Alpha Pays $209 Million in Upper Big Branch Settlement

By Jamie Goodman | February 21, 2012 |

Alpha Natural Resources, the global coal company that purchased Massey Energy in January 2011, reached a settlement with victim’s families and the Mine Safety and Health Administration for $209 million in civil and criminal penalties for a mine explosion that killed 29 workers last year. The explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, one of…

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