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  assets                                                                              
  current assets                                                                              
  cash and cash equivalents585,900,000 696,500,000 700,400,000 772,900,000 621,700,000 855,700,000 969,300,000 988,500,000 1,080,500,000 892,200,000 1,307,300,000 1,354,500,000 1,120,700,000 823,300,000 587,000,000 548,300,000 580,200,000 709,200,000 814,600,000 848,500,000 682,500,000 732,200,000 759,100,000 853,000,000 798,100,000 981,900,000 1,371,000,000 1,451,700,000 1,416,600,000 1,012,100,000 925,000,000 1,095,700,000 1,068,100,000 872,300,000 1,167,800,000 1,274,300,000 745,600,000 261,300,000 334,300,000 487,100,000 637,100,000 298,000,000 466,500,000 498,400,000 508,100,000 444,000,000 551,300,000 629,500,000 558,800,000 489,200,000 952,400,000 1,401,600,000 1,176,900,000 1,273,200,000 1,295,200,000 1,367,500,000 1,157,000,000 1,025,400,000 988,800,000 790,800,000 446,000,000 526,700,000 449,700,000 104,000,000 74,800,000 82,547,000 45,279,000 216,314,000 82,275,000 295,327,000 326,511,000  318,736,000 350,160,000 503,278,000 478,741,000 459,367,000 381,225,000 
  accounts receivable322,700,000 277,700,000 359,300,000 304,200,000 511,600,000 343,100,000 389,700,000 348,400,000 325,500,000 394,700,000 465,500,000 426,400,000 530,400,000 357,400,000 276,000,000 250,700,000 167,800,000 244,800,000 192,900,000 191,400,000 265,200,000 329,500,000 293,400,000 395,700,000 554,600,000 450,400,000 444,900,000 503,000,000 524,000,000 552,100,000 431,000,000 396,500,000 312,100,000 473,000,000 351,900,000 350,600,000 263,700,000 228,800,000 370,000,000 301,700,000 431,400,000 563,100,000 490,000,000 447,100,000 454,400,000 557,900,000 701,700,000 661,800,000 737,800,000 816,200,000 748,100,000 591,400,000 644,800,000 476,400,000  583,300,000 393,700,000 305,600,000 303,000,000 339,800,000 319,100,000 290,600,000 383,600,000 412,900,000 296,000,000 278,959,000 257,950,000 277,442,000 259,625,000 278,062,000   261,997,000 238,867,000     
  inventories417,500,000 418,000,000 393,400,000 444,300,000 422,100,000 404,300,000 351,800,000 352,000,000 312,900,000 331,500,000 296,100,000 277,400,000 252,900,000 269,100,000 224,500,000 232,500,000 241,400,000 261,600,000 319,700,000 301,600,000 269,200,000 331,500,000 294,800,000 322,100,000 268,500,000 280,200,000 277,100,000 290,500,000 265,500,000 291,300,000 307,700,000 313,500,000 250,800,000 203,700,000 259,600,000 303,700,000 315,800,000 307,800,000 348,100,000 395,600,000 369,500,000 406,500,000 490,900,000 548,400,000 549,400,000 506,700,000 563,200,000 566,000,000 548,400,000 581,700,000 514,900,000 351,900,000 374,000,000 362,800,000 332,900,000 396,300,000 363,400,000 343,200,000 325,100,000 357,200,000 447,500,000 327,000,000 277,700,000 275,100,000 296,300,000 251,316,000 268,862,000 267,194,000 285,670,000 217,563,000 215,384,000  167,116,000 175,049,000 389,771,000 368,850,000 363,561,000 345,562,000 
  other current assets301,200,000 280,200,000 327,600,000 286,600,000 296,800,000 298,400,000 308,900,000 244,100,000 244,300,000 260,100,000 303,600,000 305,800,000 346,000,000 331,800,000 223,800,000 225,400,000 239,200,000 204,700,000 209,200,000 241,200,000 202,300,000 220,700,000 218,400,000 229,000,000 239,500,000 243,100,000 213,900,000 223,200,000 251,100,000 291,800,000 268,600,000 171,800,000 493,900,000 486,600,000 368,900,000 335,400,000 467,400,000 503,100,000 382,400,000 387,100,000 225,200,000 305,800,000 324,400,000 265,900,000 283,900,000 381,600,000 359,100,000 503,300,000 621,700,000 589,700,000 746,700,000 503,200,000 627,000,000 552,900,000 459,000,000 331,600,000 161,000,000 266,300,000 255,300,000 228,400,000 197,000,000 235,100,000 195,800,000 210,100,000 456,600,000 304,265,000 215,928,000 208,158,000 140,070,000 120,660,000 116,863,000  78,682,000 75,167,000 54,431,000 84,430,000 57,991,000 57,653,000 
  total current assets1,627,300,000 1,672,400,000 1,780,700,000 1,808,000,000 1,852,200,000 1,901,500,000 2,019,700,000 1,933,000,000 1,963,200,000 1,878,500,000 2,372,500,000 2,364,100,000 2,250,000,000 1,806,300,000 1,311,300,000 1,270,500,000 1,272,100,000 1,420,300,000 1,536,400,000 1,582,700,000 1,419,200,000 1,613,900,000 1,565,700,000 1,799,800,000 1,860,700,000 1,955,600,000 2,306,900,000 2,468,400,000 2,577,500,000 2,190,000,000 1,942,600,000 1,978,100,000 3,206,200,000 2,090,600,000 2,245,800,000 2,381,900,000 1,952,100,000 1,378,000,000 1,553,600,000 1,694,000,000 1,808,900,000 1,711,000,000 1,931,400,000 1,877,800,000 1,910,200,000 1,992,700,000 2,287,800,000 2,452,100,000 2,575,500,000 2,574,500,000 3,029,700,000 3,005,000,000 3,110,400,000 3,046,200,000 2,958,200,000 2,915,400,000 2,330,200,000 2,248,600,000 2,189,000,000 2,089,100,000 1,857,900,000 1,949,700,000 1,971,300,000 1,818,600,000 2,614,800,000 1,571,825,000 1,927,293,000 1,782,092,000 1,144,941,000 1,180,597,000   1,005,347,000 925,908,000  1,269,163,000 1,153,222,000 1,062,012,000 
  property, plant, equipment and mine development3,056,300,000 3,058,000,000 3,081,500,000 3,013,500,000 3,003,100,000 2,830,200,000 2,844,100,000 2,805,500,000 2,819,500,000 2,847,900,000 2,865,000,000 2,817,600,000 2,856,600,000 2,903,300,000 2,952,000,000 3,008,300,000 3,025,400,000 3,051,100,000 3,152,300,000 3,178,400,000 4,607,800,000 4,679,100,000 4,899,200,000 4,974,800,000 5,069,500,000 5,207,000,000 4,851,900,000 4,945,700,000 5,008,000,000 5,111,900,000 5,082,600,000 5,214,200,000 8,653,900,000 8,776,700,000 9,215,500,000 9,061,900,000 9,162,800,000 9,258,500,000 9,475,400,000 9,494,000,000 10,451,800,000 10,577,300,000 10,651,100,000 10,700,500,000 10,855,400,000 11,082,500,000 11,448,300,000 11,597,700,000 11,801,700,000 12,435,600,000 11,969,100,000 7,808,100,000 7,584,000,000 7,421,500,000 7,426,100,000 7,219,100,000 7,246,400,000 7,245,800,000 7,261,500,000 7,228,200,000 7,313,300,000 7,308,700,000 7,315,200,000 7,387,400,000 7,342,500,000 7,333,514,000 7,332,400,000 7,832,337,000 7,763,941,000 7,663,021,000 7,551,517,000    5,177,708,000    
  operating lease right-of-use assets74,600,000 84,100,000 119,300,000 121,100,000 114,100,000 78,600,000 61,900,000 36,000,000 27,200,000 22,700,000 26,900,000 29,000,000 36,300,000 33,000,000 38,400,000 42,400,000 46,800,000 49,900,000 44,900,000 50,700,000 78,000,000 82,400,000 85,600,000 93,100,000 97,000,000                                                      
  restricted cash and collateral847,100,000 815,300,000 809,800,000 839,000,000 825,100,000 836,000,000 957,600,000 866,100,000 925,400,000 936,700,000                                                                     
  investments and other assets158,100,000 153,900,000 162,400,000 85,300,000 83,800,000 82,100,000 78,800,000 79,100,000 73,800,000 85,600,000 84,300,000 220,300,000 157,000,000 201,200,000 140,800,000 132,200,000 142,000,000 140,900,000 122,400,000 132,100,000 120,500,000 139,100,000 193,500,000 205,000,000 211,800,000 212,600,000 276,400,000 296,100,000 343,600,000 470,600,000 517,900,000 561,200,000 976,400,000 910,400,000 771,600,000 619,200,000 377,800,000 382,600,000 633,400,000 671,900,000 889,900,000 902,100,000 957,300,000 1,031,800,000 1,017,200,000 1,050,400,000 1,154,800,000 1,422,100,000 1,431,800,000 1,683,800,000 1,938,300,000 878,500,000 1,051,200,000 1,056,200,000 978,800,000 838,100,000 521,200,000 560,900,000 504,800,000 542,200,000 451,900,000 408,900,000 417,500,000 397,300,000 531,200,000 432,862,000 408,614,000 597,666,000 534,513,000 456,068,000 447,532,000  324,696,000 316,294,000 349,654,000 371,603,000 368,162,000 359,607,000 
  total assets5,763,400,000 5,783,700,000 5,953,700,000 5,866,900,000 5,878,300,000 5,728,400,000 5,962,100,000 5,722,200,000 5,828,100,000 5,799,900,000 5,610,800,000 5,431,000,000 5,299,900,000 4,943,800,000 4,442,500,000 4,453,400,000 4,486,300,000 4,667,100,000 4,860,900,000 4,948,800,000 6,230,400,000 6,542,800,000 6,792,500,000 7,121,200,000 7,287,500,000 7,423,700,000 7,520,700,000 7,795,700,000 8,014,600,000 8,181,200,000 8,073,400,000 8,315,200,000 12,836,500,000 11,777,700,000 12,235,200,000 12,065,200,000 11,495,000,000 11,021,300,000 11,663,400,000 11,861,400,000 13,151,700,000 13,191,100,000 13,544,700,000 13,692,200,000 13,845,100,000 14,133,400,000 14,890,900,000 15,471,900,000 15,809,000,000 16,693,900,000 16,937,100,000 11,691,600,000 11,745,600,000 11,523,900,000 11,363,100,000 10,972,600,000 10,097,800,000 10,055,300,000 9,955,300,000 9,859,500,000 9,623,100,000 9,667,300,000 9,822,400,000 9,603,300,000 10,488,500,000 9,338,201,000 9,668,307,000 10,454,501,000 9,685,801,000 9,540,353,000   6,841,602,000 6,627,373,000  6,654,795,000 6,404,661,000 6,316,398,000 
  liabilities and stockholders’ equity                                                                              
  current liabilities                                                                              
  current portion of long-term debt14,600,000 16,000,000 15,800,000 14,800,000 14,100,000 14,400,000 13,500,000 12,700,000 13,000,000 13,200,000 13,200,000 546,900,000 177,700,000 19,100,000 59,500,000 94,000,000 69,400,000 44,900,000 1,600,100,000 10,900,000 12,600,000 18,300,000 23,400,000 28,500,000 34,800,000 36,500,000 42,000,000 45,000,000 87,100,000 42,100,000 47,100,000 189,000,000 18,200,000 20,200,000 493,100,000 482,300,000 6,820,200,000 5,930,400,000 19,500,000 20,400,000 104,100,000                                      
