Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) To Curtail Kentucky Mine Output, Says 'Uneconomic'

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:ANR) will cut back coal output from Kentucky mines, citing continued market pressures and new regulatory actions on coal-fired power plants.Abingdon, Virginia-based Alpha termed production from certain mines in northern and southern Kentucky business units "uneconomic" and the coal producer announced 150 job cuts in the affected sites.The company said the