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Alpha to lay off 1,100 workers, mothball 11 coal mines in the US

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 01, 2014 | 1:45 pm Energy Asia Europe Coal 

[caption id="attachment_793504" align="aligncenter" width="600"] WV Coal Miner Memorial, by Jimmy Emerson, DVM.[/caption] The U.S. second largest coal producer Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) announced that it is planning to idle 11 West Virginia surface coal mines and lay off about...

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