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Blackjewel Mining, Belle Ayr and the adjacent Eagle Butte mine shuttered a few hours after its operator, Blackjewel LLC—the country's sixth-largest coal producer—abruptly filed for bankruptcy protection. — Kopper Glo Mining, LLC will take over and begin to operate the Black Mountain and Lone Mountain coal mining operations in Blackjewel, which has operated 32 properties across the country, including surface and underground coal mines, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in July 2019. (WYMT) - A new documentary follows the story of Harlan County coal miners who were unexpectedly fired and left without The North Fork mountaintop-removal coal mine, formerly owned by the now-bankrupt mining company Blackjewel, in Partridge, Ky. An additional 171 A Blackjewel strip mine in the hills behind Wallins Creek has not been reclaimed by the company causing environmental issues with the creek Appalachia's latest coal bankruptcy looks different than others — mines shut down immediately and paychecks were clawed back from employees' A federal bankruptcy judge in West Virginia could soon decide whether to allow the Blackjewel coal mining company, once the nation’s sixth-largest Case Background On July 1, 2019, Blackjewel, L. Read Kopper Glo Mining, LLC v. The bankruptcy set off a chain A recent development in the bankruptcy case of Blackjewel LLC could shine new light on why the company failed to pay the back wages of hundreds The Blackjewel bankruptcy case has been ongoing since the summer of 2019 when Blackjewel, LLC abruptly collapsed, leaving over 2,000 miners in Surface mining, a type of mining that Blackjewel and other coal companies use, has degraded land and water in Appalachia, causing erosion and landslides, floods, and water Blackjewel is a leading Central Appalachian coal producer, with 28 mines, 5 wash plants and 7 loadout facilities on the CSX and NS railroads located throughout Kentucky, Virginia and West While President Donald Trump claims a coal comeback, miners here are planning to move on from that troubled industry. e de. When Blackjewel filed for bankruptcy, and later sold the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines to Eagle Specialty Materials, the October sales agreement stipulated that Komatsu and the mines’ new A federal bankruptcy judge in West Virginia could soon decide whether to allow the Blackjewel coal mining company, once the nation’s sixth-largest This afternoon, a bankruptcy court issued a ruling that allows the Blackjewel coal company to immediately abandon cleanup obligations at 33 coal mines in Kentucky. When it declared During a recent wave of bankruptcies in the U. The Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines in the Powder River Basin have since come back online under new ownership. S. Legal issues continue to trail bankrupt coal firm Blackjewel nearly one year after it halted two of the largest mines in the nation. The Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines have a new buyer in a deal approved this week in court. LC. United States Attorneys for Blackjewel attempted to sell Blackjewel’s equipment and mining permits in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and Wyoming soon after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy The judge will need to issue a decision on the settlement first, according to Pillersdorf. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered bankrupt coal company Blackjewel to clean up a Kentucky mine site but rejected the commonwealth's argument it presented The assets were purchased through a new wholly-owned subsidiary of Rhino, Jewell Valley Mining LLC, and consists of three underground, mid-vol metallurgical coal mines in Virginia that were actively Contura Energy has sold two mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basis to Blackjewel LLC. 19, the Department of Interior, Eagle Specialty Materials (ESM), and the attorneys in Blackjewel’s bankruptcy case released a settlement agreement for unpaid royalties on federal coal Meanwhile, hundreds of miners have anxiously awaited news on who the new operator and employer in town will be. The two Hundreds of Wyoming workers were sent home indefinitely. Kopper Glo Mining, LLC et al RSS Track this Docket Docket Report This docket was last retrieved on February 6, 2024. More than two Former Blackjewel coal miners end months of protests and a layoff with a $5milllon deal for back pay after company's sudden bankruptcy. — It's day four of a protest by coal miners in Kentucky. tors in a cha. One group of miners, formerly employed by Blackjewel, now want The beleaguered Chapter 11 case of Blackjewel LLC will proceed to a future plan confirmation hearing after a bankruptcy judge denied a motion by the coal miner’s former CEO to convert Coal miners in Kentucky have been camped out on railroad tracks in Harlan County for more than a week. , the coal company that declared bankruptcy earlier this year and left hundreds of Kentucky miners unpaid for weeks of work, sparking a two Much of Blackjewel’s former coal empire in Virginia remains in disarray, even as a federal judge signed off on a bankruptcy settlement this week. Blackjewel, its affiliate Revelation Energy and other affiliated companies declared bankruptcy in July 2019, immediately throwing hundreds of miners out of work — unlike previous coal company bankruptcies, Blackjewel shut down immediately and didn’t continue to operate during the proceedings. In 2019, now-bankrupt coal mining company Blackjewel LLC transferred some $34 million to an investment firm owned by the wife of its former CEO and a family trust. 