The company, one of the largest
metallurgical coal producers in the U.S., had nearly as much in debt as it had assets and, thanks to plummeting prices, its balance sheet was simply under too much pressure.
Not exact matches
Eric Green, a portfolio manager at PENN Capital Management, suggests owning a mix of
metallurgical and thermal
coal producers in order to benefit from both prices rising.
We also sell
metallurgical coal to steel
producers;
metallurgical sales accounted for 2 % of our
coal sales volume and 11 % of our
coal sales revenue in 2008.»
Arch stated that the combined company would be «the second largest U.S.
metallurgical coal supplier and a top - five overall global
coal producer and marketer».
Some
producers are shifting their focus to
metallurgical coal, a higher - quality form that is mined underground, rather than the thinner seams exposed by mountaintop mines.