Patriot Coal Corp.

ST. LOUIS, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation today announced that Patriot Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Mark N. Schroeder will speak at 8:50 a.m. Mountain Time at the Barclays 2012 High Yield Bond and Syndicated Loan Conference on Monday, March 26 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Interested investors may access a live audio webcast or a replay of the presentation at

ST. LOUIS, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation today announced that C. Wayne Elkins has been promoted to Vice President - Materials Management. In his new role, Elkins will report to Mark N. Schroeder, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Elkins has more than 35 years of experience with the Company and has held various leadership positions in supply chain and materials

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation today announced that it received four awards for exemplary restoration of surface mined lands.

    --  Apogee Surface Mine, Logan County Complex - received the Surface Mine
        Reclamation Award and the Turkey and Wildlife Habitat Award, each
        presented by the West Virginia Coal Association
    --  Hill Fork Surface Mine, Corridor G

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation today announced that it will participate in the Simmons & Co. Twelfth Annual Energy Conference on Thursday, March 1 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, and its President & Chief Executive Officer, Richard M. Whiting, will participate in a coal panel at the conference on Friday, March 2 at 10:20 a.m. Pacific Time.

About Patriot Coal

Patriot Coal Corporation is a leading producer and marketer of coal in the eastern United States, with 13 active mining complexes in Appalachia and the Illinois Basin. The Company ships to domestic and international electricity generators, industrial users and metallurgical coal customers, and controls approximately 1.9 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. The Company's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PCX.

Patriot Coal Corporation

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation today announced that it will participate in the Brean, Murray, Carret & Co. 2012 Global Resources & Infrastructure Conference on Wednesday, February 29 in New York.

About Patriot Coal

Patriot Coal Corporation is a leading producer and marketer of coal in the eastern United States, with 13 active mining complexes in Appalachia and the Illinois Basin. The Company ships to domestic and international electricity generators, industrial users and metallurgical coal customers, and controls approximately 1.9 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. The Company's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PCX.

Patriot Coal Corporation

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation today announced that a highly respected Mountaineer Guardian Safety Award has been presented to the Campbell's Creek No. 7 mine, an underground mining operation in the Campbell's Creek complex near Charleston, West Virginia.

Mountaineer Guardian Safety Awards are presented each year by the West Virginia Coal Association to mining operations that

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation today announced that the Panther complex received a prestigious Mountaineer Guardian Safety Award.

Mountaineer Guardian Safety Awards are presented each year by the West Virginia Coal Association to mining operations that demonstrate a commitment to operational safety. Inspectors for the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety & Training

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation today announced that it has entered into a consent decree with the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Inc., the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Inc. and the Sierra Club to resolve claims under the Clean Water Act relating to Patriot's mining activities in West Virginia.

'Selenium is an issue that many companies involved in coal mining must