  accounts payable and accrued expenses722,400,000 691,600,000 811,700,000 763,800,000 729,100,000 790,600,000 965,500,000 826,800,000 892,100,000 853,200,000 905,500,000 771,200,000 811,200,000 798,200,000 761,700,000 711,000,000 721,600,000 745,700,000 774,300,000 788,900,000 793,400,000 957,000,000 877,500,000 963,200,000 1,014,400,000 1,022,000,000 1,082,200,000 1,038,900,000 1,050,600,000 1,191,100,000 1,065,000,000 1,147,000,000 967,300,000 990,400,000 835,900,000 758,300,000 1,284,900,000 1,446,300,000 1,468,600,000 1,486,700,000 1,619,300,000 1,809,200,000 1,656,500,000 1,462,000,000 1,559,900,000 1,737,700,000 1,615,300,000 1,494,100,000 1,606,900,000 1,596,500,000 1,502,800,000 1,334,900,000 1,335,600,000 1,225,800,000 1,288,800,000 1,317,900,000 1,101,300,000 1,076,100,000 1,187,700,000 1,188,400,000 1,143,600,000 1,387,500,000 1,535,000,000 1,340,300,000 1,155,200,000 1,092,036,000 953,661,000 1,177,015,000 1,005,414,000 1,110,496,000 1,145,043,000  778,669,000 792,409,000 867,965,000 809,956,000 748,514,000 727,874,000 
  total current liabilities737,000,000 707,600,000 827,500,000 778,600,000 743,200,000 805,000,000 979,000,000 839,500,000 905,100,000 866,400,000 918,700,000 1,318,100,000 988,900,000 817,300,000 821,200,000 805,000,000 791,000,000 790,600,000 2,374,400,000 799,800,000 806,000,000 975,300,000 900,900,000 991,700,000 1,049,200,000 1,058,500,000 1,124,200,000 1,083,900,000 1,146,500,000 1,244,900,000 1,113,100,000 1,337,200,000 986,200,000 1,011,800,000 1,348,500,000 1,256,300,000 8,124,400,000 7,392,300,000 1,516,200,000 1,528,400,000 1,761,500,000 1,863,100,000 1,700,300,000 1,504,700,000 1,599,600,000 1,775,500,000 1,659,500,000 1,660,200,000 1,674,100,000 1,739,900,000 1,632,000,000 1,441,300,000 1,485,500,000 1,644,700,000 1,513,700,000 1,411,300,000 1,216,400,000 1,167,000,000 1,312,400,000 1,323,400,000 1,311,800,000 1,645,400,000 1,856,200,000 1,933,600,000 2,751,000,000 1,794,368,000 2,186,986,000 1,902,444,000 1,269,342,000 1,268,038,000   925,028,000 933,970,000  900,385,000 805,187,000 798,919,000 
  long-term debt, less current portion329,200,000 331,200,000 332,300,000 323,700,000 323,200,000 323,300,000 320,700,000 320,900,000 321,500,000 322,400,000 320,600,000 322,300,000 869,200,000 1,079,000,000 1,268,700,000 1,324,100,000 1,411,300,000 1,502,900,000  1,597,000,000 1,294,300,000 1,292,500,000 1,329,400,000 1,327,100,000 1,326,900,000 1,330,500,000 1,334,200,000 1,358,000,000 1,368,100,000 1,418,700,000 1,612,000,000 1,768,100,000 950,500,000    367,000,000 385,200,000 6,282,400,000 6,284,800,000 6,287,500,000                                      
  deferred income taxes38,400,000 37,000,000 40,900,000 17,800,000 47,300,000 37,200,000  2,500,000 19,000,000 28,500,000 74,700,000 24,500,000 25,900,000 20,900,000    4,900,000 4,900,000 4,900,000 4,900,000 28,300,000 48,500,000 48,500,000 48,500,000 48,500,000 85,500,000 85,500,000 85,500,000 85,600,000 2,200,000  16,200,000  53,500,000 53,500,000 53,500,000 53,500,000 76,500,000 78,400,000 83,900,000 80,000,000 106,900,000 67,200,000 64,200,000 66,400,000 69,500,000 33,600,000 56,400,000 17,400,000 24,300,000 90,900,000 103,500,000 114,700,000 120,400,000 66,200,000 57,300,000 29,400,000 40,000,000 12,500,000   1,700,000 105,800,000 98,600,000 98,633,000 98,633,000 106,967,000 106,967,000 106,967,000 106,967,000  94,124,000 9,027,000 9,027,000 15,050,000 15,050,000 15,836,000 
  asset retirement obligations, less current portion673,300,000 669,600,000 667,800,000 647,400,000 645,900,000 649,000,000 648,600,000                                                                        
  accrued postretirement benefit costs117,900,000 119,200,000 120,400,000 143,100,000 144,800,000 146,300,000 148,400,000 150,600,000 153,000,000 155,600,000 156,500,000 203,900,000 206,800,000 209,600,000 402,200,000 405,900,000 410,800,000 413,200,000 419,600,000 583,000,000 587,700,000 593,400,000 516,400,000 520,900,000 543,700,000 547,700,000 723,400,000 726,800,000 727,300,000 730,000,000 745,800,000 746,300,000 753,900,000 756,300,000 715,400,000 717,800,000 720,500,000 722,900,000 782,100,000 783,400,000 782,600,000 781,900,000 712,400,000 713,000,000 711,300,000 684,000,000 954,000,000 958,900,000 960,700,000 1,053,900,000 1,051,600,000 965,600,000 965,500,000 965,600,000 963,900,000 907,700,000 913,500,000 912,600,000 914,100,000 767,300,000 773,000,000 782,800,000 766,100,000 771,200,000 780,600,000 785,037,000 785,708,000 1,373,292,000 1,368,793,000 1,367,726,000 1,368,686,000  971,493,000 964,582,000 959,222,000 945,670,000 942,201,000 943,377,000 
  operating lease liabilities, less current portion50,300,000 54,900,000 86,700,000 94,600,000 88,200,000 61,500,000 47,700,000 21,600,000 11,700,000 6,900,000 11,000,000 13,300,000 24,400,000 24,600,000 31,600,000 34,800,000 37,500,000 42,100,000 7,100,000 42,000,000 44,500,000 52,800,000 55,100,000 58,000,000 58,200,000                                                      
  other noncurrent liabilities143,200,000 149,100,000 169,300,000 171,300,000 170,700,000 179,500,000 181,600,000 187,400,000 224,100,000 230,400,000 223,000,000 226,900,000 231,300,000 236,000,000 221,600,000 233,100,000 251,000,000 251,500,000 258,900,000 243,600,000 272,500,000 273,400,000 300,000,000 289,200,000 345,900,000 339,300,000 374,800,000 404,000,000 451,100,000 469,400,000 573,700,000 596,900,000 511,100,000 496,200,000 504,800,000 505,500,000 722,700,000 846,700,000 932,800,000 784,600,000 992,800,000 1,042,600,000 827,100,000 716,200,000 794,800,000 1,001,600,000 814,900,000 772,300,000 765,500,000 665,300,000 674,500,000 466,700,000 462,900,000 456,100,000 448,300,000 459,700,000 481,900,000 459,200,000 483,500,000 444,800,000 511,900,000 677,200,000 733,100,000 358,300,000 309,500,000 316,277,000 318,127,000 431,299,000 374,124,000 380,022,000 386,256,000  350,940,000 351,942,000 330,658,000 333,790,000 326,597,000 325,528,000 
  total liabilities2,089,300,000 2,068,600,000 2,244,900,000 2,176,500,000 2,163,300,000 2,201,800,000 2,354,600,000 2,209,700,000 2,304,800,000 2,270,200,000 2,316,000,000 2,769,800,000 3,006,500,000 3,046,900,000 3,400,200,000 3,501,600,000 3,594,800,000 3,685,800,000 3,760,100,000 3,959,500,000 3,697,100,000 3,870,300,000 3,807,500,000 3,895,400,000 4,025,400,000 3,972,100,000 4,232,100,000 4,250,400,000 4,364,100,000 4,525,400,000 4,682,800,000 5,083,500,000 12,341,600,000 11,439,900,000 11,711,300,000 11,444,700,000 10,683,700,000 10,102,800,000 10,353,000,000 10,205,400,000 10,642,600,000 10,464,600,000 9,949,600,000 9,687,800,000 9,829,400,000 10,185,500,000 10,356,000,000 10,567,900,000 10,870,200,000 10,824,500,000 11,124,300,000 6,369,100,000 6,500,300,000 6,632,100,000 6,673,800,000 6,493,700,000 6,127,600,000 6,111,600,000 6,199,400,000 6,074,800,000 6,025,700,000 6,333,800,000 6,917,200,000 6,667,900,000 7,677,000,000 6,762,307,000 7,147,935,000 7,781,967,000 7,061,734,000 7,057,678,000   4,495,497,000 4,455,484,000  4,615,835,000 4,500,140,000 4,493,665,000 
  stockholders’ equity                                                                              
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 189.3 shares issued and 121.6 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2025 and 189.1 shares issued and 121.4 shares outstanding as of december 31, 20241,900,000                                                                              
  additional paid-in capital3,996,000,000 3,993,400,000 3,990,500,000 3,988,900,000 3,987,200,000 3,985,100,000 3,983,000,000 3,981,200,000 3,979,400,000 3,977,600,000 3,975,900,000 3,974,100,000 3,972,900,000 3,969,500,000 3,605,100,000 3,463,800,000 3,366,400,000 3,364,600,000 3,361,000,000 3,357,200,000 3,353,300,000 3,351,100,000 3,342,700,000 3,333,700,000 3,322,300,000 3,304,700,000 3,295,100,000 3,285,700,000 3,276,900,000 2,590,300,000 2,425,900,000 2,286,300,000 2,423,900,000 2,422,000,000 2,418,500,000 2,414,900,000 2,412,700,000 2,410,700,000 2,406,600,000 2,396,500,000 2,393,000,000 2,383,300,000 2,375,900,000 2,361,700,000 2,351,800,000 2,340,000,000 2,328,000,000 2,297,600,000 2,286,300,000 2,270,300,000 2,255,200,000 2,231,300,000 2,217,100,000 2,204,800,000 2,182,000,000 2,109,500,000 2,095,200,000 2,083,800,000 2,067,700,000 2,054,400,000 2,040,400,000 2,031,000,000 1,804,800,000 1,823,100,000 1,811,600,000 1,777,018,000 1,750,627,000 1,617,794,000 1,614,598,000 1,588,774,000 1,572,614,000  1,546,985,000 1,523,662,000 1,503,397,000 1,491,038,000 1,474,590,000 1,468,620,000 
  treasury stock-1,927,300,000 -1,927,300,000 -1,926,500,000 -1,926,500,000 -1,825,500,000 -1,824,800,000 -1,740,200,000 -1,655,700,000 -1,572,400,000 -1,386,100,000 -1,372,900,000 -1,372,900,000 -1,372,900,000 -1,372,300,000 -1,370,200,000 -1,370,200,000 -1,369,500,000 -1,368,900,000 -1,368,900,000 -1,368,900,000 -1,368,100,000 -1,367,300,000 -1,337,600,000 -1,193,400,000 -1,125,300,000 -1,025,100,000 -890,000,000 -564,900,000 -351,400,000 -175,900,000 -69,200,000  -371,900,000 -371,800,000 -371,800,000 -371,800,000 -371,800,000 -371,700,000 -371,600,000 -371,500,000 -371,500,000 -467,100,000 -467,000,000 -466,900,000 -466,700,000 -464,700,000 -464,500,000                                
  retained earnings1,434,100,000 1,470,900,000 1,445,800,000 1,424,300,000 1,332,500,000 1,142,500,000 1,112,700,000 930,600,000 820,700,000 652,400,000 383,900,000          467,300,000 597,000,000 901,300,000 999,100,000 978,300,000 1,074,500,000 837,200,000 781,300,000 682,300,000 613,600,000 296,300,000 94,900,000        270,700,000 1,316,700,000 1,570,500,000 2,108,200,000 2,281,900,000 2,378,200,000 2,449,800,000 3,038,400,000 3,020,100,000 3,066,400,000 4,075,100,000 3,893,500,000 3,544,700,000 3,292,900,000 3,031,900,000 2,878,400,000 2,691,300,000 2,486,100,000 2,298,700,000 2,183,800,000 2,110,300,000 2,019,500,000 1,956,300,000 1,803,500,000 1,552,700,000 1,199,400,000 982,294,000 941,424,000 1,296,757,000 1,280,413,000 1,188,619,000 1,115,994,000  830,648,000 693,107,000 729,086,000 579,411,000 478,533,000 393,086,000 
