Two coal companies have announced the layoffs of 190 workers in West Virginia and Kentucky. A statement from St. Louis-based Patriot Coal says 130 workers have been idled immediately at its Corridor G Mining Complex near Madison. Patriot cites the struggling coal market and a difficult regulatory environment for the layoffs. Alpha Natural Resources based in Bristol Virginia, says layoffs involve 25 workers at a Wayne County mine, 22 at the Ruby Energy mine in Mingo County, and one worker at a Prep Plant. In Kentucky, 12 workers will be idled from Alpha’s Taylor Fork mine in Pike County, while 26 others will work for an undetermined amount of time to remove equipment and close the mine. The company cited an oversupply of thermal coal.