Southern Coal to reopen met mine in Eastern Kentucky

摘要

Eastern Kentucky’s Central Appalachian coal region is showing signs ofrnrecovery with the decision by Southern Coal Corp.’s Beech Creek Coal affiliaternto reopen a long-idled surface mine in Pike County.rnThe mine is scheduled to produce about 600,000 tons of metallurgicalrncoal annually, Dustin Deane, associate counsel for the James C JusticernCompanies Inc of Roanoke, Va., said in a weekend email to S&P Global Platts.rnJim Justice, the company’s founder and owner, is the Democratic governorrnof West Virginia.