Winslow / Arizona / United States
Peabody Western Coal Company is one of the largest private-sector coal companies, with sales of nearly 250 million tons and billions of dollars in revenues. Its coal products fuel approximately 10 percent of all United States electricity and some of worldwide electricity. Peabody Western Coal Company serves worldwide coal demand from electricity generators and steel makers and has grown to serve new customers and emerging Btu Conversion markets. At the age of 24, Francis S. Peabody founded the retail coal business in Chicago in 1883. Its first coal mine opened in 1895 in Williamson County, Ill. Peabody has grown from a retail coal business to more than 30 operations in the United States nearly 20 operations throughout the rest of the world. Peabody Western Coal Company maintains headquarters in St. Louis and operates an office in Kayenta, Ariz.
