the largest producer of high-Btu bituminous coal in the United States. CONSOL Energy has 20 bituminous coal mining complexes in six states. In addition, the company is a majority shareholder in one of the largest U.S. producers of coalbed methane, CNX Gas Corporation.

Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG)
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ording Canadian Coal Trust is an open-ended mutual fund trust and one of Canada's largest royalty trusts. The Trust makes quarterly distributions to unitholders using royalties received from its 60% interest in the metallurgical coal operations of the Elk Valley Coal Partnership.

Fortune Minerals Ltd. (TSX: FT)
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Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX:FT) is a natural resource company with interests in several mineral deposits and a number of exploration projects in Canada.

Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. (FCL)
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Our 13 affiliated mining operations located in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wyoming target the production of high-quality steam coal products used in the generation of electricity throughout much of the United States. We also provide metallurgical coal to industrial manufacturers of steel products.

Grande Cache Coal Corp (TSX: GCE)
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Grande Cache Coal Corporation operates both surface and underground mining operations in the Grande Cache, Alberta area. The Company produces a premium, low volatile, metallurgical coking coal for export to the world steel industry.

Headwaters Inc. (HW)
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Headwaters Resources is America’s largest manager and marketer of coal combustion products, including fly ash. Utilization of these materials improves performance of building products while creating significant environmental benefits.

Hillsborough Resources Ltd. (TSX: HLB)
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Hillsborough Resources Limited is a coal mining company that operates the Quinsam underground thermal coal mine in Campbell River, British Columbia serving the local and west-coast U.S. cement industry.

International Coal Group Inc. (ICO)
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International Coal Group is a leading producer of coal in Northern and Central Appalachia and the Illinois Basin. We have 12 active mining complexes, of which 11 are located in Northern and Central Appalachia and one in Central Illinois.

James River Coal Co (JRCC)
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James River Coal Company mines and sells bituminous, steam and industrial-grade coal through six operating subsidiaries located throughout Eastern Kentucky and Southern Indiana. We are the sixth largest coal producer in Central Appalachia and the third largest in the Illinois Basin.

Joy Global Inc. (JOYG)
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Joy Global Inc. is a worldwide mining machinery and services company. Through its market leading divisions -- P&H Mining Equipment and Joy Mining Machinery -- the Company manufactures underground and surface mining equipment and offers aftermarket-related services.

Macarthur Coal Ltd. (MACDF)
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Macarthur Coal is an independent Queensland-based coal mining company with operations in Queenland’s Bowen Basin at our Coppabella, Moorvale and Middlemount mines.

Massey Energy Co (MEE)
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Massey Energy Company enjoys a strong market position as the largest producer of Central Appalachian coal, with sales of 41 million tons of coal in 2003.

National Coal Corp (NCOC)
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Since inception, it has focused on consistently delivering high quality bituminous steam coal to its customers in the Southeastern United States while building a foundation based on increased productivity, superior land reclamation, strategic partnerships as well as a strong focus on safety.

NEMI Northern Energy & Mining Inc
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NEMI Northern Energy & Mining Inc is a development stage Canadian company. The Company is engaged primarily in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of coal properties.

Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)
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Peabody Energy is the world's largest private-sector coal company, with 2007 sales of 238 million tons and $4.6 billion in revenues. Our coal products fuel approximately 10 percent of all U.S. electricity generation and 2 percent of worldwide electricity.

Pine Valley Mining Corp (PVMCF)
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The Group's principal activities are the exploration, acquisition and development of coal mining properties near Chetwynd, British Columbia.

Rentech Inc. (RTK)
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Rentech, Inc. develops technology and projects that transforms underutilized hydrocarbon resources (such as coal) into valuable alternative fuels and clean chemicals while providing clean energy solutions to meet our nation's growing energy needs.

TECO Energy Inc (TE)
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TECO Coal owns and operates low-sulfur coal mines and handling facilities in Kentucky and Virginia. The company mines and ships almost 9 million tons of coal annually.

Westmoreland Coal Co (WLB)
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Westmoreland Coal Company is a premier U.S. energy company with strong leadership, a solid foundation of tangible assets and a proven strategy for growth.

Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Ltd (YZC)
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Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited engages in underground coal mining, preparation and processing, sales, and railway transportation of coal. It has interests in Xinglongzhuang, Baodian, Nantun, Dongtan, Jining II, and Jining III coal mines.

DID YOU KNOW?

To distinguish between the two tons, the smaller U.S. ton is called short, while the larger British ton is called long.

There is also an third type of ton called the metric ton, equal to 1000 kilograms, or approximately 2204 pounds. The metric ton is officially called tonne. The SI standard calls it tonne, but the U.S. Government recommends calling it metric ton.
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Coal has many important uses, but most significantly in electricity generation, steel and cement manufacture, and industrial process heating. Coal is the major fuel source for electric power generation worldwide. More than half of total world coal production provides around 38% of the world's electricity.

Coal is also indispensable for iron and steel production; almost 66% of total global steel production is dependent on coal. 

Coal reserves are beds of coal still in the ground waiting to be mined. The United States has the world's largest known coal reserves, about 267.6 billion short tons. This is enough coal to last approximately 236 years at today's level of use.

Coal production is the amount of coal that is mined and sent to market. In 2005, the amount of coal produced at U.S. coal mines reached an all time high of 1,131.5 million short tons. Coal is mined in 27 states. Wyoming mines the most coal, followed by West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Texas.Coal is mainly found in three large regions, the Appalachian Coal Region, the Interior Coal Region, and Western Coal Region (includes the Powder River Basin).

Appalachian Coal Region:

More than one-third of the coal produced in the U.S. is produced in the Appalachian Coal Region.
West Virginia is the largest coal-producing state in the region, and the second largest coal-producing state in the U.S.
Large underground mines and small surface mines.
Coal mined in the Appalachian coal region is primarily used for steam generation for electricity, metal production, and for export.

Interior Coal Region:

In 2005, Texas was the largest coal producer in the Interior Coal Region, accounting for about one-third of the region’s coal production.
Mid-sized surface mines.
Mid- to large-sized companies.

Western Coal Region:

Over half of the coal produced in the U.S. is produced in the Western Coal Region.
Wyoming is the largest regional coal producer, as well as the largest coal-producing state in the nation.
Large surface mines.
Some of the largest coal mines in the world.