The Seminal Coal Buyers/Sellers Event The US coal marketplace is red hot. Prices are at a premium for thermal and metallurgical coals. International coal demand is peaking due to the rapid growth of emerging economies and the current US economic malaise. Coal consumers and producers on a global scale are feeling the effects, in opposite ways, as this rare state of coal industry affairs plays its course. How do producers take advantage of a sellers market? How do consumers stay competitive amid price spikes, carbon controls, and transportation costs? Day One Keynote Address Coal Consolidation and Rising Exports — Its Affect on Supply/Demand and Forward Markets Richard M. Whiting, CEO, Patriot Coal Corporation Day Two Keynote Address Buyer Strategies in a High-Price Market Michael G. Morris, Chairman, CEO, AEP Conference Chairman James Boyd, Chairman, John T. Boyd Company PLUS: North American coal outlook — Fuel price margins, capacity expansion, and regional production numbers Metallurgical coal — International and domestic supply/demand and outlook Global coal dynamics — Leveraging US/Eastern Europe/South American import and export opportunities; the US as a swing supplier European and US consumption perspectives — Plant development amid high coal prices, generation strategies, and procurement solutions Transportation — Meeting export needs, import/export congestion issues, and consumer shifts These are just some of the companies that attended in September, 2007: AEP • Allegheny Energy Inc • AIG • Air Products & Chemicals Inc • Airlie BMP Investments • Alliance Coal • American Commercial Barge Line LLC • Arch Coal • Baker & McKenzie • Bear Stearns • Berwind Natural Resources Corp • Black River Asset Management • BMP Investments Inc • BNSF • Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC • Bureau of Land Management • CAM Holdings • CERA • Camelot Coal Co • Cargill • CIT • CONSOL Energy Inc • Campbell Transportation Co Inc • Constellation Energy Grp • CQ Inc • CMC Coal • Credit Suisse • Cristal Clear Mining LLC • Cumberland Elkhorn Coal & Coke Inc • Dayton Power & Light • Delta Coals Inc • Dominion • DTE • Duke Energy • Dyno Nobel Inc • Eagle Fuels • Energy Northwest • Energy Ventures Analysis Inc • EnCana • First Energy Corp • First Union Rail Corp • Foundation Energy Sales Inc • Friedman Billings Ramsey Grp Inc • GE Energy • Genesee & Wyoming Inc • Glencore Ltd • Goldman Sachs • GSO Capital Partners LP • Hunton & Williams LLP • Indianapolis Power & Light • Janus Capital Grp Inc • John T Boyd Co • Joy Mining Machinery • Kansas City Power & Light • Kiewit Mining Grp Inc • LG&E • Lime Rock Partners • Massey Energy Co • MEMCO Barge Line Inc • MidAmerican Energy Co • Neuberger Berman LLC • Norfolk Southern • Norwest Corp • Nova Scotia Power Inc • NRG Energy Inc • Oxford Mining Co Inc • Peabody Energy Corp • Penn Virginia • Pirate Capital LLC • PPL• PNC Bank • Procter & Gamble • Progress Energy • PSEG • Rio Tinto • Sempra Energy • Southern Co • Tenaska • Tokyo Electric •UMWA• Union Bank • Union Pacific • Western Fuels Association • Westmoreland Coal Sales Co • Williams • Wood McKenzie • WPS Resources Corp • Xcoal Energy & Resources • ZBI For more information and speaking opportunities, contact: James Gillies Tel: 781-430-2110 james_gillies@platts.com For sponsorship opportunities, contact: Joshua Vernon Tel: 781-430-2113 joshua_vernon@platts.com For media inquiries, contact: Gina Herlihy Tel: 781-430-2109 gina_herlihy@platts.com

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