Coal operator Alpha Natural Resources has expanded to nearly two dozen the number of mine properties it plans to sell as part of its bankruptcy case, the Associated Press reported on Friday. A notice filed by the company’s lawyers this week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond listed 23 properties to be sold, up from 16 listed in an October filing. Fourteen properties are active operations while the others are closed or are being closed. Some properties have several mines. Fifteen properties are in West Virginia, including Bandmill Coal Corp., which has four mines, and the Twilight Surface Mine. Other properties to be sold include the Coalgood Surface Mine, the Process Energy and EMC No. 9 mines, and Martin County Coal Company in Kentucky; the Tiller No. 1 Mine in Virginia; Tennessee Consolidated Coal in Tennessee; and Wabash in Illinois.
