As coal king Alpha Natural Resources Inc. prepares for bankruptcy, an uncomfortable reality is setting in in the open pits of Wyoming and across the hills of Appalachia: More mines are going to ...

PETTUS, W.Va. — Alpha Natural Resources announced Thursday it will open a new underground coal mine in Raleigh County this summer. Marfork Coal Company, an Alpha subsidiary, plans to begin ...

The shareholders of coal mine giants Massey Energy and Alpha Natural Resources overwhelmingly approved a merger this morning, despite challenges from some large institutional investors and an ...

(AP) — Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources said Tuesday it was cutting production by 16 million tons and eliminating 1,200 jobs companywide, laying off 400 workers immediately by closing mines ...

Alpha Natural Resources, started by immediately idling eight of its coal mines - including four in West Virginia. And as Jessica Lilly of West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports, this could be ...

Alpha Natural Resources will cut its coal production by 15 percent and immediately lay off about 160 mineworkers while idling eight mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Alpha Natural ...

Alpha Natural Resources will close its Emerald Mine in southwestern Pennsylvania in November.Alpha, in December, sold its Pennsylvania coal subsidiary to Rosebud Mining Co. but continues to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Gina Rinehart’s Alpha coal mega-mine is another step closer, but the bitter feud between the Queensland and federal governments ...

Last week, energy giant Alpha Natural Resources was cited for more than 200 violations from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), as part of one of the agency’s “blitz” inspections.