Peabody's Shawnee proposal stirs controversy over bats

Peabody hired consultants to survey the land for endangered bats last summer.

Peabody Misses, Gives Guidance

Peabody Energy Corporation's operating earnings per share of 98 cents for fourth-quarter 2011 and $3.76 for 2011 failed to surpass the corresponding Zacks Consensus Estimates.

Peabody Energy 4th-quarter earns grow 6 percent

Coal miner Peabody Energy Corp. said Tuesday that fourth-quarter earnings increased 6 percent as demand from China and other developing nations helped the company sell more coal at higher prices.

Peabody Energy Announces Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2011

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU - News) today reported full-year 2011 EBITDA of $2.13 billion.  Income from continuing operations totaled $1.01 billion, with diluted earnings ...

Peabody Energy's 4Q Earnings Miss Forecasts

Peabody Energy Corp.'s (BTU) fourth-quarter earnings missed analysts' expectations, sending its stock price lower, after the company posted a profit increase of just 5.9% from a year earlier even as global sales and U.S. mining revenue improved.