Alpha to lay off 1,100 workers, mothball 11 coal mines in the US

[caption id="attachment_793504" align="aligncenter" width="600"] WV Coal Miner Memorial, by Jimmy Emerson, DVM.[/caption] The U.S. second largest coal producer Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) announced that it is planning to idle 11 West Virginia surface coal mines and lay off about...