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Richmond’s king of coal
Among the most ardent opponents of federal cap-and-trade legislation is Massey CEO Don Blankenship. Blankenship recently took some time out from running the Richmond-based coal company and posting on his Twitter page to answer
Read More »Massey hosts anti-climate bill rally in W. Va.
On Labor Day, tens of thousands of people converged upon a reclaimed mining site in West Virginia for a part-protest part-concert organized by Richmond-based coal company Massey Energy
Read More »Massey hit with new safety requirements
Massey Energy will have to increase safety at its mines after the October death of a miner in West Virginia
Read More »Mammoth case massive headache for Massey
Massey Energy lost a major appeal yesterday in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond. The court ruled to uphold a lower court ruling that requires the Richmond-based coal company to rehire
Read More »Massey CEO joins the Twitterati
Don Blankenship, chief executive of Massey Energy, has been tweeting away on Twitter since June 19. Massey is the nation’s fourth largest coal producer and the repeated target of protests over their mining practices
Read More »Massey Supreme Court case sets precedent
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a West Virginia judge should have recused himself from a trial involving Richmond-based Massey Energy Company. The appeals court judge, Brent Benjamin, received $3 million in
Read More »Gee steps down from Massey board
Ohio State University president E. Gordon Gee has stepped down from his post on the Massey Energy board after nine years. Gee was re-elected at the company’s shareholder’s meeting held at the Jefferson Hotel
Read More »Highest Paid Execs in Richmond
Thirteen out of the top 40 highest paid executives of publicly traded companies are based in Richmond, according to the most recent issue of Virginia Business magazine. The following figures are total annual compensation
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