Summary
For a resurgent industry struggling to find enough workers, the underground death of 12 miners in West Virginia couldn't have come at a worse time.
High energy prices have Appalachia's coal companies scrambling to expand mining, and to recruit new workers into jobs long seen to be as dangerous as they are dirty. With a shortage of workers now estimated at 4,500 in Kentucky and West Virginia alone, the companies and local officials have been trying to change that perception.See the full content of this document
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Tragedy May Hurt Recruiting Efforts
"We're trying to introduce a new generation to mining," said Bruce Ayers, president o...
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