  accumulated other comprehensive income120,600,000 129,000,000 138,800,000 150,700,000 161,700,000 174,500,000 189,600,000 200,600,000 215,100,000 228,900,000 242,500,000 256,200,000 269,500,000 286,400,000 171,600,000 183,400,000 194,600,000 205,800,000 201,300,000 26,500,000 22,600,000 31,600,000 31,800,000 35,300,000 38,000,000 40,100,000 -3,100,000 -1,600,000 600,000 1,400,000 1,800,000 500,000              -419,200,000 -405,900,000 11,600,000 11,000,000    52,600,000                          
  peabody energy corporation stockholders’ equity3,625,300,000 3,667,900,000 3,650,500,000 3,639,300,000 3,657,800,000 3,479,200,000 3,547,000,000 3,458,600,000 3,444,700,000 3,474,700,000 3,231,300,000 2,611,200,000 2,248,200,000 1,852,800,000 981,900,000 896,500,000 839,500,000 929,600,000 1,050,700,000 939,300,000 2,476,500,000 2,613,800,000 2,939,600,000 3,176,100,000 3,214,700,000 3,395,600,000 3,240,600,000 3,501,900,000 3,609,800,000 3,606,400,000 3,347,500,000 3,183,400,000 482,600,000 330,200,000 520,700,000 617,600,000 809,700,000 916,900,000 1,305,400,000 1,653,800,000 2,505,600,000 2,724,800,000 3,593,600,000 3,960,800,000 3,972,900,000 3,908,700,000                                 
  noncontrolling interests48,800,000 47,200,000 58,300,000 51,100,000 57,200,000 47,400,000 60,500,000 53,900,000 78,600,000 55,000,000 63,500,000 50,000,000 45,200,000 44,100,000 60,400,000 55,300,000 52,000,000 51,700,000 50,100,000 50,000,000 56,800,000 58,700,000 45,400,000 49,700,000 47,400,000 56,000,000 48,000,000 43,400,000 40,700,000 49,400,000 43,100,000 48,300,000 12,300,000 7,600,000 3,200,000 2,900,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 5,000,000 2,200,000 3,500,000 1,700,000 1,500,000 43,600,000 42,800,000 39,200,000 36,100,000 36,100,000 33,900,000 35,600,000 86,200,000 33,500,000 29,900,000 22,900,000 28,600,000 25,200,000 14,900,000 8,300,000 6,200,000 4,100,000 7,300,000 5,300,000                 
  total stockholders’ equity3,674,100,000 3,715,100,000 3,708,800,000 3,690,400,000 3,715,000,000 3,526,600,000 3,607,500,000 3,512,500,000 3,523,300,000 3,529,700,000 3,294,800,000 2,661,200,000 2,293,400,000 1,896,900,000 1,042,300,000 951,800,000 891,500,000 981,300,000 1,100,800,000 989,300,000 2,533,300,000 2,672,500,000 2,985,000,000 3,225,800,000 3,262,100,000 3,451,600,000 3,288,600,000 3,545,300,000 3,650,500,000 3,655,800,000 3,390,600,000 3,231,700,000 494,900,000 337,800,000 523,900,000 620,500,000 811,300,000 918,500,000 1,310,400,000 1,656,000,000 2,509,100,000 2,726,500,000 3,595,100,000 4,004,400,000 4,015,700,000 3,947,900,000 4,534,900,000 4,904,000,000 4,938,800,000 5,869,400,000 5,812,800,000 5,322,500,000 5,245,300,000 4,891,800,000 4,689,300,000 4,478,900,000 3,970,200,000 3,943,700,000 3,755,900,000 3,784,700,000 3,597,400,000  2,903,800,000 2,934,100,000 2,807,500,000 2,573,916,000 2,519,671,000 2,642,872,000 2,584,261,000 2,449,119,000   2,333,277,000 2,159,096,000  2,037,275,000 1,902,808,000 1,821,142,000 
  total liabilities and stockholders’ equity5,763,400,000 5,783,700,000 5,953,700,000 5,866,900,000 5,878,300,000 5,728,400,000 5,962,100,000 5,722,200,000 5,828,100,000 5,799,900,000 5,610,800,000 5,431,000,000 5,299,900,000 4,943,800,000 4,442,500,000 4,453,400,000 4,486,300,000 4,667,100,000 4,860,900,000 4,948,800,000 6,230,400,000 6,542,800,000 6,792,500,000 7,121,200,000 7,287,500,000 7,423,700,000 7,520,700,000 7,795,700,000 8,014,600,000 8,181,200,000 8,073,400,000 8,315,200,000 12,836,500,000 11,777,700,000 12,235,200,000 12,065,200,000 11,495,000,000 11,021,300,000 11,663,400,000 11,861,400,000 13,151,700,000 13,191,100,000 13,544,700,000 13,692,200,000 13,845,100,000 14,133,400,000 14,890,900,000 15,471,900,000 15,809,000,000 16,693,900,000 16,937,100,000 11,691,600,000 11,745,600,000 11,523,900,000 11,363,100,000 10,972,600,000 10,097,800,000 10,055,300,000 9,955,300,000 9,859,500,000 9,623,100,000 9,667,300,000 9,822,400,000 9,603,300,000 10,488,500,000 9,338,201,000 9,668,307,000 10,454,501,000 9,685,801,000 9,540,353,000   6,841,602,000 6,627,373,000  6,654,795,000 6,404,661,000 6,316,398,000 
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 189.3 shares issued and 121.6 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2025 and 189.1 shares issued and 121.4 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2024 1,900,000                                                                             
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2024 or 2023                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2024 or 2023                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 189.1 shares issued and 121.4 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2024 and 188.6 shares issued and 128.7 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2023  1,900,000                                                                            
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 189.1 shares issued and 121.4 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2024 and 188.6 shares issued and 128.7 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2023   1,900,000                                                                           
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 189.1 shares issued and 125.9 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2024 and 188.6 shares issued and 128.7 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2023    1,900,000                                                                          
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 189.0 shares issued and 125.8 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2024 and 188.6 shares issued and 128.7 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2023     1,900,000                                                                         
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2023 or 2022                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2023 or 2022                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 188.6 shares issued and 128.7 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2023 and 187.1 shares issued and 143.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2022      1,900,000                                                                        
  asset retirement obligations       669,700,000 669,400,000 668,300,000 665,800,000 660,800,000 660,000,000 659,500,000 641,900,000 664,500,000 658,600,000 650,500,000 671,200,000 665,800,000 666,600,000 654,100,000 696,200,000 698,900,000 691,800,000 686,400,000 670,700,000 672,600,000 665,900,000 657,000,000 636,000,000 635,000,000 707,000,000 717,800,000 703,400,000 700,500,000 698,000,000 686,600,000 738,400,000 736,300,000 731,800,000 722,300,000 724,100,000 721,200,000 715,200,000 712,800,000 717,300,000 692,700,000 687,500,000 645,400,000 637,000,000 537,300,000 520,400,000 508,600,000 501,300,000 452,500,000 467,700,000 458,400,000 452,100,000 431,200,000 430,700,000 424,900,000 422,600,000 396,700,000 388,200,000 377,443,000 369,547,000 438,956,000 440,097,000 433,290,000 423,031,000  410,566,000 402,361,000 399,203,000 398,979,000 402,071,000 418,734,000 
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 188.6 shares issued and 132.2 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2023 and 187.1 shares issued and 143.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2022       1,900,000                                                                       
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 188.6 shares issued and 135.9 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2023 and 187.1 shares issued and 143.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2022        1,900,000                                                                      
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 188.4 shares issued and 144.7 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2023 and 187.1 shares issued and 143.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2022         1,900,000                                                                     
  restricted cash and collateral arrangements          187,400,000                                                                    
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2022 or 2021                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2022 or 2021                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 187.1 shares issued and 143.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2022 and 176.3 shares issued and 133.3 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2021          1,900,000                                                                    
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 187.1 shares issued and 143.9 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2022 and 176.3 shares issued and 133.3 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2021           1,900,000                                                                   
  accumulated deficit           -248,100,000 -623,200,000 -1,032,700,000 -1,426,200,000 -1,382,000,000 -1,353,400,000                -1,121,100,000 -1,243,200,000 -1,039,500,000 -904,000,000 -668,500,000                                          
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 187.1 shares issued and 143.9 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2022 and 176.3 shares issued and 133.3 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2021            1,900,000                                                                  
