Alpha talks self-bonding with West Virginia

摘要

Alpha Natural Resources has been talking to West Virginia regulators about a plan to transition its self-bonding liability to another method of assuring reclamation obligations. The coal mining company notified the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Mining and Reclamation on 5 August that it may not be in compliance with at least one of the state's requirements for self-bonding. The agency estimated Alpha had about $250mn in bonding liabilities.