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W.Va. mine where 2010 blast killed 29 is sealed
Alpha Natural Resources has completed sealing the West Virginia mine where an explosion killed 29 workers in 2010. Alpha spokesman Ted Pile tells The Register-Herald that crews put the final concrete seal in place at the Upper Big Branch mine on...
Tags: Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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West Virginia mine where 29 men died two years ago will be sealed
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- The owner of the West Virginia mine where 29 men died in an explosion two years ago on Thursday says it will begin to permanently seal the mine soon and finish the job by summer. Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources, which...
Tags: Natural Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated, Energy Resources, Environmental Issues
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Massey must answer investors' lawsuit by June 18
Attorneys for Massey Energy now have until June 18 to formally respond in court to shareholders who say they were deliberately misled about the coal company's safety record. The parties agreed to the new deadline in a filing in U.S. District Court in...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance
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Ex-superintendent pleads guilty in West Virginia mine blast case
The former superintendent of West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge. Gary May of Bloomingrose faces up to five years in prison. Sentencing is set for Aug. 9. May pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S. District...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System, Judges
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Settlements finally reached for all victims of Upper Big Branch mine disaster
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) --
A lawyer for the estates of two Upper Big Branch miners says Alpha Natural Resources has settled wrongful death lawsuits with the families of all 29 victims of West Virginia's 2010 disaster.
Virginia-based Alpha didn't...Tags: Natural Resources, Crime, Law and Justice, Natural Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Lawyers
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Massey agrees to deal to be taken over
NEW YORK (AP) -- Massey Energy Company has agreed to be taken over by Alpha Natural Resources.
Massey has been struggling with losses after an explosion that killed 29 workers at a West Virginia coal mine last spring.
Alpha is paying $7.1 billion in...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated, Mining, Kentucky, West Virginia
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Feds blame gas, dust for deadly W.Va. mine blast
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Federal investigators say a small methane gas ignition fueled by excessive coal dust that piled up at Massey Energy Co.'s Upper Big Branch mine caused the April 5 explosion that killed 29 miners.
The Mine Safety and Health...Tags: Career and Workplace, Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at Work, Industrial Accidents
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Sentencing for ex-Massey mine boss delayed as investigation into '10 W.Va. explosion continues
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — Sentencing is being delayed for a former Massey Energy mine president who pleaded guilty to charges resulting from an investigation into the 2010 explosion at another Massey operation that killed 29 men. The Charleston Gazette...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System, Judges
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W.Va. court hopefuls address issues
The candidates for two seats up this year on West Virginia’s Supreme Court appeared split along party lines Wednesday regarding the need for a mid-level appeals court. The two Republicans, Jefferson County Circuit Judge John Yoder and Supreme Court...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Summits, Greenbrier
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Cheap coal? Tell that to the dead miners' families
Opinion L.A.President Obama announced new EPA rules Tuesday that sharply limit the output of carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants. Not surprisingly, the mining industry objected. But it's wrong.... -
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Activists: Syrian troops launch major offensive in suburb of capital Damascus BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say Syrian troops are attacking a suburb of the capital Damascus in what they described as one of the most violent campaigns since the year-old...
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