Unlike Miners, Lender to Emerge from Coal Company’s Bankruptcy ‘Virtually Unscathed’

The company Blackjewel LLC filed for bankruptcy in July owing $6 million to its 1,700 workers in Wyoming and Central Appalachia. It also owed $32 million in loans to Riverstone Holdings. Court filings suggest the miners won’t be getting paid first, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.