Home › Coal struggle endures with West Virginia mine layoff plans
 

Keywords :   


Coal struggle endures with West Virginia mine layoff plans

2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: From Boone County banker Lee Milam's experience, each round of coal mine layoffs that hits southern West Virginia stifles his community's already-fragile economy. Thursday's news was especially bitter. Coal giant Alpha Natural Resources revealed plans to shed 1,100 workers at 11 West Virginia surface mines and related operations by mid-October. In Boone, where about 2,400 people work in coal mining, two mines employing 462 people could be shuttered. Potentially, that's 462 fewer folks, averaging...

Tags: west plans mine virginia

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news
»
28.06Martin Automatic celebrates successful return of drupa
28.06Pubco turns to HP for luxury packaging
28.06Rohit Aggarwal Joins Lenzing\'s Management Board and Named Designated CEO
28.06Fujitsu expert: I didn't think Horizon was a monster
28.06BCFs Coatings Ambassador Program Trains Its 50th Ambassador
28.06Cost of summer cookout reaches record high
28.06Heritage Environmental Services to Acquire EBV from General Dynamics
28.06Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
More »