  restricted cash             24,700,000  13,600,000 43,500,000             40,100,000 7,800,000  80,700,000 54,300,000 24,200,000 47,100,000 84,900,000                                          
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 187.0 shares issued and 143.8 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2022 and 176.3 shares issued and 133.3 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2021             1,900,000                                                                 
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 165.3 shares issued and 122.3 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2021 and 140.5 shares issued and 97.8 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2020              1,600,000                                                                
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 154.1 shares issued and 111.1 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2021 and 140.5 shares issued and 97.8 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2020               1,500,000                                                               
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 141.2 shares issued and 98.3 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2021 and 140.5 shares issued and 97.8 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2020                1,400,000                                                              
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2020 or december 31, 2019                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2020 or december 31, 2019                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 140.5 shares issued and 97.8 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2020 and 139.2 shares issued and 96.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2019                 1,400,000                                                             
  (accumulated deficit) retained earnings                 -1,273,300,000 -1,144,100,000 -1,076,900,000                  -503,400,000 -34,000,000                                        
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 140.5 shares issued and 97.8 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2020 and 139.2 shares issued and 96.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2019                  1,400,000                                                            
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 140.5 shares issued and 97.8 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2020 and 139.2 shares issued and 96.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2019                   1,400,000                                                           
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2020 and december 31, 2019                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2020 and december 31, 2019                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 139.6 shares issued and 97.2 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2020 and 139.2 shares issued and 96.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2019                    1,400,000                                                          
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2019 or december 31, 2018                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2019 or december 31, 2018                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 139.2 shares issued and 96.9 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2019 and 137.7 shares issued and 110.4 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2018                     1,400,000                                                         
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 139.1 shares issued and 98.8 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2019 and 137.7 shares issued and 110.4 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2018                      1,400,000                                                        
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 139.1 shares issued and 106.2 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2019 and 137.7 shares issued and 110.4 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2018                       1,400,000                                                       
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2019 and december 31, 2018                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2019 and december 31, 2018                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 137.9 shares issued and 107.5 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2019 and 137.7 shares issued and 110.4 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2018                        1,400,000                                                      
  collateral arrangements                                                                              
  series a convertible preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; no shares authorized, issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2018 and 50.0 shares authorized, 30.0 issued and 13.5 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2018 and 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2018 or december 31, 2017                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 137.7 shares issued and 110.4 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2018 and 111.8 shares issued and 105.2 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                         1,400,000                                                     
  series a convertible preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; no shares authorized, issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2018 and 50.0 shares authorized, 30.0 shares issued and 13.5 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2018 and 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2018 or december 31, 2017                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 137.7 shares issued and 114.5 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2018 and 111.8 shares issued and 105.2 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                          1,400,000                                                    
  series a convertible preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; no shares authorized, issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2018 and 50.0 shares authorized, 30.0 shares issued and 13.5 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2018 and 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2018 or december 31, 2017                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 137.7 shares issued and 122.3 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2018 and 111.8 shares issued and 105.2 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                           1,400,000                                                   
  assets from coal trading activities                            11,200,000 2,600,000 2,500,000 600,000 600,000 700,000 19,900,000 17,300,000 21,200,000 23,500,000 42,300,000 44,100,000 61,800,000 57,600,000 52,700,000 50,800,000 50,200,000 36,100,000 43,000,000 57,900,000 52,400,000 80,300,000 43,300,000 66,000,000 109,200,000 166,200,000 192,500,000 170,500,000 197,800,000 278,700,000 276,800,000 360,400,000 448,300,000 570,300,000 662,800,000 710,700,000 1,392,500,000 556,105,000 966,548,000 706,017,000 270,334,000 162,018,000 150,373,000  84,692,000 77,638,000 146,596,000 85,554,000 52,834,000 74,272,000 
  collateral arrangements - current                            109,100,000                                                  
  liabilities from coal trading activities                            8,800,000 11,700,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 700,000 1,200,000 19,500,000 15,700,000 19,300,000 15,600,000 28,100,000 21,300,000 38,100,000 32,700,000 22,400,000 14,400,000 11,600,000 6,100,000 10,000,000 21,900,000 19,400,000 22,000,000 14,600,000 62,600,000 106,100,000 157,400,000 181,700,000 51,900,000 79,900,000 76,600,000 110,600,000 121,300,000 147,800,000 206,200,000 304,200,000 549,100,000 1,459,900,000 474,640,000 918,596,000 662,255,000 227,135,000 123,665,000 126,731,000  74,271,000 63,655,000 132,373,000 67,398,000 34,812,000 50,044,000 
  series a convertible preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; no shares authorized, issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2018 and 50.0 shares authorized, 30.0 shares issued and 13.5 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2018 and 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2018 or december 31, 2017                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 137.3 shares issued and 126.3 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2018 and 111.8 shares issued and 105.2 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                            1,400,000                                                  
  restricted cash collateral                             323,100,000 530,300,000 561,700,000                                               
  total liabilities not subject to compromise                             4,525,400,000 4,682,800,000 5,083,500,000 3,924,900,000 2,999,700,000 3,379,700,000 3,238,900,000                                           
  liabilities subject to compromise                                8,416,700,000 8,440,200,000 8,331,600,000 8,205,800,000                                           
  predecessor preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2016                                                                              
