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Massey Energy Corporation

Type: Company

Name: Massey Energy Corporation (Massey Energy Co)

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.masseyenergyco.com/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Massey Energy Corporation

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Clearwire Corp

National business briefs for June 19

Obama hints Bernanke will leave after termPresident Barack Obama has given the clearest signal yet that Chairman Ben Bernanke will likely leave the Federal Reserve when his term ends in January.During an interview with PBS’ Charlie Rose that aired Monday, ... [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Clearwire Corp, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Ben Bernanke

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Ex-Massey official asks federal judge for leniency

A former Massey Energy executive who is cooperating with the criminal investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when she sentences him Aug. ... ... [Published Big News Network - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Massey Energy Corporation, Disaster, Criminal

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 4 reports

Ex-Massey official asks federal judge for leniency

BECKLEY, W.Va. -- A former Massey Energy executive who is cooperating with the criminal investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when she sentences him Aug. 1. David Hughart's life has been ruined by the "terrible ... [Published Charleston Gazette - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Don Blankenship, Conspiracy, Massey Energy Corporation, Mineral, Beckley (United States)

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Massey Energy Corporation

French man found in plane's cockpit to leave US

A military judge Tuesday refused a three-month trial delay for the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.A former Massey Energy official who is cooperating in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is ... [Published Galveston County Daily News - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Massey Energy Corporation, Fort Hood (United States), Disaster

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

United Mine Workers

Lesser of Two Evils

The argument against government regulation of commerce goes something like this. These regulations are cumbersome, confusing, expensive, inefficient, vaguely “unconstitutional,” and, ultimately, counter-productive, because they hurt the very businesses ... [Published RINF.com - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Massey Energy Corporation, Upper Big Branch Mine, United Mine Workers, Detonation, Performance Enhancing Drugs

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 2 reports

US Department of Labor

4th Circuit rejects further delay in Aracoma fire case

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a government effort to further delay consideration of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor over lax enforcement of mine safety laws at a Massey Energy operation where two miners died in a 2006 fir ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Massey Energy Corporation, US Department of Labor, Mineral

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 2 reports

Alpha Natural Resources Inc

Alpha idles mine; 160 workers let go

Boone County, W.V. -Alpha Natural Resources announces it will idle an underground mine in Boone County, West Virginia, affecting around 160 workers.We've learned the Alpha subsidiary Independence Coal's Justice Number 1 Mine will be closed.Alpha says ... [Published WCYB-TV - Jun 08 2013]

Entities: Workers, Massey Energy Corporation, Mineral, Alpha Natural Resources Inc

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Coal India signs non-disclosure agreements with Australian firms

One of the world's largest coal mining companies, Coal India, has signed non-disclosure pacts with Australian miners as part of its strategy to acquire international assets to overcome delays in mine start-ups in the domestic market and boost product ... [Published Mining Technology - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Coal India Limited, Coal, Mozambique, Domestic Market, Sinar Mas Group

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 4 reports

Sentencing for former Massey mine boss postponed

Sentencing is being delayed for a former Massey Energy official who pleaded guilty to charges resulting from an investigation into the 2010 explosion at another Massey mine that killed 29 men. A federal judge agreed Wednesday to postpone David Hughart's ... [Published Clarksburg Exponent Telegram - May 30 2013]

Entities: Don Blankenship, Sentencing, Massey Energy Corporation, Alpha Natural Resources Inc

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

More charges may come in case involving Haslams

The guilty pleas entered Wednesday were the first stemming from a two-year investigation of a rebate program at Pilot Flying J, the company controlled by the family of Gov. Bill Haslam and Browns owner Jimmy Haslam. The charges were filed weeks after ... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 30 2013]

Entities: Don Blankenship, Flying J Inc, Bill Haslam

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Author: Supreme Court Appalling, Chief Justice Blankenships Creature

Author Laurence Leamer called Brent Benjamin, chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, "Blankenship's creature" and said justices on the Supreme Court are "appalling" at a Saturday reading to promote his new book, "The Price of Justice: A True ... [Published HighBeam Research - May 21 2013]

Entities: Supreme Court, Laurence Leamer, Hugh Caperton, Don Blankenship

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Really? The private sector is that much better than the public sector?

by Chris Brady standard-journal.com | 0 commentsWe hear it over and over again. Nearly every time something goes wrong, people are paraded before various committees on Capitol Hill, where congressmen and senators ask questions — some legitimate, some ... [Published Standard-Journal - May 21 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, BP plc, Chris Brady, National Football League, Massey Energy Corporation

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...before the blast and "never worked a day at UBB," attorney Michael Whitt said in a sentencing memorandum for U S District Judge Irene Berger. Yet, "he has gone from affluent to totally destitute as a result of his crime." Hughart pleaded guilty to two federal charges of conspiracy in February, admitting he worked with others to give miners at another Massey subsidiary...

