Coal Symposium: Simply, success! 3-day event sets new show standards Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Bluefield Coal Symposium that ended Friday after three intensive days left more than its purpose of mine safety, mining legislation and training. It solidified thought, focused determination, and a welded a satisfaction of unity among coal industry leaders and elected officials.
Coal mine worker surge Gillette News Record
Increasing demand and production, impending retirements and an eye toward future growth that includes two new mines has area coal mines hiring at clip not seen in years.
Two Sago mine workers committed suicide: company Reuters via Yahoo! News
Two workers at West Virginia's Sago coal mine committed suicide in the last month, nine months after 12 miners died there in the state's worst mining disaster for almost 40 years, the mine's owner said on Wednesday.
Massey Energy Reports Sale of Falcon Reserves and Updates Expectations PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Massey Energy Company today announced that it had reached an agreement to sell its Falcon reserves, located in Boone County, West Virginia, to a privately held coal company for approximately $31 million.
Massey further cuts coal shipments WRIC 8
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Massey Energy might be for sale. The Richmond-based coal mining company said today it has hired investment banking firm Goldman Sachs to find ways to increase its value to shareholders. Often, that means finding a buyer.
State-of-the-art mine opens Charleston Daily Mail
Gov. Joe Manchin and Arch Coal Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Steve Leer are among the dignitaries who were expected to be on hand today as Arch Coal marked the opening of its Mountain Laurel mining complex in Logan County.
Editorial: Pain continues from Sago mine disaster Orange Leader
THE REGISTER-HERALD (BECKLEY, W.V.) Opinion: The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. The uproar surrounding the January tragedy at Sago peaked again this week when it was learned that two more miners have died, these attributed to separate suicides.
W.Va. Safety Chief: Sago Report Coming AP via Yahoo! Finance
The state's report on the Sago Mine disaster should be released within two weeks, West Virginia's new coal mine safety chief said Thursday.
Great strides in mine safety — Rahall: Symposium vitally important Bluefield Daily Telegraph
This year began on a dark and mournful note in the coalfields of our state. For a moment, the darkness was bathed in the lights and flashes of a concerned and attentive world media. As Senator Byrd said at the time, this attention will wane, but our work on behalf of the miner never will.
Police: Sago Mine suffers suicide tragedy CNN.com
Two men who worked at West Virginia's Sago Mine during the January disaster that killed 12 miners have committed suicide in the past month, state police said Tuesday.

Mine official apologizes to families - US Life - MSNBC.com
It was the nation’s deadliest coal mining disaster in more than four years. He was in the intensive care unit at West Virginia University’s Ruby Memory
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CNN.com - 'Sound of moans' led rescuers to surviving miner - Jan 4
Rescuers found the sole survivor of an explosion that trapped 13 miners in a West Virginia coal mine "by the sound of moans," mining officials said


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CNN.com 'Sound of moans' led rescuers to surviving miner Jan 4
Rescuers found the sole survivor of an explosion that trapped 13 miners in a West ia coal mine "by the sound of moans," mining officials said
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West ia Gov. Joe Manchin orders a temporary halt to coal mining in the state after two more mine workers die in separate acciden.
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