Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Inventories

Schedule of inventories

  Inventories are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Coal	$	211,874	$	238,820
Raw materials and supplies		62,608		73,827
Total inventories	$	274,482	$	312,647