September 06, 2008

Peabody promotes Mr Reilly and Mr Bethel as senior VPs

Peabody announced that they promoted Mr Robert Reilly and Mr Terry Bethel to senior vice president positions.

Mr Reilly is now senior VP of business development in charge of domestic and international business development. He has worked at Peabody since 2000.

Mr Bethel, who most recently served as vice president of real estate development, was promoted to senior VP of resource management and real estate development. He is responsible for implementing Peabody's coal reserve and surface land strategies, as well as enhancing the company's real estate holdings through commercial, residential and recreational development activities.

St Louis based Peabody Energyis one of the world's largest coal producers fueling approximately 10% of all US electricity generation and more than 2% of worldwide electricity.