Patriot Coal

Updated 11:30 a.m., Jan. 5 with details of new agreement - A health fund for retired miners will stay solvent for at least 10 more months.Peabody Energy…

The coal industry continues to adjust to economic realities. Peabody Energy has announced a deal to sell assets in Colorado and New Mexico, while Arch…

Patriot Coal filed for Chapter 11 protection Tuesday, less than two years after emerging from bankruptcy.Patriot, which was spun off from Peabody Energy…

Patriot Coal, headquartered in Creve Coeur, confirmed Tuesday that two of its miners in West Virginia were killed in a "severe coal burst."Eric Legg, 48,…

St. Louis-based Patriot Coal announced Tuesday that a federal bankruptcy judge has approved the company’s reorganization plan, clearing the way to come…

The nearly monthly rallies by retired miners in front of Peabody Energy’s headquarters in downtown St. Louis are now a thing of the past.The United Mine…

Peabody Energy will have to pay health benefits for retirees of a former subsidiary after an appeals court reversed a federal bankruptcy judge’s…

A federal bankruptcy judge approved a new labor agreement Tuesday between St. Louis-based Patriot Coal and the United Mine Workers of America.Judge Kathy…

Members of the United Mine Workers of America have voted to ratify a settlement with bankrupt Patriot Coal.The union said in a statement Friday night that…

Members of The United Mine Workers of America were in St. Louis again Tuesday, rallying over miners’ retiree benefits. The protest took place just one day…