May 16, 2016
The bankruptcy trustee of Appalachian mining firm Patriot Coal Corp. has sued the West Virginia State Tax Department in Virginia bankruptcy court for $5.1 million in tax refunds that the state allegedly owes under a deal it reached with Patriot Coal and its affiliates during a previous bankruptcy.
October 20, 2015
Patriot Coal and its union filed a lawsuit Monday in Virginia bankruptcy court that accuses its former parent company, Peabody Energy Corp., of attempting to skirt approximately $145 million in retiree payment obligations.
October 08, 2015
A Virginia bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved Patriot Coal Corp.'s Chapter 11 plan, which is centered on a deal to sell the majority of its operating mines to Blackhawk Mining LLC as part of a complex transaction announced last month.
October 06, 2015
Patriot Coal Corp. has reached a deal to set aside more than $50 million to cover the bankrupt coal company's environmental cleanup responsibilities in West Virginia, including keeping some of the company's union and nonunion miners employed, the state's Department of Environmental Protection said Tuesday.
October 02, 2015
The federal government, regulators in four states, creditors and environmental groups have all voiced their opposition to Patriot Coal Corp.'s latest Chapter 11 reorganization plan, ahead of Monday's hearing on the plan's approval.
September 22, 2015
Blackhawk Mining LLC was deemed the winner of Patriot Coal Corp.'s bankruptcy auction on Tuesday, landing the substantial majority of the coal producer's operating assets for an undisclosed price in a transaction set to be considered by the court in early October, the companies said.
September 09, 2015
The labor union representing Patriot Coal Corp. miners on Wednesday challenged the coal producer's proposed reorganization plan, saying it includes impermissible third-party releases that would prevent the union from pursuing legal action in the future.
September 03, 2015
Patriot Coal Corp. and the union representing its miners have agreed to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, officials confirmed Thursday, helping move along a proposed sale of the company's assets to Blackhawk Mining LLC and averting a potential court showdown with its workers.
August 18, 2015
Patriot Coal Corp. will sell its two remaining West Virginia mines and shift more than $400 million in liabilities to a nonprofit environmental group, according to an amended disclosure statement and restructuring plan filed Monday in Virginia bankruptcy court.
August 07, 2015
The trustee in Patriot Coal Corp.'s bankruptcy proceedings told a Virginia judge on Thursday that the troubled energy company's disclosure statement should not be approved, citing aspects lacking in legal justification or containing important omissions.