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National Sustainability Recognition
  • Peabody Energy
    Ranked number one for sustainability practices among peer pure-play coal companies Ceres and the Investor Responsibility Research Center
 
2007 Reclamation Milestones
  • Peabody Energy
    Ken Rogers named 2007 Vance "Pat" Wiram Award for Innovation in Reclamation and Mining Technology
    Indiana Society of Mining and Reclamation
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  • Peabody Energy
    Vern Pfannenstiel named 2007 Reclamationist of the Year
    American Society of Mining and Reclamation
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  • Miller Creek Mine
    2007 Excellence in Mining and Reclamation Award
    Indiana Department of Natural Resources
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  • Somerville Central Mine
    Silver Good Neighbor Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior
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  • Somerville Central Mine
    National Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior
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  • Caballo Mine
    Bronze Good Neighbor Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior
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  • Twentymile Mine and former Seneca Mine
    National Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior
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  • Gibraltar Mine
    National Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior
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  • Caballo Mine
    Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
    "Good Neighbor" Award
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  • Seneca Coal Company
    Excellence in Reclamation Award
    Colorado Mining Association and
    Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
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  • Caballo Mine
    Wyoming Engineering Society
    Project of the Year Award
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  • Somerville Central Mine
    Excellence in Mining and Reclamation Award
    Indiana Department of Natural Resources
 
2006 Reclamation Milestones
  • Peabody Coal Company
    Gibraltar Mine
    Outstanding Reclamation Award
    Kentucky Department for Natural Resources and Kentucky Coal Association
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  • Black Beauty Coal Company
    Cedar Creek Mine
    Excellence in Surface Mining and Reclamation National Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior.
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  • Black Beauty affiliate United Minerals Company
    West Fork Mine
    Excellence in Surface Mining and Reclamation National Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior.
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  • Roy Karo
    Reclamation Manager
    Seneca Coal Company
    “Best of the Best Award” for lifetime achievement
    U.S. Department of the Interior.
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  • Peabody Coal Company
    Lynnville Mine
    Excellence in Surface Mining and Reclamation National Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior.
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  • Seneca Mine
    Excellence in Surface Mining and Reclamation National Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior.
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  • Black Beauty Coal Company
    West Fork Mine
    Indiana Excellence in Mining and Reclamation Award
    Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
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  • Seneca Mine
    Excellence in Reclamation Advancement Award
    Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology and the Colorado Mining Association
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  • Twentymile Mine
    Pollution Prevention Award
    Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment and Colorado Mining Association
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  • Black Beauty affiliate United Minerals Company
    Cedar Creek Mine
    Illinois Mined Land Reclamation Award
    Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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2005 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Twentymile Coal Company
    Reclamation Excellence Award
    Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology.
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  • North Antelope Rochelle Mine
    Good Neighbor Award
    State Mine Inspector and the Wyoming Mining Association
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  • North Antelope Rochelle Mine
    Gold Good Neighbor Award for environmental conservation and community education
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining
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  • Black Mesa and Kayenta Mines
    Silver Good Neighbor Award for managed grazing initiatives on Native American lands
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining
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  • Farmersburg Mine
    Bronze Good Neighbor Award for cooperative research and community outreach and education
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining
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  • Black Mesa and Kayenta Mines
    Excellence in Mining and Reclamation National Award
    U.S. Department of the Interior.
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  • Black Mesa and Kayenta Mines
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award
    for managed grazing initiatives on Native American lands.
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  • Universal Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award
    for wetlands reclamation.
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2004 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Universal Mine
    Indiana Department of Natural Resources Excellence in Mining reclamation Award for exemplary reclamation of a wetland area.
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  • Powder River Coal Company
    Industry Reclamation and Wildlife Stewardship Award from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department for developing high-quality wetland and riparian habitat.
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  • Farmersburg Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award for restoration of prime farmland.
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  • North Antelope Rochelle Mine
    Wyoming Wildlife Federation Corporation of the Year for proactive efforts to protect wildlife resources and habitats
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  • Powder River Coal Company
    Scott E. Belden named 2004 Reclamationst of the Year by the American Society of Mining and Reclamation
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2003 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Black Mesa and Kayenta Mines
    First ever "Gold" Good Neighbor Award from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining recognizing a host of environmental, economic and tribal initiatives on Native American lands in Arizona
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  • Black Beauty Coal Company and United Minerals
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Director's Award for the creation of wetlands at the Deer Ridge Mine in Indiana
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  • Squaw Creek Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Surface Mining & Reclamation Award for creation of one of the largest prairie sites in Indiana
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  • Caballo Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Surface Mining & Reclamation Award for establishment of permanent ponds and wetlands on restored lands in Wyoming
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  • Illinois Operations
    Illinois Department of Natural Resources 2003 Mined Land Reclamation Award for creation of a wetlands area at the former site of a refuse pond in Southern Illinois near Marissa
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2002 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Black Beauty Coal Company
    CINERGY Supplier Environmental Excellence Award
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  • Kayenta Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Director's Award for innovative programs to protect cultural, historic and archaeological resources
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  • North Antelope Rochelle Mine
    Wyoming Game & Fish Department Reclamation & Wildlife Stewardship Award
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  • Powder River Operations
    Prairie Partner Award from the National Grasslands Commission
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  • Squaw Creek Mine
    Indiana Excellence in Mining and Reclamation Award
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2001 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Black Beauty Coal Company's Indiana and Illinois Mines
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Director's Award for exemplary agricultural post-mining land use
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  • Seneca Mine
    Colorado Large Surface Mine Reclamation Award for Seneca's participation in a two-year industry trial to enhance wildlife habitat on reclaimed lands
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2000 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Big Sky Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Reclamation Award
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  • Big Sky Mine
    Reclamation Supervisor Reg Hoff named Reclamationist of the Year by the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation
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  • Black Beauty's Columbia Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Reclamation Award. Black Beauty is 82 percent owned by Peabody Energy
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  • Columbia Mine
    Interstate Mining Compact Commission national Award for Reforestation and Wildlife Restoration
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  • Columbia Mine
    Bryce West earns U.S. Office of Surface Mining "Best of the Best" national Reclamation Award
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  • Peabody Coal Company
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Director's Award for Reforestation
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  • Seneca Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Reclamation Award
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  • Will Scarlet Mine
    Illinois Mined Land Reclamation Award
 
