Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI)
About Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) Arch Coal, Inc. is a coal producer in the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold approximately 126.1 million tons of coal, including approximately 7.5 million tons of coal, it purchased from third parties. The Company sells coal to power plants, steel mills and industrial facilities. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 19 active mines at 11 mining complexes located in the United States. The Company operates in three segments: the Powder River Basin, the Western Bituminous region and the Central Appalachia region. On October 1, 2009, the Company acquired Rio Tinto’s Jacobs Ranch mine complex in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, which included 345 million tons of coal reserves and integrated it into the Black Thunder mine.