ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Arch Coal, Inc. today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.06 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable March 15, 2007, to shareholders of record on March 1, 2007.
St. Louis-based Arch Coal is the nation's second largest coal producer. The company's core business is providing U.S. power generators with clean- burning, low-sulfur coal for electric generation. Through its national network of mines, Arch supplies the fuel for approximately 6 percent of the electricity generated in the United States.