Peabody Energy Corporation operates in the Bituminous coal and lignite--surface sector. Peabody Energy Corporation is a coal company. The Company owns majority interests in 28 coal mining operations located in the United States and Australia. In addition to mining operations, it markets, brokers and trades coal. It operates in four segments: its three mining segments and Trading and Brokerage segment. The three mining segments are Western U.S. Mining, Midwestern U.S. Mining and Australian Mining. Its fifth segment, Corporate and Other, includes mining and export/transportation joint ventures, energy-related commercial activities, as well as the management of its coal reserve and real estate holdings. In December 2011, the Company announced that PEAMCoal Pty Ltd completed the acquisition of Macarthur Coal Limited. In
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