  predecessor perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2016                                                                              
  predecessor series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2016                                                                              
  predecessor common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 53.3 shares authorized, 19.3 shares issued and 18.5 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2016                                                                              
  successor series a convertible preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, 30.0 shares issued and 13.5 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                             576,000,000                                                 
  successor preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  successor series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2017                                                                              
  successor common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 111.8 shares issued and 105.2 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2017                             1,000,000                                                 
  predecessor preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as december 31, 2016                                                                              
  predecessor common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 53.3 shares authorized,19.3 shares issued and 18.5 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2016                                                                              
  successor series a convertible preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, 30.0 shares issued and 15.9 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2017                              691,700,000                                                
  successor preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2017                                                                              
  successor series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2017                                                                              
  successor common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 106.0 shares issued and 102.7 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2017                              1,000,000                                                
  successor series a convertible preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, 30.0 shares issued and 18.4 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2017                               800,700,000                                               
  successor preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2017                                                                              
  successor series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 50.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2017                                                                              
  successor common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 450.0 shares authorized, 70.9 shares issued and 100.2 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2017                               1,000,000                                               
  successor notes issuance proceeds - restricted cash                                1,000,000,000                                              
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2017 or december 31, 2016                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2017 or december 31, 2016                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2017 or december 31, 2016                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 53.3 shares authorized,19.3 shares issued and 18.5 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016                                200,000                                              
  accumulated other comprehensive loss                                -448,500,000 -477,000,000 -486,700,000 -521,700,000 -562,900,000 -618,900,000 -695,800,000 -644,800,000 -835,500,000 -764,800,000 -426,400,000 -218,800,000 -293,300,000     -53,200,000 -63,700,000 -139,100,000  -20,900,000 -67,900,000 -20,400,000 -299,700,000 -121,000,000 -183,500,000 -65,900,000 -151,700,000 -341,300,000 -388,500,000 -267,100,000 -87,300,000 -69,652,000 -67,066,000 -170,598,000 -209,668,000 -227,235,000 -249,058,000  -31,625,000 -44,931,000 -46,795,000 -24,251,000 -41,008,000 -30,875,000 
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 53.3 shares authorized, 19.3 shares issued and 18.5 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015                                 200,000                                             
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 53.3 shares authorized,19.3 shares issued and 18.5 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015                                  200,000                                            
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 53.3 shares authorized,19.3 shares issued and 18.5 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015                                   200,000                                           
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2016 or december 31, 2015                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 53.3 shares authorized,19.3 shares issued and 18.5 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015                                    200,000                                          
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 53.3 shares authorized, 19.3 shares issued and 18.5 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2015 and 19.0 shares issued and 18.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2014                                     200,000                                         
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 53.3 shares authorized; 19.3 shares issued and 18.5 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2015 and 19.0 shares issued and 18.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2014                                      200,000                                        
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized; 289.7 shares issued and 278.4 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2015 and 285.7 shares issued and 271.7 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2014                                       2,900,000                                       
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2015 or december 31, 2014                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized; 289.0 shares issued and 277.8 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2015 and 285.7 shares issued and 271.7 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2014                                        2,900,000                                      
  current maturities of long-term debt                                         21,200,000 21,400,000 20,800,000 20,800,000 31,700,000 34,200,000 139,500,000 47,800,000 121,400,000 114,600,000 43,800,000 43,800,000 261,500,000 43,200,000 41,500,000 35,200,000 14,300,000 14,100,000 13,700,000 16,400,000 16,700,000 17,000,000 44,200,000 135,900,000 227,692,000 134,373,000 63,174,000 36,793,000 33,877,000 95,757,000  72,088,000 77,906,000 22,585,000 23,031,000 21,861,000 21,001,000 
  long-term debt, less current maturities                                         5,965,600,000 5,969,700,000 5,973,200,000 5,977,400,000 5,970,700,000 5,973,300,000 6,006,200,000 6,205,100,000 6,264,000,000 6,538,400,000 2,458,600,000 2,468,200,000 2,478,900,000 2,706,800,000 2,714,600,000 2,727,600,000 2,734,700,000 2,738,200,000 2,763,200,000 2,766,200,000 2,769,400,000 3,139,200,000 3,107,600,000 3,122,700,000 3,137,356,000 3,138,727,000 3,152,967,000 3,155,207,000 3,170,966,000 3,168,069,000  1,308,565,000 1,332,526,000 1,382,921,000 1,384,263,000 1,393,049,000 1,374,718,000 
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 285.7 shares issued and 271.7 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2014 and 283.9 shares issued and 270.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2013                                         2,900,000                                     
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 285.4 shares issued and 271.4 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2014 and 283.9 shares issued and 270.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2013                                          2,900,000                                    
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 285.4 shares issued and 271.5 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2014 and 283.9 shares issued and 270.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2013                                           2,900,000                                   
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2014 or december 31, 2013                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 285.2 shares issued and 271.3 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2014 and 283.9 shares issued and 270.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2013                                            2,900,000                                  
