A Bristol. Virgina Bases Energy Company Says Its Losses Widened In The Second Quarter Of 2014, Citing Weak Domestic And International Coal Markets. Alpha Natural Resources Posted A Lost Of $512.6 Million, Or $2.32 Per Share, Compared With A Loss Of $185.7 Million, Or 84 Cents Per Share, In The Same Quarter A Year Earlier. Last Week, Alpha Announced That It Expects To Lay Off 11-Hundred Workers At 11 West Virginia Surface Coal Mines By Mid-October Amid Dismal Markets And Federal Regulation.