Peabody is BTU, and Btu is energy. Peabody serves high-growth areas, lighting lives and fueling economies in 25 nations on six continents. Peabody is the only global pure-play coal investment and a global leader in clean coal solutions. From mine to rail, rail to ports and ports to plants… Peabody is fueling the world with energy essential to sustain life and grow economies. 

Mission

Our mission is to create superior value as the leading global supplier of coal, which enables economic prosperity and a better quality of life.

Our Values

• Safety: We commit to safety and health as a way of life.
• Customer Focus: We provide customers with quality products and excellent service.
• Leadership: We have the courage to lead, and do so through inspiration, innovation, collaboration and execution.
• People: We offer an inclusive work environment and engage, recognize and develop employees.
• Excellence: We are accountable for our own success. We operate cost-competitive mines by applying continuous improvement and technology-driven solutions.
• Integrity: We act in an honest and ethical manner.
• Sustainability: We take responsibility for the environment, benefit our communities and restore the land for generations that follow.

Peabody at a Glance

Peabody Energy is the world’s largest private-sector coal company and a global leader in sustainable mining, energy access and clean coal solutions. The company serves metallurgical and thermal coal customers in  25 countries on six continents.

Peabody’s global platform reaches six continents and creates a strategic advantage. The company has, through its subsidiaries, majority interests in 26 coal operations located throughout all major U.S. coal-producing regions and in Australia. 

Peabody marked many notable accomplishments in 2015:

• Set a new record for safety, with a 13 percent reduction in the global incidence rate to 1.25 per 200,000 hours worked for employees and contractors;

• Delivered revenues totaling $5.61 billion, leading to Adjusted EBITDA of $434.6 million;

• Improved Australian costs per ton 24 percent - a record low for the platform; U.S. costs per ton improved 5 percent even with lower volumes; and

• Achieved over $620 million in cost improvements across the global platform.

• Restored 4,716 acres of mined lands into rangeland, wildlife habitat, hardwood forests, prime farmland and wetlands. In addition, the company planted approximately 442,000 trees.

Operations

Peabody Energy advocates for responsible mining that puts safety and environmental stewardship first and emphasizes best practices to continually improve productivity and maximize resource recovery.

Peabody has 26 surface and underground mining operations across the United States and Australia.  Our mines operate within the company's culture of safety, continuous improvement, and best-in-class engineering and management practices.  All coal produced ​from Peabody operations is mountaintop-removal free.