M&A Deal Summary

Contura Energy Acquires Alpha Natural Resources - Core Coal Assets

On July 26, 2016, Contura Energy acquired metals/mining company Alpha Natural Resources - Core Coal Assets from Alpha Natural Resources

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Contura Energy’s 1st transaction in the Metals/Mining sector.
  • This is Contura Energy’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Contura Energy’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-07-26
Target Alpha Natural Resources - Core Coal Assets
Sector Metals/Mining
Buyer(s) Contura Energy
Sellers(s) Alpha Natural Resources
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Alpha Natural Resources - Core Coal Assets

Bristol, Virginia, United States
Alpha Natural Resources - Core Coal Assets is a coal mining company, that has operations and reserves in Northern Appalachia (including the Cumberland mine complex) and the Powder River Basin, along with three Central Appalachian mining complexes (the Nicholas mine complex in Nicholas County, West Virginia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Contura Energy

Bristol, Tennessee, United States

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Category Company
Sector Metals/Mining
DESCRIPTION

Contura Energy, Inc. is a provider of mining operations across multiple major coal basins in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. Contura Energy reliably supplies both metallurgical coal to the steel industry and thermal coal to generate power.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Metals/Mining) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Virginia) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2016) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-30 Alpha Natural Resources

Bristol, Virginia, United States

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. is a coal producer. Alpha NR supplies and exports metallurgical coal for use in the steel-making process and a supplier of thermal coal to electric utilities.

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SELLER

Alpha Natural Resources

Bristol, Virginia, United States

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Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Metals/Mining
Employees8,300
Revenue 4.3B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. is a coal producer. Alpha NR supplies and exports metallurgical coal for use in the steel-making process and a supplier of thermal coal to electric utilities.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Metals/Mining) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-01 Dry Systems Technologies

Woodridge, Illinois, United States

Dry Systems Technologies is a designer, manufacturer, and installation of diesel emissions control systems used for mining and construction equipment. Dry Systems Technologies is based in Woodridge, Illinois.

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