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2013 or december 31, 2012                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2013 or december 31, 2012                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2013 or december 31, 2012                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 283.9 shares issued and 270.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2013 and 282.3 shares issued and 268.6 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2012                                             2,800,000                                 
  land and coal interests                                              11,051,400,000 10,947,600,000 10,947,700,000 11,935,800,000 11,542,100,000 7,841,300,000 7,729,700,000 7,687,500,000 7,657,000,000 7,586,700,000 7,585,500,000 7,576,000,000  7,505,400,000 7,511,200,000 7,429,000,000 7,354,700,000 7,365,200,000 7,251,100,000 7,217,198,000 7,198,090,000 7,434,846,000 7,341,559,000 7,275,088,000 7,127,385,000    4,775,126,000    
  buildings and improvements                                              1,904,800,000 1,345,700,000 1,321,300,000 1,256,700,000 1,229,800,000 1,087,700,000 1,090,000,000 1,086,500,000 1,079,800,000 986,700,000 972,200,000 910,100,000 908,000,000 887,700,000 876,300,000 862,700,000 861,300,000 707,500,000 699,800,000 701,158,000 700,509,000 902,222,000 900,228,000 897,200,000 893,049,000    793,254,000    
  machinery and equipment                                              2,617,200,000 3,109,300,000 3,162,200,000 2,954,700,000 2,743,000,000 2,175,800,000 1,952,900,000 1,731,600,000 1,699,300,000 1,560,000,000 1,489,800,000 1,456,600,000 1,391,200,000 1,315,100,000 1,296,900,000 1,287,300,000 1,265,800,000 1,389,800,000 1,377,400,000 1,306,757,000 1,267,328,000 1,702,581,000 1,620,211,000 1,576,032,000 1,516,765,000    1,237,184,000    
  less: accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization                                              -4,125,100,000 -3,804,900,000 -3,629,500,000 -3,711,600,000 -3,545,800,000 -3,296,700,000 -3,188,600,000 -3,084,100,000 -3,010,000,000 -2,914,300,000 -2,801,100,000 -2,696,900,000 -2,595,000,000 -2,480,000,000                   
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2013 or december 31, 2012                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2013 or december 31, 2012                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2013 or december 31, 2012                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 283.6 shares issued and 269.8 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2013 and 282.3 shares issued and 268.6 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2012                                              2,800,000                                
  peabody energy corporation’s stockholders’ equity                                              4,498,800,000 4,867,900,000 4,904,900,000 5,833,800,000 5,726,600,000 5,289,000,000 5,215,400,000 4,868,900,000 4,660,700,000 4,453,700,000 3,955,300,000 3,935,400,000 3,749,700,000 3,780,600,000 3,590,100,000                  
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2013 or december 31, 2012                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2013 or december 31, 2012                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2013 or december 31, 2012                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 283.4 shares issued and 269.6 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2013 and 282.3 shares issued and 268.6 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2012                                               2,800,000                               
  treasury shares, at cost: 13.8 shares as of march 31, 2013 and 13.7 shares as of december 31, 2012                                               -464,200,000                               
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock - 0.01 per share par value; no shares authorized as of december 31, 2012 and 1.5 shares authorized as of december 31, 2011; no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 282.3 shares issued and 268.6 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2012 and 280.3 shares issued and 271.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2011                                                2,800,000                              
  treasury shares, at cost: 13.7 shares as of december 31, 2012 and 9.2 shares as of december 31, 2011                                                -461,600,000                              
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 1.5 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 282.0 shares issued and 268.3 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2012 and 280.3 shares issued and 271.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2011                                                 2,800,000                             
  treasury shares, at cost: 13.7 shares as of june 30, 2012 and 9.2 shares as of december 31, 2011                                                 -461,200,000                             
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 1.5 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2012 or december 31, 2011                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 281.7 shares issued and 272.3 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2012 and 280.3 shares issued and 271.1 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2011                                                  2,800,000                            
  treasury shares, at cost: 9.4 shares as of march 31, 2012 and 9.2 shares as of december 31, 2011                                                  -361,200,000                            
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 800,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 279,986,117 shares issued and 270,818,478 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2011 and 279,149,028 shares issued and 270,236,256 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2010                                                   2,800,000                           
  treasury shares, at cost: 9,167,639 shares as of september 30, 2011 and 8,912,772 shares as of december 31, 2010                                                   -350,700,000                           
  short-term investments                                                    75,000,000 100,000,000                         
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 800,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 279,981,794 shares issued and 270,829,764 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2011 and 279,149,028 shares issued and 270,236,256 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2010                                                    2,800,000                          
  treasury shares, at cost: 9,152,030 shares as of june 30, 2011 and 8,912,772 shares as of december 31, 2010                                                    -350,000,000                          
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 800,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2011 or december 31, 2010                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 279,825,706 shares issued and 270,677,543 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2011 and 279,149,028 shares issued and 270,236,256 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2010                                                     2,800,000                         
  treasury shares, at cost: 9,148,163 shares as of march 31, 2011 and 8,912,772 shares as of december 31, 2010                                                     -349,700,000                         
  december 31, 2010 and 18.3 at december 31, 2009                                                      558,200,000                        
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1.5 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 279.1 shares issued and 270.2 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2010 and 276.8 shares issued and 268.2 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2009                                                      2,800,000                        
  treasury shares, at cost: 8.9 shares as of december 31, 2010 and 8.6 shares as of december 31, 2009                                                      -334,600,000                        
  preferred stock – 0.01 per share par value; 10.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock – 1.5 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock – 0.8 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  series common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 40.0 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 800.0 shares authorized, 278.4 shares issued and 269.6 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2010 and 276.8 shares issued and 268.2 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2009                                                       2,800,000                       
  treasury shares, at cost: 8.8 shares as of september 30, 2010 and 8.6 shares as of december 31, 2009                                                       -329,500,000                       
  preferred stock - 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock - 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock - 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  series common stock - 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  common stock - 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 277,760,081 shares issued and 268,938,289 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2010 and 276,848,279 shares issued and 268,203,815 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2009                                                        2,800,000                      
  treasury shares, at cost: 8,821,792 shares as of june 30, 2010 and 8,644,464 shares as of december 31, 2009                                                        -329,100,000                      
  preferred stock – 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock – 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock – 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  series common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2010 or december 31, 2009                                                                              
  common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 277,597,943 shares issued and 268,779,512 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2010 and 276,848,279 shares issued and 268,203,815 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2009                                                         2,800,000                     
  treasury shares, at cost: 8,818,431 shares as of march 31, 2010 and 8,644,464 shares as of december 31, 2009                                                         -328,900,000                     
  property, plant, equipment and mine development land and coal interests                                                          7,557,300,000                    
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 276,848,279 shares issued and 268,203,815 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2009 and 275,211,240 shares issued and 266,644,979 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2008                                                          2,800,000                    
  treasury shares, at cost: 8,644,464 shares as of december 31, 2009 and 8,566,261 shares as of december 31, 2008                                                          -321,100,000                    
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 276,370,726 shares issued and 267,728,748 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2009 and 275,211,240 shares issued and 266,644,979 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2008                                                           2,800,000                   
  treasury shares, at cost: 8,641,978 shares as of september 30, 2009 and 8,566,261 shares as of december 31, 2008                                                           -321,000,000                   
  less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization                                                            -2,371,100,000 -2,270,300,000 -2,166,600,000 -2,075,100,000 -1,985,800,000 -1,891,599,000 -1,833,527,000 -2,207,312,000 -2,098,057,000 -2,085,299,000 -1,985,682,000    -1,627,856,000    
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock - 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock - 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 276,184,369 shares issued and 267,544,069 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2009 and 275,211,240 shares issued and 266,644,979 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2008                                                            2,800,000                  
  treasury shares, at cost: 8,640,300 shares as of june 30, 2009 and 8,566,261                                                                              
  shares as of december 31, 2008                                                            -320,900,000                  
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2009 or december 31, 2008                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 275,986,452 shares issued and 267,355,507 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2009 and 275,211,240 shares issued and 266,644,979 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2008                                                             2,800,000                 
  treasury shares, at cost: 8,630,945 shares as of march 31, 2009 and 8,566,261 shares as of december 31, 2008                                                             -320,600,000                 
  peabody energy stockholders’ equity                                                             3,328,200,000                 
  total equity                                                             3,333,500,000                 
  property, plant, equipment and mine development mine development                                                                              
  minority interests                                                              1,400,000 1,300,000 4,000,000 1,978,000  29,662,000 39,806,000 33,556,000 33,337,000  12,828,000 12,793,000 2,550,000 1,685,000 1,713,000 1,591,000 
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2008 or 2007                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2008 or 2007                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2008 or 2007                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2008 or 2007                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 275,211,240 shares issued and 266,644,979 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2008 and 800,000,000 shares authorized, 272,911,564 shares issued and 270,066,621 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2007                                                              2,800,000                
  treasury shares, at cost: 8,566,261 shares as of december 31, 2008 and 2,844,943 shares as of december 31, 2007                                                              -318,800,000                
  preferred stock – 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock – 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock – 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  series common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 274,980,783 shares issued and 270,746,628 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2008 and 272,911,564 shares issued and 270,066,621 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2007                                                               2,700,000               
  treasury shares, at cost: 4,234,155 shares as of september 30, 2008 and 2,844,943 shares as of december 31, 2007                                                               -177,300,000               
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 274,916,296 shares issued and 271,875,929 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2008 and 272,911,564 shares issued and 270,066,621 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2007                                                                2,700,000              
  treasury shares, at cost: 3,040,367 shares as of june 30, 2008 and 2,844,943 shares as of december 31, 2007                                                                -118,900,000              
  preferred stock – 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock – 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock – 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  series common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2008 or december 31, 2007                                                                              
  common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 274,234,731 shares issued and 271,201,232 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2008 and 272,911,564 shares issued and 270,066,621 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2007                                                                 2,742,000             
  treasury shares, at cost: 3,033,499 shares as of march 31, 2008 and 2,844,943 shares as of december 31, 2007                                                                 -118,486,000             
  current assets of discontinued operations                                                                  74,093,000            
  goodwill                                                                   242,406,000 242,406,000 240,667,000 240,667,000        
  noncurrent assets of discontinued operations                                                                              
  current liabilities of discontinued operations                                                                  180,356,000            
  noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations                                                                  33,236,000            
  minority interests, including 16,153 of discontinued operations at december 31, 2006                                                                  701,000            
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2007 or 2006                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2007 or 2006                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2007 or 2006                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2007 or 2006                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 272,911,564 shares issued and 270,066,621 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2007 and 800,000,000 shares authorized, 266,554,157 shares issued and 263,846,839 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2006                                                                  2,729,000            
  treasury shares, at cost: 2,844,943 shares as of december 31, 2007 and 2,707,318 shares as of december 31, 2006                                                                  -108,043,000            
  workers’ compensation obligations                                                                   234,366,000 233,029,000 232,814,000 233,407,000  239,822,000 238,434,000 237,574,000 233,127,000 230,044,000 228,117,000 
