NYSE, ANR - Alpha Natural Resources
We are a leading Appalachian coal supplier. We produce, process and sell steam
and metallurgical coal from eight regional business units, which, as of December
31, 2007, are supported by 32 active underground mines, 26 active surface mines
and 11 preparation plants located throughout Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky,
and Pennsylvania, as well as a road construction business in West Virginia and
Virginia that recovers coal. We are also actively involved in the purchase and
resale of coal mined by others, the majority of which we blend with coal
produced from our mines, allowing us to realize a higher overall margin for the
blended product than we would be able to achieve selling these coals separately.
Steam coal, which is primarily purchased by large utilities and industrial
customers as fuel for electricity generation, accounted for approximately 62% of
our 2007 coal sales volume. ...
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