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suffers - everyone except, perhaps, companies such as A.T. Massey Coal Co. and Island Creek Coal Co. that hire the contractors. Staff writer Paul Nyden and photographer Jim Noelker detail the millions of dollars these companies owe... Published: Friday, December 24, 1993 Words: 73
Why do contractors put up with all this? Most of the deals are incredibly one-sided in favor of the company. The company sets the price for the coal and often has the right to unilaterally cancel a contract with 30 days' notice. The... Published: Sunday, November 14, 1993 Words: 773
environmental fines. But staff writer Paul Nyden and photographer Jim Noelker found another casualty of this sad chapter in Appalachian coal history: safety. The latest installment of the series "Coalfield Contracts: Mining at What... Published: Friday, December 17, 1993 Words: 79
the coal industry's long history in central Appalachia: contract mining. An earlier segment focused on Island Creek Coal Co. This story, and those that follow, focus on A.T. Massey Coal Co. The series is based on months of interviews... Published: Sunday, November 28, 1993 Words: 2264
miners or contractors, big companies get their money. Landholders get royalties between 7 percent and 10 percent of coal's sale price. Coal producers send their profits out of the region to corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, Greenwich,... Published: Sunday, November 07, 1993 Words: 2815
sold and concocted "artificial sales pricesfar below the actual sales price of the coal." Black Horse's debts are typical for bankrupt coalcontractors. The company owed its miners $246,168 in wages and benefits, and $1. 1 million to... Published: Monday, November 29, 1993 Words: 1820
Since 1978, A.T. Massey Coal Co. has created more than 110 subsidiaries and hired nearly 500 independent contractors to mine its coal. Most of the contractors eventually went out of business or bankrupt. Former company President E.... Published: Tuesday, November 30, 1993 Words: 1754
PRENTER _ "A.T. Massey Coal has reduced contractors to the status of sharecroppers," says Bill Abraham Sr. "You grow all the food. The landowner takes the big end of everything." Abraham and his sons are among 475 contractors Massey... Published: Wednesday, December 01, 1993 Words: 1744
he is or where he is at." Coalfield Contracts: Mining at What Price?" will continue Nov. 28 with stories focusing on A.T. Massey Coal Co. contractors.... Published: Wednesday, November 10, 1993 Words: 1735
said. "It may be a hit for western coal, because their costs are so much cheaper." Grasser said Clinton's tax could increase the price of western coal by almost 47 percent, to about $14 a ton. The price of eastern coal would increase... Published: Sunday, February 21, 1993 Words: 689
