Inventories

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Inventories

Inventories

Note 3—Inventories

        Inventories are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Coal	$	166,739	$	69,110
Raw materials and supplies		59,827		28,521
Total inventories	$	226,566	$	97,631