Arch Coal Benefits from Stronger Cost Controls, Shipments in Third-Quarter 2012, Sees Hope Ahead for Coal

SUGAR LAND--October 29, 2012--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Arch Coal Incorporated (NYSE:ACI) (St. Louis, Missouri), a leading, diversified coal company, saw solid margin improvement in third-quarter 2012 as strong cost control, improved pricing and higher shipments offset many of the problems facing the U.S. coal industry. Coal exports are expected to continue strengthening in the near future. Industrial Info is tracking $1.27 billion in active projects involving Arch Coal, including the $400 million construction of a metallurgical coal mine in Grafton, West Virginia.