The Viking Mine in Daviess County, Ind., shipped 1.6 million tons of coal in 2009, which was trucked to electricity generating and industrial customers including Indianapolis Power & Light's Petersburg Plant, Hoosier Energy's Ratts Plant, Lehigh Cement Co. and General Electric.

 

Viking Mine is a surface mine that uses truck and shovel fleets, and dozer push to remove overburden. Coal is transported to the preparation plant for crushing and processing. The mine's workforce of approximately 140 work on two shifts per day, seven days a week year-round. Six different seams of coal are mined. Viking has 7 million tons of assigned recoverable reserves.

 

Viking Mine is a Peabody Energy operation. Peabody Energy is the world's largest private-sector coal company and a global leader in clean coal solutions. With 2009 sales of 244 million tons and $6 billion in revenues, Peabody fuels 10 percent of U.S. power and 2 percent of worldwide electricity.