Cleanup requirements hold up sale of Blackjewel coal mines

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - Cleanup requirements are holding up the sale of a bankrupt coal company's mines in Wyoming and Appalachia.

West Virginia-based Blackjewel proposes to sell mines including the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr operations in Wyoming to an affiliate of Alabama-based FM Coal with help from Tennessee-based Contura ...