Coal Will Remain Part of Energy Mix, Companies Tell Conference in California

摘要

Murray Energy Corp. is banking on coal remaining a key source of energy in the U.S. and elsewhere well into the future, Robert Murray, the chief executive officer of the Ohio-based company, said at a conference in Santa Barbara, Calif. The privately owned company is pursuing new coal assets in the Midwest, even as Murray accuses the Obama administration of trying to eliminate the nation's coal industry.