Coal Black Inc

Coal City Cob Company is a family-owned business that has been providing bulk liquid transportation services to the chemical and hazardous waste industries since 1970 in the United States and Canada. It has a staff of trained and certified professionals, including drivers, owner operators and instructors that offers equipment installation services. Coal City Cob Company designs and conducts employees training programs that provide information related to defensive driving and hazardous materials handling techniques. The company maintains a location in La Porte, Texas.

Natural Resource Partners L.P. is a master limited partnership principally engaged in the business of owning and managing coal properties in the three major coal producing regions of the United States: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Western United States. Formed in 2002 from selected properties of the WPP Group and Arch Coal, Natural Resource Partners is a master limited partnership principally engaged in the business of owning and managing coal properties in the three major coal producing regions of the United States. The partnership does not actively engage in the mining of coal but rather leases its properties to experienced coalmine operators under long-term leases. It actively works with its lessees to develop efficient methods to exploit the reserves and to maximize production from the properties. Natural Resource Partners is headquartered in Houston and has coal-mining interests in Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana and Montana.