coal mining founded 1935 founder heman edward drummond headquarters birmingham alabama usa key people michael j. tracy chief executive officer jack stilwell chief financial officer products coal by products and real estate revenue 5.00 billion usd 2010 number of 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 as well as oil and real estate . contents 1 history 2 assets and operations 2.1 coal mines 2.2 perry supply 2.3 foundry coke 2.4 jasper oil 2.5 real estate 3 references history edit 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 . the company was founded in jasper alabama in 1935 by heman edward drummond an alabama coal miner . 1 2 3 drummond started mining on land he inherited from his family ; he used mules to drag coal out of the mines . 1 when drummond died in 1956 the company remained family owned . 1 in 1970 the company signed a contract to sell coal to japanese steel companies . 4 clarification needed in 1973 garry n. drummond one of the founder s seven children was appointed as chairman . 2 he still serves in this capacity . 4 another son elbert allen drummond a.k.a. larry drummond served as vice chairman until his death in 2012 . 5 in 2003 the company was sued by colombian widows and orphans of three labor union leaders who were murdered by paramilitaries near drummond mines . 6 the lawsuit accused drummond of supporting paramilitary fighters at its facilities thereby making drummond liable for the deaths . 6 it was known as estate of rodriquez v. drummond co. . by 2009 the united states department of justice had not found sufficient evidence and ruled in favor of the company concluding that it had never supported any action of illegal groups . 7 in february 2013 journalist alejandro arias reported with photographic evidence dumping of hundreds of tons of coal into the caribbean sea by the company a month earlier . 8 based on this evidence the colombian government temporarily suspended some operations of the company in santa marta where the incident occurred . 8 drummond was also fined us 3.6 million . 9 as of december 2013 the company employed a workforce of 6 600 with annual sales of us 3 billion . 2 it was inducted into the alabama engineering hall of fame . 1 in 2015 the drummond company sued attorneys terrence p. collingsworth and william r. scherer the advocacy group international rights advocates iradvocates and dutch businessman albert van bilderbeek one of the owners of llanos oil accusing them of violating the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act by alleging that drummond had worked alongside autodefensas unidas de colombia to murder labor union leaders within proximity of their colombian coal mines which drummond denies . 10 assets and operations edit coal mines edit drummond operates the shoal creek mine in northwestern part of jefferson county in alabama . 11 output from shoal creek is sold to alabama power under long term supply contracts . it operated the pribbenow and el descanso mines near la loma in the cesar department in northern colombia . both mines produce bituminous coal . production from pribbenow comprising almost 50 % of all coal mined in colombia is exported to 11 countries . the company is colombia s second biggest thermal coal producer . 12 perry supply edit the company owns perry supply a subsidiary founded in 1913 which sells mining foundry construction and industrial supplies . 13 foundry coke edit the company also owns alabama by products corporation also known as abc coke located in tarrant alabama . 2 according to forbes it is the largest single producer of foundry coke in the u.s. . 2 jasper oil edit the company owns jasper oil a subsidiary founded in 1967 which produces both diesel and refined gasoline . 14 real estate edit the company manages four luxury planned communities in alabama florida and california . 4 in 1985 they developed their first community oakbridge in lakeland florida . 3 over the years they developed liberty park in vestavia hills alabama as well as rancho la quinta and andalusia at coral mountain in la quinta california . 1 references edit a b c d e state of alabama engineering hall of fame drummond company inc. a b c d e america s largest private companies 162 drummond forbes a b ronnie blair the drummonds close knit self made men lakeland ledger may 12 1985 a b c forbes garry drummond e.a. larry drummond the birmingham news august 1 2012 a b pui wing tam marc lifsher colombian killings land u.s. company in american court mining concern faces suit over right wing attacks ; new life for a 1789 act the wall street journal october 6 2003 corte federal de ee.uu falla a favor de drummond dos demandas de sindicatos colombianos a b el periodista que puso en jaque a la drummond semana colombia dan molinski colombia fines drummond for dumping coal the wall street journal december 19 2013 kent faulk drummond sues those claiming coal company involved in colombian deaths the birmingham news april 8 2015 drummond company mines matthew bristow colombia s top coal mine reaches accord that may end strike bloomberg business march 4 2013 drummond company perry supply drummond company our products jaspel oil retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title drummond company & oldid 730916042 categories companies based in birmingham alabamacoal companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in alabamadrummond family alabama hidden categories wikipedia articles needing clarification from july 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olpolski edit links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 18 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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