Former Blacksville No. 2 mine near Brave to close this summer
A Murray-owned longwall coal mine based near Brave that straddles the Pennsylvania-West Virginia state line will close later this summer.
Monongalia County Resources Inc. filed a WARN notice with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry this month announcing it will lay off 180 workers as it permanently closes the former Blacksville No. 2 mine, which is located in Greene and Monongalia counties.
The first stage of layoffs are expected to occur from Aug. 9 to Aug. 23, while the second stage of layoffs will be completed by Sept. 21, according to the WARN notice.
Murray Energy purchased the mine – and four other longwall mines in West Virginia – from Consol Energy in October 2013 for $3.5 billion.
The mine is currently operated by American Consolidated Natural Resources, Inc., which is the company that emerged after Murray Energy’s bankruptcy proceedings last year.