Alpha Natural Resources Can Tap Bankruptcy Loan

08/05/15
A Komatsu Ltd. bulldozer dumps coal onto a pile at the Brooks Run Mining Co., owned by Alpha Natural Resources Inc., in Cucumber, W.Va., in January 2011.
Jon C. Hancock/Bloomberg News

Coal miner Alpha Natural Resources, which filed for chapter 11 protection Monday, won approval to start tapping its bankruptcy financing. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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