Cumberland
Coal Resources LP, a subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources, has
temporarily suspended production at its Cumberland underground
longwall mine in Greene County, Pa. due to adverse geological
conditions in the mine's headgate area.
While
mine employees work to mitigate the conditions that halted
operations, the mine is on idle status as of Monday, and coal
shipments have ceased, the company said in a press release. "Cumberland's management currently anticipates
that it will be at least several weeks before production resumes." During this period the mine will maintain a reduced workforce of
employees who are key to bringing the longwall back into production.
Alpha
Natural Resources is one of the largest and most regionally
diversified coal suppliers in the United States. With mining
operations in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and
Wyoming, Alpha supplies metallurgical coal to the steel industry and
thermal coal to generate power to customers on five continents.
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