Arch Coal earnings tumble, hopeful on 2010 recovery

Shares in NYSE-listed Arch Coal fell more than 10% on Friday, after the company reported a 98% drop in fourth quarter profit. Arch earned $1,5-million in the last three months of 2009, compared with $62,3-million a year earlier, which was below...

Arch Coal earnings beat expectations

US coal miner Arch Coal on Friday reported third quarter net income of $25,2-million, down from $97,8-million a year earlier but better than analysts had predicted. Arch reported third-quarter coal sales of 29,1-million tons, lower than the...

Coal may surpass oil as best performing energy investmernt

Coal, the hard, black byproduct of fossilized plants used as fuel since China's Western Han dynasty 2000 years ago, may overtake oil as the best performing energy investment.