Talk:Peabody Energy

message: Awesome additions but I have been watching this close and have removed some redlinks but now it's sort of turning towards some giant ad. I'm going to add a <pov> tag and see if someone can clear this up. Binarypower 05:39, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article was contaminated with copyright-infringing information by .  Content in Wikipedia must be licenced under the GFDL; this was just a cut'and'paste from the company's website. It's okay to add information based on Peabody's website (although it's best to check facts from an independent source too, as the subject of an article will inevitably only say nice things about themselves), but not to copy text or pictures from there. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 21:25, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just added a header for this section.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:34, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  First post 

message: Hi, I have made a minor edit to this article in the form of adding a citation. Addressing the flag posted at the top of this article, I’m proposing revisions to the history and recent developments sections that would provide a more comprehensive synopsis of this company’s history, better aligned with Wikipedia’s encyclopedic content standards. 
Though I’m not employed by Peabody Energy, I do have a background in the energy industry and want to make others aware of this and will be careful to ensure a neutral point of view. Accordingly, I’ll be sure to post to the talk page before moving forward with any edits in order to gain consensus on any substantive changes.
Please take a look at my proposed revisions to the history section in a sandbox on my user page and let me know what you think or feel free to make direct changes to the sandbox draft.  Thanks for your time and I look forward to your feedback. JamesClyde (talk) 14:03, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good. Let's tweak the very last sentence to make it more neutral. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:33, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the input Hroðulf; given the feedback from you as well as on the Help desk at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk#Looking_for_input I have gone ahead and implemented these revisions in the article - with the exception of the very last sentence, based on your recommendation above. I omitted the last sentence for now, with the intention of doing some additional research and proposing a rephrased version here later today. If there are any additional thoughts about these revisions please feel free to comment here or on my talk page. Thanks! JamesClyde (talk) 13:55, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Hroðulf, per your request, I have rephrased the last sentence from my original draft of the history of the section so that it now reads, “At the 2010 World Energy Congress, Peabody CEO Gregory Boyce proposed a plan that advocated for the expanded use of coal worldwide, placing emphasis on geographic areas with limited or no access to electricity.” Please let me know what you think and I’ll update the section accordingly. Thanks again! JamesClyde (talk) 21:11, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks better. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 20:56, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

text: I have gone ahead and implemented the revisions discussed above after receiving feedback from another editor on the WikiProject Missouri's talk page and allowing time for other editors to weigh in. As always, I welcome any further feedback on this content. JamesClyde (talk) 15:58, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed revisions to history and recent developments section 

message: This article lacks a section explaining the geographic areas of operations, and after looking over and drawing from the BAE Systems article (based on it being a FA), I’m proposing adding this brief section, titled "Areas of business," to the article  that would go directly below the History section.  I encourage other editors to take a look at it and give me feedback or make changes directly to the draft itself.  Thanks for your time! JamesClyde (talk) 13:38, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, I just wanted to follow up on my earlier comment after implementing the revisions proposed above that I felt were non-controversial in nature and would make logical sense to go directly after the History section.  I also implemented the minor, one sentence, revision discussed in the section above.  As always, I’m open to any further suggestions or thoughts on a better place for the Areas of business section.  Thanks! JamesClyde (talk) 18:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

text: Not having received any feedback and believing these revisions to be well sourced and noncontroversial, I've gone ahead and added Essen and Balikpapan to the list of international offices and updated the corresponding citations. Please feel free to comment if you have any thoughts or suggested changes. JamesClyde (talk) 15:12, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Areas of business section 

message: I've proposed some minor revisions to this section that simply note Peabody has opened offices in Balikpapan and Essen and updated the citations acordingly.  Though I do not consider these revisions to be controversial, as I have a WP:COI with this article, I've included a draft with my changes in it below so other editors can review the material and weigh in if they have any comments, questions, or objections. JamesClyde (talk) 14:59, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not having received any feedback and believing these revisions to be well sourced and noncontroversial, I've gone ahead and added Essen and Balikpapan to the list of international offices and updated the corresponding citations. Please feel free to comment if you have any thoughts or suggested changes. JamesClyde (talk) 15:12, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Minor updates

message: Hi, I have proposed some revisions updating information in the lede section and adding a couple sentences providing a better overview of what Peabody Energy does.  This draft is included in the collapsible box below.  Though I don’t consider these revisions to be controversial as they are largely updating outdated information, I was hoping to get feedback from the community on these revisions before implementing them.  If anyone has any thoughts or recommended changes to this draft please feel free to comment on or revise the proposed content. JamesClyde (talk) 15:31, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not having received any feedback over the last week, I have gone ahead and implemented the revision discussed above.  If there are any thoughts, questions, or recommended changes to this material please feel free to comment here or on my talk page. JamesClyde (talk) 14:55, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates to lede 

