Blackhawk Mining, LLC., a coal company with 2,800 employees in Kentucky and West Virginia, plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy later this week, according to documents released by the company.

The Environmental Quality Council last week voted to delay a decision on who holds mining permits for the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines pending further clarity regarding Blackjewel’s chaotic bankruptcy.

A coal operator in southern West Virginia is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but the outcome is expected to make for a stronger company with an improved forward looking forecast.

This year, the captain’s choice golf tournament will be held in conjunction with the Bluefield Coal Show at the “Fincastle on the Mountain” in Bluefield, Virginia on Tuesday, September 10, 2019.

As black lung disease surges in Appalachia, some coal miners are going to Washington, D.C., to lobby for restoration of a tax that coal companies pay to a trust fund to help former workers with the illness.

China’s economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter that ended in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington.