Number of U.S. businesses in coal mining 2010-2022

Published by
M. Garside,
Nov 22, 2022
The number of coal mining businesses in the U.S. decreased from 1,471 in 2010 to 1,202 as of June 2022.

The leading coal producer in the United States is Peabody Energy. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Peabody Energy is the world's largest private sector coal company. Coal is a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of carbon. As a fossil fuel it generates a significant part of today's energy.

Number of coal mining businesses in the United States from 2010 to 2022

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Release date

June 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

This statistic has been assembled using more than one release of the data from the source.

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