For the second year in a row, the expert mine rescue team from The American Coal Company took first place at the Robert E. Jones Mine Rescue Competition. The American Coal Company is an independent operating subsidiary of Ohio-based Murray Energy Corporation. (read more)
Jeff Clark, a veteran miner at KenAmerican Resources, Inc. took first place in the pre-shift contest at the 34th Alabama Mine Rescue Contest held recently at Bevill State Community College in Sumiton, Alabama. (read more)
Murray Energy Corporation announced that it will host an investor conference call to discuss first quarter 2010 finanical results on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 11:00am, Eastern Daylight Time. (read more)
Murray Energy Corporation announced today that it will post its quarterly report for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 on Murray Energy's secure investor website on May 17, 2010. (read more)
Murray Energy Corporation announced that it will host an investor conference call to discuss fiscal year 2009 financial results on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time. Access to the investor conference call will be limited to holders of the 10.25% Senior Secured Notes due in 2015 and certain broker-dealers and securities analysts. (read more)
Murray Energy Corporation announced today that it will post its annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 on Murray Energy's secure investor website on March 26, 2010. The anunal report is being furnished pursuant to the Indenture governing the 10.25% senior secured notes due 2015. (read more)
Murray Energy Corporation announced today that it will host an investor conference call to discuss third quarter 2009 financial results on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time. Access to the investor conference call will be limited to holders of the 10.25% Senior Secured Notes due in 2015 and certain broker-dealers and securities analysts. (read more)
Murray Energy Corporation announced today that it will post its quarterly report for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 on Murray Energy's secure investor website on November 14, 2009. The quarterly report is being furnished pursuant to the Indenture governing the 10.25% senior secured notes due 2015. (read more)
Mr. Robert E. Murray, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Murray Energy Corporationand Director of OhioAmerican Energy, Incorporated, confirmed that ninety-one (91) hourly and salaried employees were laid off today at the Redbird West Mine, leaving sevnty-five (75) employees still working. (read more)
Murray Energy Corporation announced today that it has successfully completed its private offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 10.25% senior secured notes due 2015. The offering of Senior Secured Notes was made to qualified institutional buyers within the United States pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act in 1933, as amended and to persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. (read more)
Mine fire brigades from American Energy Corporation and The Ohio Valley Coal Company recently completed specialized training in mine firefighting during two weeks of exercises at the Safety Research Coal Mine operated by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) near Pittsburgh. American Energy Corporation and The Ohio Valley Coal Company are independent operating subsidiaries of Murray Energy Corporation. (read more)
Leaders from American Equipment and Machine, Inc., (AEMI) today announced the official opening of the company’s new manufacturing facility in Centralia, Illinois. The approximately 460,000 square foot machine shop at 2400 South Wabash Ave. will rebuild and manufacture longwall mining equipment for parent company Murray Energy Corporation’s coal mines. (read more)
A member of KenAmerican Resources’ mine rescue team took first place in the pre-shift contest at the recent Western Kentucky Safety Days competition in Madisonville. KenAmerican Resources, Inc. is an independent operating subsidiary of Ohio-based Murray Energy Corporation. (read more)
Perhaps the most destructive legislation in our Country's history will, as soon as next week, be voted on in the United States House of Representatives - the Waxman/Markey Tax Bill in the guise of addressing climate change. It will have adverse and lingering consequences for every American. It will raise the cost of electricity in our homes, the fuel for our cars, and the energy which produces our manufacturing jobs, with little or no environmental benefit. (read more)
Most states will lose under H.R. 2454 . . . (read more)
The expert mine rescue team from The American Coal Company has won yet another mine rescue contest, taking first place at the Robert E. Jones Mine Rescue Competition. The American Coal Company is an independent operating subsidiary of Ohio-based Murray Energy Corporation. (read more)
OhioAmerican Energy, Inc.’s Star Ridge Coal Preparation Plant received the Pacesetter Award for Mine Safety from the West Virginia Council of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association. The award recognizes the Star Ridge preparation plant’s record of 545 days without a lost-time accident and was presented during the West Virginia council’s annual meeting May 2. OhioAmerican Energy, Inc. is an independent operating subsidiary of Murray Energy Corporation. (read more)
The highly-decorated mine rescue team from The American Coal Company recently participated in a mine rescue disaster drill at the Patikki Mine outside of Carmi. The American Coal Company rescue team was one of only three teams invited to participate in the Mine Emergency Response Development (MERD) exercise sponsored by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) District 8 office and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. (read more)
Two teams from the American Energy Corporation’s Century Mine fire brigade recently completed advanced training in mine fire emergency response. The intensive training, which included live-fire exercises, is only considered suitable for fire brigades that already have substantial expertise and skill.(read more)
Two members from each of Murray Energy Corporation’s independent operating subsidiaries’ fire brigades were recently certified in the maintenance and service of self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBAs), used by the brigades when responding to fires and other mine emergencies where breathing protection is required. (read more)
Murray Energy Corporation is probably best known in southeastern Ohio for its three independent operating subsidiaries: The Ohio Valley Coal Company in Alledonia, OhioAmerican Energy, Inc. in Brilliant, and American Energy Corporation in Beallsville. Combined, these three companies and the mines they operate employ 1,200 Ohioans and produce some 14 million tons of coal annually. (read more)
The mine rescue team from The Ohio Valley Coal Company’s (Ohio Valley) Powhatan No. 6 Mine took top honors in the first annual State of Ohio Mine Rescue Competition held on October 9 in Cadiz – edging out a team from American Energy Corporation’s (American Energy) Century Mine. Both coal mining operations are independent operating subsidiaries of Cleveland-based Murray Energy Corporation. (read more)