Alliance Resource Partners LP (NASDAQ:ARLP)

Alliance Resource Partners LP produces and markets coal to United States utilities and industrial users. The company operates through five segments: the Illinois Basin, Central Appalachia, Northern Appalachia, White Oak and Other and Corporate. Illinois Basin segment comprises of Webster County Coal's Dotiki mining complex, Gibson mining complex, which includes the Gibson North mine and the Gibson South project, Hopkins County Coal's Elk Creek mining complex, White County Coal's Pattiki mining complex, Warrior's mining complex, River View's mining complex, the Sebree property and certain properties of Alliance Resource Properties and ARP Sebree LLC. Central Appalachian segment comprises of Pontiki's and MC Mining's mining complexes. Northern Appalachian segment of comprises Mettiki mining complex, Mettiki (WV)'s Mountain View mining complex, the Tunnel Ridge mine and the Penn Ridge property. White Oak segment comprises of Alliance WOR Properties and WOR Processing. Other and Corporate segment includes marketing and administrative expenses, Matrix Group, the Mt. Vernon dock activities, coal brokerage activity, its equity investment in MAC and certain properties of Alliance Resource Properties. The story of Alliance begins in 1971 when MAPCO, Inc., entered the coal-production business, acquiring the Dotiki mine. Alliance Resource Partners was founded in May 1999 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.