What is Arch Resources?
{{Infobox Company | company_name = Arch Resources, Inc. | company_logo = | company_type = Public ([[NYSE]]: [https://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=ACI ACI]) | foundation = Merger of publicly traded Ashland Coal, Inc. and privately held Arch Mineral Corporation in [[July 1997]] | location = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] | key_people = [[Steven F. Leer]], Chairman/CEO<br/>[[John W. Eaves]], President/COO | num_employees = 3,600 (2006) | industry = [[Coal mining]]| products = [[Coal]]| revenue = $2.51 billion U.S dollars (2005)| homepage = {{url|http://www.archcoal.com/}} reference = | }} '''Arch Resources''', Inc. {{NYSE|ACI}}, previously known as '''Arch Coal''', is the second-largest [[coal]] producer in the [[United States]], claiming to hold 12% of America’s coal supply (140 million tons in 2005). The company's mines are in [[Wyoming]], [[Utah]], [[Colorado]], [[West Virginia]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Virginia]]. The corporate headquarters are in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. The company claims a large reserve of coal that has not been mined yet. It is a total of 3.1 billion tons of mostly low-[[sulfur]] coal. Arch Coal shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ACI. == History == Arch Mineral Corporation began in 1969, as a partnership between Ashland Oil (now Ashland, Inc.) and the [[H. L. Hunt|Hunt]] family of [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]. Arch Coal was formed in July 1997 when the privately held Arch Mineral merged with the publicly traded Ashland Coal, Inc., which had been formed in 1975 as a [[subsidiary]] of Ashland Oil. In June 1998, Arch Coal purchased the coal fields and mines of the [[Atlantic Richfield]] company, which were mostly in the central [[Rocky Mountains]]. == Other websites == *[http://www.archcoal.com/ Arch Coal, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990117004843/http://www.archcoal.com/ |date=1999-01-17 }}, official