Peabody Energy Corp. will build a $2 billion combination coal mine and power plant in Washington ... mouth" plant will burn 6 million tons of Illinois coal annually, said Sen.

Peabody's plan to produce more Illinois coal is part of the company's expansion plan. In Australia, the company plans to boost output at six mines that hold reserves of metallurgical coal used to ...

Cancel anytime. Peabody Energy Corp. is shuttering a Southern Illinois coal mine that has been plagued by safety and productivity issues over the past two years. About 400 employees will lose ...

EQUALITY — Peabody Energy says it will permanently close a southern Illinois coal mine and a nearby coal-processing plant late this year. The company said Monday that the planned closure of ...

Peabody is the largest coal producer in the Midwest, shipping about 30 million tons of coal annually from Illinois and Indiana mines to electricity generators and industrial customers throughout ...

LOUIS -- Peabody Energy Corp.'s plans to close a 400-worker Illinois coal mine marks another "heartbreaking" hit for a struggling region still mending from a deadly tornado last year and another ...

St. Louis-based Peabody Energy on Wednesday told Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan that it is "committed" to restoring land at its three coal mines in the state. St. Louis-based Peabody ...

State regulators allow St. Louis-based Peabody Energy to pledge it has adequate assets to pay for the estimated $92 million needed to reclaim three southern Illinois mines once there’s no coal ...

Bankrupt coal producer Peabody Energy said on Monday it had agreed to pay Illinois $13 million in exchange for the state dropping demands that the company provide additional assurances it can pay ...

The company would try to place employees at other Peabody operations in the Midwest, according to a letter to staff. The underground Wildcat thermal coal mine in Saline County opened in 2006 and ...