Arch Coal Inc announced that its chairman & CEO Mr Steven F Leer will appear in a one hour episode of CNBC's "Executive Vision" series, which airs on October 27th 2009 in the United States at 9 PM EDT, in Europe at 23:00 CET and in Asia at 19:00 SIN/HK.

Mr Leer and other energy leaders join CNBC co hosts Ms Melissa Francis and Mr Simon Hobbs in a thought provoking executive strategy session to discuss the most compelling energy issues facing the world and how visionary leaders successfully adapt themselves and their organizations to overcome challenges and create real value.

Arch Coal is the second largest US coal producer. Through its national network of mines, Arch supplies cleaner burning, low sulfur coal to US power producers to fuel roughly 8% of the nation's electricity. It also ships coal to domestic and international steel manufacturers as well as international power producers.