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Massey Energy Briefs UBB Families PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 August 2010 15:24

Massey Energy recently held a private briefing for the families of the 29 miners who died in the April 5 Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine accident. Representatives from the company reviewed data readings, summarized preliminary pieces of evidence and updated families on the status of the ongoing UBB inquiry. Officials from the UBB investigation team fielded questions from those family members in attendance.

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Limited Production Resumes at Pattiki Mine PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 August 2010 15:24

Alliance Resource Partners announced its subsidiary White County Coal has resumed limited production at the Pattiki mine, located near Carmi, Ill. On May 13, 2010, White County Coal temporarily suspended coal production at Pattiki following the failure of the vertical belt system used in conveying raw coal out of the mine.

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Fatality Draws More Attention to Willow Lake PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 August 2010 15:23

According to Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reports, a 61-year-old production foreman at Peabody Energy’s Willow Lake Portal mine was fatally injured when a battery-powered coal hauler struck and ran him over during early July. As the section scoop operator was walking to lunch, he found the production foreman lying in an intersection.

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NMA Expresses Concern with Fundamental Weaknesses in Resource Allocation PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 August 2010 15:23

National Mining Association (NMA) Senior Vice President Bruce Watzman outlined the association’s principles for mine safety legislation in testimony before the House Education and Labor Committee on H.R. 5663, “The Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010,” and pointed to basic weaknesses in resource allocation of the government’s mine safety and health programs.

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National Coal Falls Out of Compliance with Nasdaq PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 August 2010 15:22

National Coal Corp. was notified by the Nasdaq Stock Exchange on January 5, 2010, it was not in compliance because shares of its common stock closed at a per share bid price of less than $1.00 for 30 consecutive business days. The company had 180 days, or until July 6, 2010, to regain compliance and failed to do so within that timeframe.

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