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Coal Mines Closing

Mike

Well-known member
Just as Buckwheat promised..........................................'Electricity costs will necessarily skyrocket". :mad:
Sep 18, 2:13 PM EDT


Alpha closing 8 mines, cutting 1,200 jobs in all

By VICKI SMITH
Associated Press


MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources said Tuesday it was cutting production by 16 million tons and eliminating 1,200 jobs companywide, laying off 400 workers immediately by closing mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

The mine shutdowns start Tuesday, while the rest of the layoffs will be completed by the end of the first quarter after Alpha fulfills current sales obligations, Chief Executive Officer Kevin Crutchfield said. In all, the layoffs amount to nearly a tenth of Alpha's 13,000-person workforce.

Alpha said it was closing four mines in West Virginia, three in Virginia and one in Pennsylvania. They are a mix of deep and surface mines, and all are non-union operations.

Alpha didn't immediately name the mines because it wanted to inform all the workers first.

Company spokesman Ted Pile said most of the displaced workers may eventually be rehired, either assigned to new jobs in other locations or replacing outside contractors. Only 150 workers in West Virginia and three in Pennsylvania will not have any other employment opportunities with the company, he said.

Though some miners will stay on to seal the operations, most will either be reassigned or laid off immediately.
 

loomixguy

Well-known member
They will open back up when Romney is elected. :wink:

The EPA is the new SS/Gestapo...waaaaay too much power, but they are slowly getting reined in.
 
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