Who owns Wilpinjong?
Wilpinjong is owned by Peabody (the United States, NYSE: BTU).[1]
Evidence: Peabody Energy Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Peabody Energy Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, St. Louis
- Origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Category
- Energy › Power & utilities › Coal
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: BTU
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Wilpinjong
Wilpinjong is a New South Wales surface thermal coal mine in Peabody's Seaborne Thermal segment. The 2025 Form 10-K lists 10.5 million tons produced in 2025.
What Peabody's annual report says about Wilpinjong
Sentences about Wilpinjong from Peabody's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The Wilpinjong Mine added 43 million tons of coal reserves, mainly from the exploration license EL9399, partially offset by production depletion.
Wilpinjong Mine The Wilpinjong Mine is a production-stage surface thermal coal mine situated approximately 25 miles northeast of Mudgee in New South Wales, Australia.
How often Peabody names Wilpinjong in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Wilpinjong
Where Wilpinjong sits in Peabody
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Peabody
Peabody controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in energy.
Also in energy
Other brands in coal, and who owns them
The 18 brands in coal on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Core Natural Resources, with 4; Peabody has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Resources | Core Natural Resources | 🇺🇸 United States |
| River View | Alliance Resource Partners | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Marfork | Alpha Metallurgical Resources | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Berwind | Ramaco | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blue Creek | Warrior Met Coal | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Sunrise Coal | Hallador | 🇺🇸 United States |
| North American Coal | NACCO | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Black Thunder | Core Natural Resources | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Peabody
Peabody is a publicly listed company headquartered in St. Louis, United States. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: BTU.
Peabody is a producer of metallurgical and thermal coal. Its 2025 Form 10-K says it owned interests in 16 active coal mining operations in the United States and Australia at 31 December 2025, including a 50% equity interest in Middlemount. It reports four segments: Seaborne Thermal, Seaborne Metallurgical, Powder River Basin and Other U.S. Thermal.
🇦🇺 Wilpinjong and other Australian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 203 brands that began in Australia. 59 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Wilpinjong among them.
- APA — APA 🇦🇺
- Ampol — Ampol 🇦🇺
- Liberty Convenience — Viva Energy 🇦🇺
- Woodside Energy — Woodside 🇦🇺
- 19 Crimes — Treasury Wine Estates 🇦🇺
- 7plus — Southern Cross Media Group 🇦🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Wilpinjong?
The parent company of Wilpinjong is Peabody, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Wilpinjong Australian or American?
Wilpinjong originated in Australia, but it is owned today by Peabody, which is headquartered in the United States. So Wilpinjong is an Australian-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Wilpinjong still owned by Peabody?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Wilpinjong is still owned by Peabody. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Peabody Energy Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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