Table 10. Major U.S. Coal Producers, 2016
Rank

Controlling Company Name

1

Peabody Energy Corp

Production (thousand short tons)

Percent of Total Production

143,024

2

19.6

Arch Coal Inc

96,483

13.2

3

Cloud Peak Energy

58,370

8.0

4

Murray Energy Corp

46,033

6.3

5

Contura Energy Inc

44,231

6.1

6

NACCO Industries Inc

36,373

5.0

7

Alliance Resource Partners LP

35,243

4.8

8

Westmoreland Coal Company

29,594

4.1

9

CONSOL Energy Inc

24,666

3.4

10

Vistra Energy

24,247

3.3

11

Foresight Energy Labor LLC

19,040

2.6

12

Alpha Natural Resources

12,396

1.7

13

Kiewit Peter Sons' Inc

12,031

1.7

14

Blackhawk Mining LLC

11,842

1.6

15

Bowie Resources Partners LLC

10,853

1.5

16

Coronado Coal LLC

7,175

1.0

17

Western Fuels Assoc Inc

6,141

0.8

18

Sunrise Coal LLC

6,113

0.8

19

Prairie State Energy Campus

5,913

0.8

20

Armstrong Energy Inc

5,889

0.8

21

Global Mining Group LLC

5,609

0.8

641,265

88.0

Subtotal
All Other Coal Producers
U.S. Total

87,099

12.0

728,364

100.0

Note: The listed companies each produced more than 5 million short tons of coal in 2016. A controlling company of a mine is defined as the company 'controlling the coal, particularly the sale of the coal.' Most
often, but not always, this is the owner of the mine.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration Form 7000-2, 'Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report.'

U.S. Energy Information Administration   Annual Coal Report 2016