message: Hi, I had some revisions to this, section the most significant of which were the addition of a couple of sentences at the end noting that the Black Mesa Mine had recently been decommissioned.  I also noticed that the only source cited in this section is a critical piece from the Phoenix New Times and added some additional substantiation from the Associated Press and the Funding Universe company history profile.  I have included this proposed draft in the collapsible box below.
I realize this is a controversial issue and as I have a WP:COI with this article (see my user page), I will not move forward with any revisions to this section without first receiving feedback from third parties.  In the hopes of gaining WP:CONSENSUS, please feel free to weigh in with your thoughts, suggestions, or changes to this material.  
Thanks for your time.  JamesClyde (talk) 15:07, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's good to see editors with specialized knowledge contributing, particularly when they take care to avoid any taint of WP:COI. All the material in the proposed draft seems to be soundly referenced, and good to go! May only demur would be the best place for the addition: The WP:SS guideline suggests that it might best be added to the subsidiary article Black Mesa Peabody Coal controversy, rather than here. --Old Moonraker (talk) 16:27, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the feedback Old Moonraker.  I've added the material to the Black Mesa controversy section for now, but will look at incorporating or transferring some of it into the Black Mesa Peabody Coal controversy article according to WP:SS. Looking at both articles, it looks like material from the Black Mesa article was lifted and copied into the Peabody article by an editor that had been involved on that page.  Anyways, thanks for your time. JamesClyde (talk) 14:16, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black Mesa controversy 

message: Hi everyone,
First of all, I want to disclose up front that Peabody Energy is a client of my employer New Media Strategies, giving me a WP:COI. However any edits I suggest will adhere to Wikipedia policies. 
I noticed in the info box that the financial information is out of date (it's from 2010) and it cites a website that is not a  reliable source. I have the updated 2011 information that is sourced from  Peabody's official 2011 10-k listed below. Can someone please update the information in the info box with the below numbers?
•	Revenue: $7.97 billion
•	Operating Income: $1.59 billion
•	Net Income: $946 million
•	Total Assets: $16.73 billion
•	Total Equity: $5.52 billion
Thanks. Namk48 (talk) 16:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You can make edits like this yourself. SmartSE (talk) 22:07, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I changed it correctly, and swapped the template at the top of this section.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:31, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks Canoe1967. My only concern is that it appears the link in the citations doesn't lead directly to the 10-k. Namk48 (talk) 13:56, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

text: Ok thanks. I've responded with a new link on my  talk page. Namk48 (talk) 15:39, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request of Financial Information in Info Box 

message: I am removing the unbalanced tag from the article in good faith. It seems to me that either consensus has been reached, and there has been no further comments in a reasonable amount of time; or both.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:17, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed unbalanced tag 

message: First, I want to disclose that I am working in conjunction with Peabody. Please see the disclosure on my [page]. The 2001-present section of the Peabody page states that Peabody retains a five percent equity stake in the Prairie State Energy Campus clean coal project in Illinois. I want to suggest an addition noting that Peabody sold its stake in the project to the Wabash Valley Power Association in 2016. Here's a reference link. Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing your feedback. Amg at Peabody (talk) 19:23, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not having received any feedback on this suggested addition in the past two weeks, I have proceeded with making this addition to the Peabody page, believing it to be factual and well referenced. Please contact me via my user page with any questions. Amg at Peabody (talk) 21:19, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prairie State Energy 

message: Please note that I am working in conjunction with Peabody. For more information, see the disclosure on my page. The last graph under the "Environmental record" section of the Peabody article refers to Peabody's self-bonding obligations in several states. I'd like to suggest the addition of the fact that in 2016, Peabody reached settlement agreements with Illinois, Wyoming, New Mexico and Indiana related to its self-bonding obligations. Here is a reference link for the information. Thanks for your time. Amg at Peabody (talk) 19:35, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: After not receiving any feedback on this suggested update after more than two weeks, I added the information to the section, believing it to be factual and well-referenced. Please let me know if you have any feedback. Amg at Peabody (talk) 21:09, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-bonding obligations 

message: First I want to disclose that I am working with Peabody. Please see the disclosure on my user page. I'd like to suggest an edit to the statement about Peabody's mission in the second paragraph under "Environmental record." I'm suggesting the addition of the fact that as of 2017, Peabody's mission is "to create superior value for shareholders as the leading global supplier of coal, which enables economic prosperity and a better quality of life." Here is a link to the updated mission statement for reference. Thanks for your attention to this suggestion. Amg at Peabody (talk) 15:25, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Since four weeks have passed and I have not received any comment on this suggested addition, I am proceeding with adding this information to the entry, as I believe it to be factual and noncontroversial. Thanks. Amg at Peabody (talk) 20:18, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request edit to mission statement 

message: First, I want to note that I am working in conjunction with Peabody. Please see the disclosure on my user page. I would like to suggest the addition of updated information after the second paragraph under the "Environmental record" section. I would suggest the addition of the fact that Peabody has received 17 environmental awards in the last six years, including the 2018 National Reclamation Award from the Interstate Mining Compact Commission for its reclamation work at its Wild Boar Mine in Indiana. Here is a link for reference. Thanks for your consideration of this matter.Amg at Peabody (talk) 19:30, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I also would like to suggest that at the end of this section updated information be added regarding the fact that Peabody has restored more than 5,000 acres of mined lands into wildlife habitat, forests, farmland, rangeland and wetlands. Here's a link for reference. Thanks for taking the time to review this suggestion. Amg at Peabody (talk) 20:56, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

