Attorney Sanders says spot market price for Central Appalachian coal remains steady at $133 per ton for the week ending October 10, 2008.

According to the Federal Energy Information Administration the current spot market price for a short ton of central Appalachian coal for the week ending October 10, 2008 was $133. Coal prices has remained fairly steady over the last couple of weeks, but have fallen from a high of $140 per ton on the spot market. Coal remains black gold in Kentucky.