1999 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • River King No. 1 Mine
    Interstate Mining Compact Commission honorable mention certificate
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  • Ravensworth/Narama Mine
    ACARP Environmental Award for Excellence
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  • Seneca Mine
    Large Surface Mine Reclamation Award from the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
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1998 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Caballo Mine
    Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Excellence in Mining Award
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  • River King No. 1 Mine
    Illinois Mined Land Reclamation Award
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  • Black Mesa and Kayenta Mines
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Reclamation Award
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1997 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Seneca Mine
    Outstanding Revegetation Initiative Award from the Colorado Minerals and Geology Division
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  • Gibraltar Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Reclamation Award
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  • Gibraltar Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining 20th Anniversary Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award
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1996 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Black Mesa Mine
    International Erosion Control Association Excellence in Design Award
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  • Black Mesa and Kayenta Mines
    American Society for Surface Mining Reclamation Special Award to Vern Pfannenstiel, Senior Environmental Scientist
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  • North Antelope Mine
    Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Excellence in Surface Mining Award
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  • Gibraltar Mine
    Interstate Mining Compact Commission National Coal Mine Reclamation Award honorable mention
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  • Gibraltar Mine
    Kentucky Governor's Environmental Excellence Award
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  • Gibraltar Mine
    Kentucky Department for Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Reclamation Award
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  • Peabody Coal Company
    Kentucky Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Stewardship Award
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1995 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • Power Mine
    Missouri Reclamation Award for Sandhill site
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  • Midwest Business Unit
    Brent Gray named Reclamationist of the Year by the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation
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  • Midwest Business Unit
    Operations named Wildlife Steward by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
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  • Lee Ranch Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Reclamation Award
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  • Lee Ranch Mine
    Mark Hiles earns U.S. Office of Surface Mining "Best of the Best" national Reclamation Award
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  • Broken Aro Mine
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Mining Reclamation Certificate of Achievement
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  • Ravensworth Mine
    New South Wales Mineral Industry Award for Environmental Excellence
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1994 Reclamation Milestones
 
  • River King No. 3
    U.S. Office of Surface Mining Excellence in Reclamation Award
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  • Seneca Mine
    Colorado Large Surface Coal Mine Land Reclamation Award
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  • Western Associated Coal Corp.
    Colorado Large Underground Coal Mine Land Reclamation Award honorable mention
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  • River King No. 3
    Illinois Mined Land Reclamation Award
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  • River King No. 3
    NASLR National Mined Land Reclamation Award
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  • River King No. 3
    Interstate Mining Compact Commission honorable mention
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  • Ravensworth Mine
    Hunter Catchment Management Trust Award for Environmental Performance in Coal Mining
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