text: I would like to make another suggestion regarding information to add to this section, which is that in 2017, Holly Krutka, Peabody's vice president of coal generation and emissions technology, spoke on a panel at the United Nations Conference of the Parties in Bonn, Germany, where she reinforced Peabody's commitment to high efficiency-low emissions (HELE) coal-fueled generation technologies and carbon capture, utilization and storage. Here is a link with information. Thank you for your consideration. Amg at Peabody (talk) 14:18, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition under Environmental Record 

message: First, I want to disclose that I am working with Peabody. Please see the disclosure on my [page]. I would like to suggest the addition of the fact that Peabody ranked at No. 491 in the Fortune 500 list released in 2018. Perhaps this addition could be made at the end of the fourth graph of the first section - the paragraph that also includes the company's ranking on the Fortune Admired Companies list. Here's a link for reference, and here's a link to the info from Fortune.. Thanks for taking the time to review this suggestion. Amg at Peabody (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 15:07, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: After not receiving any comment after 10 weeks regarding this suggested addition, I have proceeded with making the addition to the entry, believing it to be factual and well-referenced. Thanks for your attention to this matter. Amg at Peabody (talk) 20:02, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fortune 500 addition 

message: First, I would like to disclose that I am working in conjunction with Peabody. Please see my [page] for details. I would like to suggest an update to the sales and reserve numbers in the second graph of the Peabody page entry to 2017 numbers. In 2017, Peabody recorded sales of 191.5 million tons of coal. Here's a link to the updated sales number. Also, Peabody now serves customers on six continents (as opposed to five listed in the current entry). Here's a link to that updated data. And as of Dec. 31, 2017, the company had approximately 5.2 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves, according to its annual report.
Thanks for your attention to this request. Amg at Peabody (talk) 21:25, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: After not receiving feedback after six weeks on this edit, which is just an update to documented numbers, I have made the suggested changes. Amg at Peabody (talk) 20:08, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updating sales/reserve numbers 

message: First, please see the disclosure on my [page] regarding my connection with Peabody. I would like to suggest the addition of the following information at the end of the "2001-present" section: In 2017, CEO Glenn Kellow was among 175 company CEOs who signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Pledge, which is focused on promoting diversity in the workplace and in the community. Here's a link to a Fortune report about the pledge, and a link to a list of participating companies. Amg at Peabody (talk) 21:58, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition regarding diversity 

message: First, I want to disclose that I am working in conjunction with Peabody. I would like to suggest at the end of the "Environmental Record" section the addition of the fact that Peabody was honored as the 2017 Coal Mining Company of the Year by Corporate LiveWire for responsible coal mining. Here is a link to the information. Thank you for your consideration. Amg at Peabody (talk) 16:30, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition regarding Coal Mining award 

message: First I would like to disclose that I am working in conjunction with Peabody. Please see my page for more information. I would like to suggest the addition of the following information regarding a recent acquisition by Peabody at the end of the "2001-present" section: In December 2018, Peabody completed its $387 million acquisition of the Shoal Creek mine in central Alabama from Drummond Co. Inc. The Shoal Creek mine sold 2.4 million tons of metallurgical coal in 2017, generating $387 million in revenue. Here is a link to a news report about the deal, and here is a link to the press release from the company regarding the acquisition. Amg at Peabody (talk) 20:29, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shoal Creek acquisition 

message: First, I want to disclose that I am working in conjunction with Peabody. Please see the disclosure on my page. I'd like to suggest the addition of the fact that Peabody announced in 2018 plans to invest $10 million in a partnership with London-based Arq, a company that is advancing technology to convert coal into oil products. Here's a link to a news article about the investment. Thanks for your consideration. Amg at Peabody (talk) 20:11, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not having received any feedback on this suggested addition after three weeks, I have posted it to the entry, believing it to be factual and well referenced. Amg at Peabody (talk) 15:54, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding info regarding Arq investment 

message: Greetings Wikipedians. I think this article should mention the company's very optimistic forecast in 2011 (one of the most bullish I've ever seen), followed by four consecutive years of large losses and a bankruptcy filing. It's a sad tale, but it needs to be told, if only to educate readers as to how managements' forward-looking statements can prove disastrously inaccurate - particularly when its earnings are driven by volatie commodity prices. Therefore, I made what I think are the appropriate edits, accompanied by citations to show my sources. I am not affiliated in any way with Peabody Energy. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 13:48, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  More detail on events leading to Chapter 11 filing 

message: Reverted this as the company appears to be involved in coal mining. Not sure why the term producer would be used in its place. CNMall41 (talk) 20:00, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coal producer