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Alpha Natural Resources Affiliates Issue Warn Notice to Certain Mining Operations Due to Potential Asset Sale
10 July 2015 - Three operating affiliates of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. have notified their employees that they may sell substantially all of the assets of the mining operations where these employees work.
Alpha Natural Resources Announces Consolidation of Marcellus Shale Joint Venture Ownership
08 July 2015 - Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pennsylvania Services Corporation (PSC), has acquired the 50% interest in its natural gas exploration and production joint venture, Pennsylvania Land Resources Holding Company, LLC (PLR), owned by EDF Trading Resources, LLC (EDFTR).
Alpha Natural Resources Idles North Fork No. 7 Mine
26 June 2015 - Alpha Natural Resources said Monday is has idled the North Fork No. 7 metallurgical coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, says a report by Platts.
Alpha Natural Resources Affiliates to Downsize Central Appalachian Mining Operations
28 May 2015 - Operating affiliates of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) have notified employees today of the expected idling of the mining and processing operations where they work.
Alpha Natural Resources Announces Results for First Quarter 2015
04 May 2015 - Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a leading U.S. coal supplier, reported a first quarter 2015 net income of $68 million or $0.30 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $56 million or $0.25 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2014.
Alpha Natural Resources Subsidiaries Downsizing West Virginia Mining Operations
03 March 2015 - Two operating affiliates of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. have notified their employees that certain West Virginia coal mines are being idled due to sustained weak market conditions and federal government regulations that have challenged the entire Central Appalachian mining industry.
Alpha Natural Resources Announces Additional Leadership Changes
20 January 2015 - Alpha Natural Resources Inc. announced that its president, Paul Vining, will be resigning his position with the company effective 31 January 2015 to accept a CEO position with a Cline Group affiliate that will be focused on the acquisition and operation of coal mines outside the United States.
Alpha Natural Resources Announces Retirement of CFO
09 January 2015 - Alpha Natural Resources Inc. announced that its chief financial officer, Frank Wood, will retire effective 28 February 2015.
Alpha Natural Resources Completes Sale of Amfire Mining Assets to Rosebud Mining
31 December 2014 - Alpha Natural Resources Inc. announced that its subsidiary AMFIRE Mining Co. LLC has completed the previously announced divestiture of substantially all of its assets to Rosebud Mining Co.
WARN Notices Expire For 8 Alpha Natural Resources Coal Mines in West Virginia
18 December 2014 - Alpha Natural Resources Inc. operating affiliates announced that the WARN notices for eight coal mines in West Virginia have expired and the mines and their approximately 750 workers will continue to operate.
Alpha Natural Resources Provides Update on WARN Notifications
03 October 2014 - Updating its announcement of 31 July, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. said that three of its operating affiliates have notified their employees that the coal mines where they work are being idled, resulting in job losses. One mine that had expected to be idled will continue to operate, while eight other mines have extended the period of time they will continue to operate.
Alpha Natural Resources Downsizing West Virginia Mining Operations
08 August 2014 - Eight operating affiliates of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. have notified their employees that the coal mines and other facilities where they work are subject to being idled due to sustained weak market conditions and government regulations that have challenged the entire Central Appalachian mining industry.
Alpha Natural Resources Affiliates Recognized for Safety Performance
11 June 2014 - Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal supplier, today announced that four of its affiliate operations received the Holmes Safety Award from the state of West Virginia for their safety accomplishments.
Alpha Natural Resources Concludes Comprehensive Environmental Agreement
07 March 2014 - Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced that it has entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and three states regarding claims under the Clean Water Act.
Alpha Natural Resources and Affiliates Recognized for Safety, Innovation and Environmental Excellence
08 November 2013 - Alpha Natural Resources and its affiliates, demonstrating their commitment to safety and continual improvement, recently received national and state recognition for mine safety performance, safety technology development and surface mine restoration.
Alpha Natural Resources Increases Met Coal Shipments in Second Quarter
06 August 2013 - Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. said it continues to proactively address changing market conditions by optimizing its mine portfolio and idling additional uneconomic metallurgical and thermal coal capacity, and it anticipates additional actions may be required between now and the end of the year.
Alpha Natural Resources Opens Running Right Leadership Academy
28 June 2013 - Alpha Natural Resources, a leading U.S. coal supplier, announced the opening of the Running Right Leadership Academy, a state-of-the-art comprehensive education and training facility for mine safety and operations located in Julian, W.Va.