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...Don Blankenship, the former chief executive of coal producer Massey Energy, is running to be a US senator for West Virginia, despite having spent a year in gaol over the Upper Big Branch mine disaster, which...
...Russell’s Mrs Hudson struggles to maintain decorum while Massey, in various guises, constantly threatens to undermine her....
...In 2011 it made the largest ever acquisition in the US coal industry, buying Massey Energy for $8.5bn including debt....
...The explosion appears to have been the worst industrial accident since a massive coal dust explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, then owned by Massey Energy, which killed 29 workers in April 2010....
...US miners made matters worse with an ill-timed takeover boom in 2010-11, when Peabody bought Macarthur Coal in Australia, Alpha bought Massey Energy, Arch bought International Coal Group, and Walter bought...
...It also cited other factors, including lower than expected production from some of its mines, including some brought in with the $8.5bn acquisition of Massey Energy agreed at the start of the year....
...Last year, reports suggested Massey could be a buyer for West Virginia-based ICG, and Arch was said to be looking at a bid for Massey....
...Massey’s review is being advised by Perella Weinberg Partners LP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP....
...Additional reporting by Helen Thomas and Ed Crooks in New York...
...For Martin Richenhagen, chief executive of Agco, the Georgia-based manufacturer of Massey Ferguson and other agricultural equipment, Mr Obama’s plan to double exports is “another proof that the American...
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