Robert C. Scharp

Bucyrus International, Inc. designed and manufactured mining equipment for surface and underground mining. Its surface equipment include walking draglines, electric shovels, and rotary blasthole drills and is used for mining coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands and other minerals, and underground equipment is used primarily for mining coal. The firm also manufactures OEM parts and provides support services for all Bucyrus brand mining machines. The company was founded in 1880 and was headquartered in Oak Creek, WI.

Kerr-McGee Corp. is an energy and inorganic chemical. It subsidiaries, joint ventures and other affiliates have operations throughout the world. The company core business, which include exploration, production of oil and gas resources. It was founded in 1929 and is headquartered Oklahoma City, Ok

Phelps Dodge, Corp. used to provide mining, smelting & refining operations for copper and related products. It was having processing capabilities for other minerals as by-products, such as gold, silver and rhenium. The company copper mining operations was in Bagdad, Morenci, Sierrita, Miami and Tyrone. Phelps Dodge was founded by Anson Phelps & William Dodge in 1834 and is located in Phoenix, AZ.

Westmoreland Coal Co. engages in the production and selling of coal. The company was founded on April 7, 1976 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Horizon Natural Resources Co., formerly AEI Resources, operates and markets coal. The company has 42 mines in Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois and Colorado

Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. engages in exploration of coal. It owns and operates mines in the central & northern Appalachia and the powder river basin. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Linthicum Heights, MD.

Anglo Coal Australia Pty Ltd. provides coal mining services. The firm exports and supplies coal to domestic cooking and steaming coal markets. The company was founded in July 2000 and is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.

Anglo American Steelmaking Coal Pty Ltd provides black coal mining services. The private company is based in Brisbane, Australia.