Coal producer and marketer, focused on supplying coal to utilities and industrial users in the United States.
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. operates as a diversified natural resource company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, focusing on the production and distribution of coal primarily to utilities and industrial customers across the United States. Established in 1971, the company operates through four key segments: Illinois Basin Coal Operations, Appalachia Coal Operations, Oil & Gas Royalties, and Coal Royalties. Its coal offerings include a variety of thermal and metallurgical coal types distinguished by varying sulfur and heat contents.
The company manages seven underground mining complexes strategically located in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Additionally, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. leases land and operates a crucial coal loading terminal along the Ohio River in Mt. Vernon, Indiana. The firm engages in coal trading activities and holds mineral and royalty interests across approximately 1.5 million gross acres in prominent oil and gas producing regions such as the Permian, Anadarko, and Williston Basins.
Innovation is integral to Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.'s operations, as it offers advanced mining technology solutions. These include data network systems, communication and tracking technologies, mining proximity detection systems, industrial collision avoidance systems, and sophisticated data analytics software. The company boasted substantial coal reserves totaling approximately 547.1 million tons of proven and probable mineral reserves, with additional measured, indicated, and inferred coal resources amounting to 1.17 billion tons across its operational footprint in multiple states.