Alpha says goodbye to Massey Coal with sign unveiling

Yesterday, Alpha Natural Resources unveiled its new sign, signifying the end of the troubled and controversial Massey Coal Co., which Alpha bought and merged with in the wake of the legal and financial repurcussions of the April 5, 2010 explosion at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine in West Virgina that killed 29 miners.

In this video for the Charleston Gazette (http://wvgazette.com), Alpha CEO Kevin S. Crutchfield talks of how long he has looked forward to this day and how rooted Alpha is in Appalachia and committed to its people and worker safety. After the sign unveiling, though, he walks away from any questions from the local and state media, although he was happy to do interviews behind closed doors with the national media. Perhaps not the best impression for Day One of the post-Massey reign of the new Alpha dog in coal production in the Appalachian coal fields.

See the related Gazette story here: http://wvgazette.com/Multimedia/201106011052
And for ongoing background and developing news about the legal ramifications of the mine disaster and Alpha's new role, follow Ken Ward's Coal Tattoo blog at: http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/

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