Arch Resources and Consol Energy are combining to form a single coal producer valued at more than $5 billion, the companies announced Wednesday, the latest consolidation in a deal-happy energy sector.

Those that intend to close include two of Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plants, Keystone and Conemaugh outside Pittsburgh. Hold for Business Photo-- Swayne Hall--A Norfolk Southern freight ...

FREELAND, Pa. (AP) — Henry “Hank” Zielinski scanned a landscape that seems otherworldly: black, barren and bumpy with mounds of coal and rock. Bulldozers scooped black rubble into huge trucks, which ...