Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced that all 10 nominated members of the board of directors were re-elected for one-year terms at the company's annual meeting of shareholders. Re-elected directors are: Gregory H. Boyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Peabody Energy; William A. Coley, former Chief Executive Officer and Director of [...]
Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today reported first quarter 2013 revenues of $1.75 billion, leading to Adjusted EBITDA of $280.1 million. Loss from Continuing Operations totaled ($10.3 million) with Diluted and Adjusted Diluted Loss Per Share from Continuing Operations of ($0.05). "Peabody's first quarter results reflect the success of strong cost [...]
On Thursday, April 18, 2013, Peabody Energy will announce the results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. A conference call with management is scheduled for 10 a.m. CDT on Thursday, April 18. Participants may access the call using the following phone numbers: U.S. & Canada (800) 230-1085, International (612) 234-9959. The call, replay and other [...]
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --FinancialNewsMedia.com issues market news report for today's Active Energy/Mining Companies: New Colombia Resources, Inc.(OTCQB: NEWC), Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF), Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU), Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR), Royale Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROYL) and [...]
ST. LOUIS, April 2, 2013 /CNW/ - In an address to the China Development Forum Economic Summit in Beijing, Peabody Energy Chairman and CEO Gregory H. Boyce shared his views on how 21st Century Coal can advance China's energy, economic and environmental objectives. "As China's unprecedented urbanization continues, coal provides the holistic path [...]
ST. LOUIS, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy today announced that its Eaglefield, Wambo underground and Burton mines have earned President's Safety Awards for achieving the company's best Australian safety performance based on incidence rate in 2012. These operations helped drive the best safety results in Peabody's 130-year [...]
ST. LOUIS, March 25, 2013 /CNW/ - Peabody Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory H. Boyce was today named Chairman of the International Energy Agency's Coal Industry Advisory Board (CIAB). Boyce previously served as CIAB Deputy Chairman since November 2010. The CIAB is a group of chief executives and other senior-level officials from [...]
The U.S. coal industry has endured some major struggles over the past few years. Tighter regulations on emission and increased competition from cheap natural gas have been major factors in the coal Industry's sharp decline. The Market Vectors-Coal ETF (KOL) has fallen over 30 percent in the past year. Research Driven Investing examines investing [...]
ST. LOUIS, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Our contract with Patriot Coal states that we will fund a portion of Patriot's retiree healthcare expenses for specified retirees. We have been providing funds under this contract since the spinoff. This contract also appropriately states that, should Patriot's benefit obligations decrease, our funding would [...]
ST. LOUIS, March 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy and the World Coal Association invited New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to learn more about the benefits of clean coal and coal's role as the world's fastest growing fuel in a new open letter to the mayor.Mayor Bloomberg's recent comments regarding coal represent a teachable moment [...]
ST. LOUIS, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) has named Matt Brock President – Peabody COALTRADE. In this role, Brock will be responsible for global trading and brokerage activities spanning six continents as part of Peabody's COALTRADE business unit. He will report to Christopher J. Hagedorn [...]
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, February 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --FinancialNewsMedia.com reports on Active Energy/Mining Companies to watch today: New Colombia Resources, Inc., PDC Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDCE), Tesoro Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:TSO), Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) and Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE [...]