Drummond Company

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Drummond Company, Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	1935
Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Key people	Garry N. Drummond Sr., Chief Executive Officer Walter F. Johnsey, Chief Financial Officer
Industry	Coal Mining
Products	Coal, By-Products, and Real Estate
Revenue	▲1.90 billion USD (2007)
Employees	5,100 (2006)
Website	http://www.drummondco.com/

Drummond Company, Inc. is a privately owned company based in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, involved in the mining and processing of coal and coal products. The company was founded in 1935 by H. E. Drummond, and remains under the management of his sons.^[1]

1 Overview
2 See also
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[edit] Overview

Drummond operates the Shoal Creek mine in northwest Alabama and La Loma mine in the Cesar department in northern Colombia. Both mines produce bituminous coal. Output from Shoal Creek is sold to Alabama Power under long-term supply contracts. Production from La Loma, comprising almost 50% of all coal mined in Colombia, is exported to 11 countries.

The company also owns Alabama By-Products Corporation, also known as ABC Coke, located in Tarrant, Alabama.

Belt conveyor for coal transportation owned and operated by Drummond Company, located between the city of Santa Marta and the town of Cienaga by the Caribbean sea in Colombia.