“It is unfortunate that we need to take this action, since the employees at Emery mine have worked safely for more than 400 days without a single injury, and have done everything they could to keep the operation running,” said Jimmy Brock, CONSOL Energy senior vice president of operations. “For those Emery employees who are interested and who qualify, we will offer them the option of a position at another CONSOL operation.”

“Mine 84 has been in operation for many decades, and it is unfortunate the time has come when it was no longer able to compete in today’s markets,” said Brock. Similarly, CONSOL will offer the affected employees positions at other company operations.