McConnell supports miners blockading coal train to get back pay
Coal miners in Kentucky blockaded a CSX Corp. train on Monday after going without pay for a month following the bankruptcy of their employer Blackjewel LLC.
U.S. miners have stabilized or even increased productivity at both surface and underground coal operations in the past two years, a study released Monday shows.
A chart by the Wall Street Journal shows that capital expenditures by the big oil companies are exceeding cash flow at a higher rate than the major miners.