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Southwest Va. coal company to lay off 118 as it idles operations

Summary by Cardinal News
A metallurgical coal mining company will lay off 118 people in Buchanan County in December and “hot idle” its operations there because of a downturn in the coal market, officials said. Grundy-based Wellmore Energy Co.’s job reductions come just a few months after it said it would lay off 72 people in the county. Those cuts were set to take effect by mid-October. Wellmore is a subsidiary of Johnson City, Tennessee-based United Coal Co., which is …
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Cardinal News broke the news in on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
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