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Alliance Coal, formerly known as MAPCO Coal, is one of the largest coal producing companies in the eastern United States. It has operations in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Maryland. The company is a producer and marketer of steam coal to the utilities and industrial users of the United States. Its operating regions include Illinois Basin and central and northern Appalachia. Alliance Coal utilizes a geological data that is gathered through ongoing exploration drilling and in-mine channel sampling programs. Its northern Appalachian mining facility is comprised of more than 240 employees. The company also maintains undeveloped reserves in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Alliance Coal is the holding company of Alliance Resource Operating Partners, which was established in 1971 and is a coal producing company. Alliance Resource Operating Partners has over $1 billion assets and nearly $1 billion annual revenues. The subsidiary serves the coal producing industry.