  preferred stock – 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock – 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock – 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  series common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 268,214,559 shares issued and 265,505,673 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2007 and 266,554,157 shares issued and 263,846,839 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2006                                                                   2,682,000           
  treasury shares, at cost: 2,708,886 shares as of september 30, 2007 and 2,707,318 shares as of december 31, 2006                                                                   -103,763,000           
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock — 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 268,112,377 shares issued and 265,403,491 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2007 and 266,554,157 shares issued and 263,846,839 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2006                                                                    2,681,000          
  treasury shares, at cost: 2,708,886 shares as of june 30, 2007 and 2,707,318 shares as of december 31, 2006                                                                    -103,763,000          
  preferred stock – 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock – 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  perpetual preferred stock – 750,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  series common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2007 or december 31, 2006                                                                              
  common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 267,508,156 shares issued and 264,800,253 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2007 and 266,554,157 shares issued and 263,846,839 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2006                                                                     2,675,000         
  treasury shares, at cost: 2,707,903 shares as of march 31, 2007 and 2,707,318 shares as of december 31, 2006                                                                     -103,714,000         
  saleable coal                                                                       76,714,000       
  materials and supplies                                                                       82,180,000       
  raw coal                                                                       22,550,000       
  advance stripping                                                                              
  total                                                                       181,444,000       
  forward contracts                                                                       90,187,000       
  other                                                                       5,900,000       
  property, plant, equipment and mine development, net of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of 1,836,858 at june 30, 2006 and 1,627,856 at december 31, 2005                                                                        5,511,559,000      
  preferred stock – 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2006 or december 31, 2005 series a junior participating preferred stock - 1,500,000 shares authorized as a subset of the preferred stock, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2006 or december 31, 2005                                                                              
  series common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2006 or december 31, 2005                                                                              
  common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 265,924,011 shares issued and 265,151,651 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2006 and 400,000,000 shares authorized, 263,879,762 shares issued and 263,357,402 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2005                                                                        2,661,000      
  treasury shares, at cost: 772,360 shares as of june 30, 2006 and 522,360 shares as of december 31, 2005                                                                        -15,392,000      
  property, plant, equipment and mine development, net of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of 1,745,883 at march 31, 2006 and 1,627,856 at december 31, 2005                                                                         5,385,171,000     
  preferred stock – 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2006 or december 31, 2005                                                                              
  series common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2006 or december 31, 2005                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock - 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2006 or december 31, 2005                                                                              
  common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 400,000,000 shares authorized, 265,301,255 shares issued and 264,528,895 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2006 and 400,000,000 shares authorized, 263,879,762 shares issued and 263,357,402 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2005                                                                         2,650,000     
  treasury shares, at cost: 772,360 shares as of march 31, 2006 and 522,360 shares as of december 31, 2005                                                                         -15,392,000     
  unearned restricted stock awards                                                                          -5,943,000 -6,323,000 -6,703,000 -7,083,000 
  accounts receivables                                                                           236,538,000 204,419,000 187,464,000 
  property, plant, equipment and mine development, net of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of 1,543,759 at september 30, 2005 and 1,333,645 at december 31, 2004                                                                           5,014,029,000   
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2005 or december 31, 2004                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2005 or december 31, 2004                                                                              
  series a junior participating preferred stock — 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2005 or december 31, 2004                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 400,000,000 shares authorized, 131,676,733 shares issued and 131,415,553 shares outstanding as of september 30, 2005 and 150,000,000 shares authorized, 129,829,134 shares issued and 129,567,954 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2004                                                                           1,316,000   
  treasury shares, at cost: 261,180 shares as of september 30, 2005 and december 31, 2004                                                                           -3,916,000   
  property, plant, equipment and mine development, net of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of 1,474,006 at june 30, 2005 and 1,333,645 at december 31, 2004                                                                            4,883,277,000  
  preferred stock — 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2005 or december 31, 2004                                                                              
  series common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2005 or december 31, 2004                                                                              
  common stock — 0.01 per share par value; 400,000,000 shares authorized, 131,201,979 shares issued and 130,940,799 shares outstanding as of june 30, 2005 and 150,000,000 shares authorized, 129,829,134 shares issued and 129,567,954 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2004                                                                            1,312,000  
  treasury shares, at cost: 261,180 shares as of june 30, 2005 and december 31, 2004                                                                            -3,916,000  
  property, plant, equipment and mine development, net of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of 1,403,975 at march 31, 2005 and 1,333,645 at december 31, 2004                                                                             4,894,779,000 
  preferred stock – 0.01 per share par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2005 or december 31, 2004                                                                              
  series common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2005 or december 31, 2004                                                                              
  common stock – 0.01 per share par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized, 130,963,662 shares issued and 130,702,482 shares outstanding as of march 31, 2005 and 150,000,000 shares authorized, 129,829,134 shares issued and 129,567,954 shares outstanding as of december 31, 2004                                                                             1,310,000 
  treasury shares, at cost: 261,180 shares as of march 31, 2005 and december 31, 2004                                                                             -3,916,000 

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