ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26, 2012 -- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) today announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, John W. Eaves, will speak at the Jefferies 2012 Global Energy Conference in Houston on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.

The presentation will be webcast live at 1:00 p.m. Central time on Nov. 28 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.  Arch is the most diversified American coal company, with mining complexes across every major U.S. coal supply basin.  Its core business is supplying cleaner-burning, low-sulfur thermal and metallurgical coal to power generators and steel manufacturers on five continents.