Ex-Massey official asks federal judge for leniency [Published Charleston Gazette - 14 hours ago]

"The team members are unaware of a similar situation in which health and safety hazards were so prevalent, and conditions in the mine so deplorable, yet MSHA personnel at so many levels failed to follow established agency policies and procedures which are designed to provide that coal mines be fully and effectively inspected" said the MSHA internal review, release in June 2007

4th Circuit rejects further delay in Aracoma fire case [Published Charleston Gazette - Jun 12 2013]

Justice's "production this year was running about 50-50 thermal and low rank met coal," Alpha spokesman Ted Pile said Monday. "Pricing is poor even for the met coal, probably in the $70[/st] range" at the preparation plant

Eastern US producer Alpha Natural Resources shuts met/steam coal mine [Published Platts - Jun 10 2013]

...met coal is a highly cyclical and volatile product, with the highest qualities found in relatively few locations around the globe," Alpha said. "In the intermediate to long run, the world is expected to require increasing volumes of met coal, and when market conditions improve, we believe Alpha is well-positioned to benefit from its leadership position in met coal reserves, met coal production and export terminal capacity."

Alpha to close Boone mine [Published Charleston Gazette - Jun 07 2013]

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National business briefs for June 19 [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - 9 hours ago]
Ex-Massey official asks federal judge for leniency [Published Big News Network - 12 hours ago]
Ex-Massey official asks federal judge for leniency [Published Charleston Gazette - 14 hours ago]
French man found in plane's cockpit to leave US [Published Galveston County Daily News - 18 hours ago]
Ex-coal official seeks leniency in conspiracy case [Published Herald-Palladium - 19 hours ago]
Ex-coal company official asks judge for lenienc... [Published Canadian Business Magazine - 19 hours ago]
Ex-Coal Official Seeks Leniency in Conspiracy Case [Published ABC News - 20 hours ago]
Lesser of Two Evils [Published RINF.com - Jun 18 2013]
The Price of Justice [Published Corporate Crime Reporter - Jun 17 2013]
Fluor: A Solid Large Cap With Big Appreciation ... [Published Seeking Alpha - Jun 17 2013]
Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU), Alpha Natural... [Published InsiderMonkey.com - Jun 12 2013]
4th Circuit rejects further delay in Aracoma fi... [Published Big News Network - Jun 12 2013]
4th Circuit rejects further delay in Aracoma fi... [Published Charleston Gazette - Jun 12 2013]
4th Circuit shoots down delay tactics in Aracom... [Published Charleston Gazette - Jun 11 2013]
Is it Finally Time to Buy Coal Stocks? [Published Motley Fool - Jun 11 2013]
Eastern US producer Alpha Natural Resources shu... [Published Platts - Jun 10 2013]
Alpha idles mine; 160 workers let go [Published WCYB-TV - Jun 08 2013]
Alpha to close Boone mine [Published Charleston Gazette - Jun 07 2013]
Alpha shuts down Boone mine, cuts 160 jobs [Published WOWK - Jun 07 2013]
New Documents in West Virginia Coal Lawsuit Shi... [Published SPi World News - Jun 07 2013]
Coal India signs non-disclosure agreements with... [Published Mining Technology - Jun 07 2013]
Environmental Groups Sue Landowners Over Mounta... [Published Insurance Journal - Jun 03 2013]
Sentencing for former Massey mine boss postponed [Published Clarksburg Exponent Telegram - May 30 2013]
Sentencing delayed for Massey official [Published Charleston Gazette - May 30 2013]
Sentencing for former Massey mine boss postponed [Published WCHS-TV - May 30 2013]
More charges may come in case involving Haslams [Published Investors Business Daily - May 30 2013]
Sentencing delayed for Massey official [Published Charleston Gazette - May 30 2013]
Bestselling author and journalist to speak June 6 [Published TCPalm - May 29 2013]
Alpha opening safety facility required by UBB s... [Published State Journal - May 29 2013]
Lawsuits: Reclaimed W.Va. mines still polluting [Published Investors Business Daily - May 29 2013]

Blogs

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Laurence Leamer: Two Lawyers Epic Struggle Goes On [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Apr 22 2013] Don Blankenship, the chairman of Massey Energy, drove Hugh Caperton's Harman Mine into bankruptcy in 1998. Pittsburgh lawyers Dave Fawcett and Bruce Stanley took on Caperton's case on contingency and fought it with relentless tenacity. Read More... More ...
Open thread for night owls: Gun sense [Published Daily Kos - Apr 12 2013] This advertisement was produced by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America : Blast from the Past . At Daily Kos on this date in 2010 — A Fatal Mischance : Yesterday, hope for a miracle deep beneath the mountains of West Virginia was extinguished ...
Need Not Twist Boston Arms to Pressure Bank of ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Mar 29 2013] Perhaps it’s the weather or our coastal position, the intellectual attitudes or revolutionary roots–this much is clear: there is no shortage of enthusiasm in Boston to expose Bank of America (BofA) as the #1 financier of U.S. coal and climate change. ...
Republican attacks on labor board haven't just ... [Published Daily Kos - Mar 25 2013] The right to organize is one more casualty of the filibuster.Faced with a barrage of attacks from congressional Republicans and corporate groups, the National Labor Relations Board has been struggling to fulfill its mission of protecting workers' rights ...
'It's Ruined Me' [Published AFL-CIO NOW BLOG - Mar 25 2013] For a heart-breaking look at how the Republican-engineered dysfunction at the National Labor Relations Board is affecting working men and women, check out Dave Jamieson’s weekend piece in The Huffington Post. Jamieson chronicles the nine-year ordeal ...

Press Releases

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Global PTM Provides Solution for Alpha Natural ... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Feb 21 2013]
Patriot Coal Names Bennett K. Hatfield Chief Ex... [Published PR Newswire - Oct 24 2012]