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Article: Coal company buys Maryland mine
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- March 28, 2006
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International Coal Group Inc. says it has significantly expanded
its Maryland production by acquiring the surface mining operations of
the Barton Mining Co. in Allegany County.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
ICG, based in Ashland, Ky., expects the Barton mine to produce
about 500,000 tons of bituminous coal annually, spokesman Charles
Snavely said Monday. That would nearly match the output of ICG's
Vindex Douglas mine in Garrett County, which produced about 606,000
tons in 2005, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
The Barton mine has been idle in recent weeks but production is
expected to resume by Saturday, ICG said.
"It probably will take in the range of 30 to 35 people" to ...