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Industry: mining and minerals
Penalty Total since 2000: $2,785,303,335
Number of Records: 15,746
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.

Top 10 Current Parent Companies	Total Penalty $	Number of Records
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$565,007,836	3,995
Grupo Mexico	$459,248,304	229
Cleveland-Cliffs	$432,503,546	991
Anglo American PLC	$305,000,000	2
Hecla Mining	$265,542,233	62
Consol Energy	$214,108,600	217
Freeport-McMoRan	$166,196,651	305
Rio Tinto	$67,947,412	131
Vale S.A.	$55,900,000	1
BHP Group	$25,911,850	10

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Company	Current Parent	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
JUSTICE COAL OF ALABAMA LLC	James C. Justice Companies	mining environmental violation	2019	AL-MIN	$22,500
Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.	Carmeuse	environmental violation	2017	AL-ENV	$32,000
LHoist North America, LLC	Lhoist Group	air pollution violation	2016	AL-ENV	$130,000
Jim Walter Resources, Inc.	Warrior Met Coal	environmental violation	2016	AL-ENV	$12,500
Jim Walter Resources, Inc.	Warrior Met Coal	environmental violation	2016	AL-ENV	$12,500
ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, LLC	Cleveland-Cliffs	hazardous waste violation	2012	AL-ENV	$15,000
ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, LLC	Cleveland-Cliffs	air pollution violation	2012	AL-ENV	$75,000
Jim Walter Resources, Inc.	Warrior Met Coal	environmental violation	2011	AL-ENV	$60,000
Chemical Lime Company of Alabama, LLC	Lhoist Group	air pollution violation	2011	AL-ENV	$125,000
National Coal of Alabama, Inc.	James C. Justice Companies	environmental violation	2010	AL-ENV	$87,200
Chemical Lime Company, LLC	Lhoist Group	air pollution violation	2010	AL-ENV	$120,000
Chemical Lime Company	Lhoist Group	air pollution violation	2008	AL-ENV	$12,500
Chemical Lime Company	Lhoist Group	air pollution violation	2008	AL-ENV	$17,500
Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.	Carmeuse	air pollution violation	2007	AL-ENV	$10,000
Chemical Lime Company of Alabama, Inc.	Lhoist Group	environmental violation	2007	AL-ENV	$60,000
Chemical Lime Company of Alabama, Inc.	Lhoist Group	air pollution violation	2006	AL-ENV	$25,000
Chemical Lime Company of Alabama, Inc.	Lhoist Group	air pollution violation	2006	AL-ENV	$12,500
Jim Walter Resources, Inc.	Warrior Met Coal	environmental violation	2006	AL-ENV	$49,500
Chemical Lime Company of Alabama, Inc.	Lhoist Group	air pollution violation	2006	AL-ENV	$12,500
Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc.	Carmeuse	air pollution violation	2004	AL-ENV	$115,000
ABC Coke Division/Drummond Co.	Drummond	environmental violation	2004	AL-ENV	$21,400
U.S. Minerals, LLC	U.S. Minerals	air pollution violation	2004	AL-ENV	$8,000
Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc.	Carmeuse	air pollution violation	2004	AL-ENV	$75,000
Chemical Lime Company	Lhoist Group	air pollution violation	2003	AL-ENV	$10,000
Jim Walter Resources, Inc.	Warrior Met Coal	environmental violation	2002	AL-ENV	$35,000
Chemical Lime Co.	Lhoist Group	environmental violation	2002	AL-ENV	$5,000
Fairmount Minerals	Covia Holdings	air pollution violation	2001	AL-ENV	$7,500
Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC	Warrior Met Coal	environmental violation	2021	AL-ENV	$27,750
Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC	Lhoist Group	environmental violation	2022	AL-ENV	$40,000
Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.	Carmeuse	environmental violation	2023	AL-ENV	$120,000
Teck Cominco Alaska Inc	Teck Resources	air pollution violation	2001	AK-AG	$827,000
AK Steel	Cleveland-Cliffs	employment discrimination	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$1,269,200
Northshore Mining Co	Cleveland-Cliffs	employment discrimination	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$1,300,000
Spartan Mining	Alpha Metallurgical Resources	employment discrimination	2009	private lawsuit-state	$8,750,000
AK Steel Retirement	Cleveland-Cliffs	benefit plan administrator violation	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$52,834,204
AK Steel Corporation Retirement Accumulation Pension Plan	Cleveland-Cliffs	benefit plan administrator violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$5,751,898
AK Steel Corporation	Cleveland-Cliffs	benefit plan administrator violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$178,600,000
AK Steel Corporation	Cleveland-Cliffs	benefit plan administrator violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$15,800,000
AK Steel Corporation	Cleveland-Cliffs	benefit plan administrator violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$2,500,000
AK Steel Corporation	Cleveland-Cliffs	benefit plan administrator violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$745,000
Asarco LLC	Grupo Mexico	environmental violation	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$27,900,000
Virginia Fuel Corporation	James C. Justice Companies	WARN Act violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$625,000
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.	Freeport-McMoRan	environmental violation	2022	private lawsuit-state	$100,000,000
AK Steel Holding Corporation	Cleveland-Cliffs	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$5,800,000
De Beers Group	Anglo American PLC	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$295,000,000
Freeport-McMoran Inc. et al.	Freeport-McMoRan	environmental violation	2023	private lawsuit-federal	$42,000,000