ST LOUIS, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy announced today that it will redeem for cash all of its outstanding 5 7/8% senior notes due 2016 on April 15, 2011. In compliance with the terms of the indenture governing the notes, the redemption price is equal to 100.979% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to April 15, 2011.
ST. LOUIS, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy today announced that its Twentymile Mine in Colorado has earned the Top Safety Innovation Award from the Colorado Mining Association for a device that makes moving longwall equipment safer and more efficient at the underground mine.
The award is given annually to recognize an innovation that leads to improved safety performance of Colorado miners. With a brief
ST. LOUIS, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory H. Boyce today outlined the scope of enormous long-term global energy demand and called on energy and business leaders to focus on job one: Lifting billions from energy poverty and expanding major energy access with meaningful sources of supply.
'We are at the early stages of a long-term supercycle for global coal demand
ST. LOUIS, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy announced today two new leadership appointments: Murray Hundleby has been named Vice President and Chief Legal Officer - Australia, and Rebecca L. Kujawa has been promoted to Vice President - Business Development.
In this new position, Hundleby will lead the law department supporting Peabody's Australian business platform from the company's office in Brisbane
ST. LOUIS, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy
today said the Mongolian government has placed Peabody in the top tier of the short list of companies that pre-qualify to invest and cooperate in development of the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit.
'We are pleased that the government of Mongolia has recognized the world-class coal mining and marketing expertise of Peabody and look forward to potentially working with the
ST. LOUIS, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy
announced today that it has renewed its decades-long commitment as a corporate leader in the City of St. Louis and will continue to base its world headquarters at the newly renamed Peabody Plaza at 701 Market St.
Peabody has entered into a new, 15 year lease at the downtown high-rise, increasing its occupied square footage by more than 30 percent to accommodate a
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy
today announced an agreement with SSA Marine to initially export up to 24 million metric tons of coal per year through the planned Gateway Pacific Terminal in Whatcom County in northwest Washington. Coal export volumes would be dependent upon global market demand, terminal capacity and other factors.
The terminal is being permitted to handle a variety of dry bulk
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy today announced that the Viking Mine in Indiana and the Twentymile Mine in Colorado each earned the company's President's Award, recognizing the best 2010 safety performances achieved among its worldwide surface and underground operations.
'Peabody finished 2010 with the best global safety performance in our 127-year history, and this achievement comes in part due to
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy today said it has entered into an agreement with Indonesia's PT Cahaya Energi Mandiri (CEM) to source 2 million tons of coal for Asian export through Peabody COALTRADE's international trading hub in Singapore.
The contract marks the third term agreement Peabody has secured in recent months, which together account for 5.5 million tons of Indonesian coal. Coal from PT
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy announced today that Richard Robison has been named Senior Vice President - Continuous Improvement. Based in St. Louis, he will be responsible for advancing best practices and enhancing margins across the company's global network of operations. In this role, Robison will guide the company's Centers of Excellence, which use team-based approaches to promote