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Up to 700 jobless as Patriot Coal idles mines in western Kentucky

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 29, 2014 | 2:21 pm Energy Europe Coal 

[caption id="attachment_812744" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Coal trains lead up to the Patriot Coal site in Kanawha County, West Virginia.[/caption] U.S. miner Patriot Coal, the second largest producer east of the Mississippi River, has decided to suspend indefinitely all operations at its mines...

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