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Massey Energy
TypePublic (NYSE: MEE)
Founded1920 (Richmond, Virginia)
HeadquartersRichmond, VA
Key peopleDon Blankenship, Chairman & CEO
Baxter Phillips, President
Christopher Adkins, SVP & COO
John Poma, VP & CAO
Shane Harvey, VP & General Counsel
IndustryCoal
Revenue$2.41 billion (12-31-07) [1]
Net income$94.1 million (12-31-07) [2]
Employeesapprox. 5,400 [3]
Websitewww.masseyenergyco.com

Massey Energy Company NYSE: MEE is a large coal extractor in the United States with substantial operations in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. By revenue, it is the fourth largest producer of coal in the United States and the largest coal producer in Central Appalachia.[4] Massey's mines yield around 40 million tons annually. The company controls 2.3 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves in Southern West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, Southwest Virginia and Tennessee or about a third of all Central Appalachian reserves.[5] It currently employs approximately 5,400 people[6] and operates 35 underground mines and 12 surface mines.[7]