Alpha Natural Resources announced Monday that WARN notices for
eight coal mines in West Virginia
Alpha added in the announcement that
the longer-term plans for these mines will continue to depend upon market
prices and demand.
The initial WARN notices were issued on
July 31 at 11 different W.Va. surface mine sites, plus certain support
operations, advising workers that their facilities were expected to idle.
Then on September 26 eight of those
mines received WARN extension notices.
Alpha Chairman and CEO Kevin Crutchfield credited the efforts
that the mine operators and their workers undertook in reducing their costs to
compensate for weak coal prices.
Alpha President Paul Vining said that
in addition to reducing the cost of extracting the coal, sales opportunities
have improved in some locations
