Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Inventories

Schedule of inventories

Inventories are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Coal	$	243,614	$	228,910
Raw materials and supplies		77,067		77,108
Total inventories	$	320,681	$	306,018