2019 Harlan County coal miners' protest The 2019 Harlan County coal miners' protest was a labor protest held by dozens of coal miners in Cumberland, Kentucky. The company sold its Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines along with reserves, equipment, infrastructure and other A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday gave coal miner Blackjewel LLC the go-ahead to abandon cleanup obligations at 33 coal mines it formerly ran in Kentucky, which environmental groups called a More than a hundred coal miners and their family members in similar situations gathered Wednesday in Whitesburg, Kentucky, in an attempt to get some answers and some of their pay from the failed Pearson’s first coal mining job at 18 years old was for Richard Gilliam’s company. Blackjewel Liquidation Tr. er 11 proceeding in th. In fact, many of the miners in Blackjewel mines worked for Gilliam. Blackjewel LLC. The nearly two-month blockade of a Kentucky railroad track is coming to an end as unpaid coal miners end their protest in order to take new jobs, LEXINGTON, Ky. In July of 2019, Blackjewel, sister company Revelation Energy and other affiliated mining operations filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Blackjewel LLC, the sixth-largest coal producer in the U. The station On Friday, Feb. Its operations, including vast Coal miners from Blackjewel coal company pass time playing cornhole on the railroad tracks that lead to one of the company's mines on August 8, 2019, near Most of the miners drifted away; some to mines in other states, others to retrain as truckers, or in hope of being hired by the company seeking to reopen the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and Bill of Sale Regarding Specific Assets by and between Blackjewel Holdings, LLC, as agent for the Blackjewel Sellers, and the Plaintiff, as Buyer (the What's Going On With The Shovels? Since October, Komatsu, a manufacturer and supplier of earth-moving equipment, sought to retrieve its two electric shovels Residents of Harlan grapple with the closure of coal mines that employed many who live in the Eastern Kentucky town. (WJHL) – Blackjewel miners blocked a train from leaving a coal mine in Harlan County according to CBS affiliate WYMT. The causes of the protest stemmed Bankrupt coal company Blackjewel has reached an agreement to transfer most of its mine permits to other companies, but the deal leaves open the potential for Bankrupt coal company Blackjewel has reached an agreement to transfer most of its mine permits to other companies, but the deal leaves open the potential for NORTON — Despite its characterization of its Chapter 11 filing for bankruptcy as a surprise, major U. It has been one year since Blackjewel filed for bankruptcy - the subsequent events of that day altered more than one thousand lives. L. coal sector, Blackjewel LLC and its affiliates emerged as a vehicle for some of the least-wanted assets of larger producers looking to lean operations. Blackjewel LLC, a bankrupt coal mining company, continued to shed assets, selling two mines in Kentucky and Virginia for $6. and four affiliated debtors (collectively, the "Debtors") each filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States KNOXVILLE, Tenn. A more recent docket listing may be Virginia regulators, a surety insurance company, and two coal companies are playing hot potato with 22 of bankrupt Blackjewel’s coal permits — and none of In December 2017, Contura’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Contura Coal West completed a transaction with Blackjewel to sell the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte mines, along with related coal reserves, equipment, Contura Energy has made a successful bid at an auction for the assets of three Blackjewel LLC coal mines, including two of the top producers in the country. Three Virginia strip mines, neglected in the wake of the Blackjewel bankruptcy, may finally have a buyer. Cloverlick Mine 1 belongs to Revelation Energy LLC, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sponsors of the Blackjewel LLC 401(k) Plan received permission from a bankruptcy court to terminate the $26 million plan. Former miners staged a On July 1, coal companies Blackjewel and Revelation Energy announced they were entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (WJHL) – A report filed by coal operator Rhino Resource Partners reveals which mines the company agreed to purchase from bankrupt Blackjewel during an auction CUMBERLAND, Ky. 35 million in cash plus other consideration. The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of out-of-work Blackjewel miners and any other “similarly situated” Patrick Fitchpatrick has worked at Blackjewel’s D-11 coal mine in Cumberland, Kentucky, for more than a year. ning, LLC acquired its mining operations from Blackjewel LLC and affiliates (“Blackjewel”), who w. But for many The Eagle Butte mine in Gillette, Wyo. In protest, coal miners blocked a train full of coal for months. With mining starting up again in some of Blackjewel’s former mines, some men will likely be headed back underground. 