Alliance Coal, LLC history

1973 MAPCO Coal Inc. is formed.

Then, in 1980, another Illinois Basin underground mine, the Pattiki mine, was opened in White County, Kentucky.

Warrior Coal operated the underground Cardinal mine, located in Hopkins County, Kentucky, and in operation since 1985.

Alliance's longtime chief executive, Joseph W. Craft III, was named president of MAPCO Coal in 1986.

In early 1989 the Pontiki mine added reserves by purchasing a nearby inactive mine, and MAPCO Coal also acquired another dormant operation in Kentucky, the Scotts Branch mine, folding it into a subsidiary called MC Mining Inc.

The 1990 Clean Air Act required coal-fired utilities to cut back on their emissions, creating strong demand for the kind of low-sulfur coal MAPCO Coal mined at its Martiki complex.

In 1994 MAPCO Coal launched a major, $30 million expansion of this surface operation, extending the life of the mine by adding a new 56-cubic-yard shovel and five 240-ton trucks, used to essentially level a mountain piecemeal.

In 1996, management formed Alliance Coal Corporation and led a buyout of MAPCO Inc.'s coal operations with the financial support of The Beacon Group.

By 1998, Alliance sold 15.1 million tons of coal and was recognized as the sixth largest coal producer in the eastern United States.

ARLP began a $30 million extension of its Pattiki mine in southern Illinois during 2000.

Construction of a new mine shaft and ancillary facilities began in 2001 at the Dotiki mining complex.

Both of these projects were completed during the second quarter of 2003 and positioned ARLP to meet increasing demand for its coal.

Alliance continued to increase coal production in 2004, but in February the company had to contend with a fire at the Dotiki mine, which took almost a month to extinguish.

In 2006 the company added nearly 100 million tons of high sulfur coal reserves in Union County, Kentucky, through the purchase of River View Coal, L.L.C. Strong sales and earnings continued in the first quarter of 2006.

Alliance acquired reserves and opened River View in 2009.

October 26, 2020 - Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Reports Strong Sequential Rebound in Financial and Operating Performance for the Third Quarter 2020; Posting Significant Increases in Coal and Oil & Gas Volumes, Revenues, Net Income and EBITDA