09.29.2008 7:07 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Patriot Coal Corp., the St. Louis-based coal producer spun off from Peabody Energy Corp. a year ago, will idle its Jupiter mining complex in West Virginia by year-end because of high costs.
The central Appalachian mining operations produced 1.5 million tons of…
06.02.2008 4:18 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
If you think oil prices are spiraling out of control, take a peek at the stock chart for Patriot Coal Corp. After an 8-percent rally on Friday, Patriot shares surged another 12 percent Monday to close at $120 a share.…
04.03.2008 12:06 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Shares of Patriot Coal surged more than 20 percent Thursday morning, a day after the coal producer announced an agreement to buy Magnum Coal Co. for $709 million in stock and debt.
The transaction will make the company the second largest coal producer…
04.02.2008 5:05 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Patriot Coal Corp., created last fall in the spinoff from Peabody Energy Corp., on Wednesday said it agreed to purchase rival central Appalachian coal producer Magnum Coal Co. for $709 million in stock and debt.
The combination of the two coal…
02.13.2008 8:51 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Shares of Patriot Coal Corp. surged Wednesday as investors looked past a fourth-quarter loss, partially caused by production interruptions at two West Virginia mines, and focused on an increasingly tight global coal market, which is helping lift U.S. prices for…
01.31.2008 1:02 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Shares of Peabody Energy Corp. fell Thursday after the coal producer reported fourth-quarter profit that fell short of Wall Street estimates.
Net income at St. Louis-based Peabody fell 80 percent to $35.8 million, or 13 cents a share, from $175 million,…
01.31.2008 8:32 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FROM WIRE REPORTS
Peabody Energy Corp. this morning reported that its fourth-quarter profit dropped 79.5 percent as its earnings were hurt by the spin off of Patriot Coal Corp.
The St. Louis-based company reported a profit of $35.8 million, or 13 cents…