3 million settlement of a class action lawsuit would provide additional payment for hundreds of Appalachian coal miners who were The transfers occurred more than a year after a July 2017 “strategic restructuring” of Revelation/Blackjewel, in which Blackjewel purchased A notice filed in federal bankruptcy court in West Virginia announced that an auction for the assets of bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel LLC was Blackjewel has agreed to pay the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal miners the back wages they're due after the company closed, according to officials. But the Black Jewel was a coal company that operated in four states – Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming – and this July marked the Jeff Hoops built Blackjewel into the nation’s sixth largest coal company by acquiring bankrupt mines. coal producer Blackjewel, LLC, showed signs of being in On Wednesday, protestors struck an agreement with CSX to allow its engine to pass, but leave behind the coal. Blackjewel is among several coal companies that have filed bankruptcy in the last year as the industry faces financial Blackjewel Liquidation Trust, LLC v. Charles Mostoller/Reuters/Newscom Dozens of coal Lawyers for bankrupt coal mine operators Blackjewel LLC told a federal judge late Tuesday afternoon that it had secured new financing — a significant development after their previous Last Monday, the country’s sixth-largest coal producer, the mining company Blackjewel LLC (and its parent company Revelation Energy), struggling the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and Bill of Sale Regarding Specific Assets by and between Blackjewel Holdings, LLC, as agent for the Blackjewel Sellers, and the Plaintiff, as Buyer; Blackjewel LLC is in talks to obtain additional funding that would allow the troubled coal company to restart business operations and pay wages and benefits to laid-off employees for work Coal miners who blocked train tracks in Kentucky demanding to get paid for the coal they mined will benefit from a federal deal with the bankrupt company. WyoFile unpacks the transaction’s implications for coal country. , filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, with the Associated Press reporting the HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. C. The company they worked for, Blackjewel, declared bankruptcy last month, stopping The fate of thousands of acres of mines requiring tens of millions of dollars of reclamation was thrown into doubt when Blackjewel, Revelation Energy Heavy rains caused debris from an inactive coal mine to block portions of VA State Route 632 in late August — an event that might become all too Cumberland, Ky. Dozens of coal mines in Appalachia will soon be abandoned after a federal judge said he would approve West Virginia-based Blackjewel LLC's bankruptcy exit plan last week. For weeks, the miners and their families remained on the tracks, determined to halt any coal moving from the Blackjewel mines until they received their paychecks. But it remains to be seen if the new company would be able Blackjewel coal miners will have to wait at least another day to learn if the sale of the bankrupt coal company’s mines and equipment will deliver their overdue paychecks. In September 2019, the Pla. The bankruptcy also left the fate of thousan What follows below are a series of maps that show all the mines from the Blackjewel bankruptcy and their transfer and bond forfeiture status. . The announcement is one in a long string of An unreclaimed coal mine has sent mud and debris onto a neighboring property. On July 1, West Virginia-based Blackjewel went bankrupt in July and about 1,100 workers in central Appalachia lost several weeks of pay. They're blocking a train loaded with coal from leaving the mine after its owner, Blackjewel, the sixth largest coal A proposed $17. Blackjewel’s bankruptcy reshaped Appalachian coal country, exposing orphaned mine permits, unpaid miners, and cleanup and pension systems. (In re Blackjewel LLC), Civil Action 3:22-00570, see flags on bad law, and search Casetext’s comprehensive legal database Blackjewel and Contura found a new buyer for the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr coal mines in a deal that shorts state and county coffers but may mark the beginning of the end of a turbulent bankruptcy that Blackjewel miners made national headlines last summer with a nearly two-month protest that blocked a load of coal on railroad tracks in eastern Kentucky. ntiff Inmet . The mine is one of five Virginia permits owned by bankrupt Revelation Energy Blackjewel holds the license to mine coal while Contura, a company created out of the 2015 bankruptcy of Alpha Natural Resources, holds the Wyoming state mine permits. The current owner Blackjewel filed for bankruptcy on July 1 and shut the gates of the Last week, a judge gave Blackjewel permission to sell two giant surface mines in Wyoming and a West Virginia mine to another coal Blackjewel had 1,100 employees at its Appalachian mines in Eastern Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia, and about 600 at its surface-mining operations in Wyoming. He said he enjoyed the work right up until he The owner of 10 mining facilities in southwestern Virginia filed for bankruptcy this week, potentially dealing another blow to the state’s shrinking coal mining industry.

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