ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25, 2011 -- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Steven F. Leer, will speak at the Barclays Capital 2011 CEO Energy/Power Conference in New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.

The presentation will be webcast live at 3:05 p.m. E.D.T. on Sept. 7 at Arch Coal's website at http://investor.archcoal.com/. Following the live event, a replay of the webcast also will be available at the same URL for 30 days.

U.S.-based Arch Coal is a top five global coal producer and marketer, with 179 million tons of coal sold pro forma in 2010. Arch is the most diversified American coal company, with mining complexes across every major U.S. coal supply basin. Arch's core business is supplying cleaner-burning, low-sulfur thermal and metallurgical coal to power generators and steel manufacturers on four continents.