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  • Stranded assets and bankruptcy threaten US coal miners, says S&P

    01 September 2015

    Environmental regulations and supply-demand imbalances threaten to force more US coal mining firms into bankruptcy, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor's.

  • Environmental non-profit buys US coal mines

    18 August 2015

    ERP Compliant Fuels (ERP), an environmentally-focused non-profit, has agreed to buy various assets, including two coal mines, from Patriot Coal, as part of the latter's bankruptcy proceedings.