Our Services

We offer a full range of competitive rail, vessel and truck transportation options to deliver coal from western mines to end-users. These capabilities, coupled with our state-of-the-art coal blending and transshipment services, combine to provide a highly competitive offering.

Benefits

• Competitive rail access to western coal mines
• Supply of aluminum-bodied railcars
• Large-capacity, on-site terminal coal storage
• Coal blending services for up to three dissimilar-quality coals
• Access to low-cost vessel bulk transportation
• Material handling, dust control and dust suppression consultation services included at no charge with service packages
• Short and long-term contracts tailored to meet individual end-user requirements
• One contract at one competitive price

Affiliates

Our partnership with Cloud Peak Energy (Venture Fuels) ensures western coal sourcing is part of the package. Together we provide high-quality western coal that fits individual requirements and is delivered directly to end-users – all in one contract at a highly competitive price.

Customers

• Consumers Energy
• DTE Electric Company
• Duluth Energy Systems
• Global Coal Sales (Domestic and Export)
• Graymont Lime
• Hibbing Public Utilities
• Marquette Board of Light and Power
• Minnesota Power
• New Brunswick Power
• Nova Scotia Power
• Silver Bay Power
• U.S. Steel
• Virginia Public Utilities
• WE Energies
• Xcel Energy, Inc.