Alpha Natural Resources to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conference

BRISTOL, Va., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal producer, announced that members of Alpha’s management team will meet with investors at the Davenport 7(th) Annual Metals & Mining Conference in New York, NY, on Thursday, September 27, 2012.

About Alpha Natural Resources

With $7.1 billion in total revenue in 2011, Alpha Natural Resources ranks as America’s second-largest coal producer by revenue and third-largest by production. Alpha is the nation’s largest supplier of metallurgical coal used in the steel-making process and is a major supplier of thermal coal to electric utilities and manufacturing industries. In 2011, the company had more than 200 customers on five continents. More information about Alpha can be found on the company’s Web site at www.alphanr.com.

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