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SEC filing details moves toward Alpha-Massey deal
On April 26, 2010, then-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship began a much-publicized campaign to absolve his company of any blame in the deaths three weeks earlier of 29 miners at its Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County. That same day, Blankenship had another important piece of business to attend to: He met with Michael Quillen, chairman of the board of Alpha Natural Resources to hear Alpha's pitch for a buyout of Massey.
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SEC filing details moves toward Alpha-Massey deal
On April 26, 2010, then-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship began a much-publicized campaign to absolve his company of any blame in the deaths three weeks earlier of 29 miners at its Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County. That same day, Blankenship had another important piece of business to attend to: He met with Michael Quillen, chairman of the board of Alpha Natural Resources to hear Alpha's pitch for a buyout of Massey.
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