Alpha Natural Resources Announces Availability of First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

ABINGDON, Va., April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal producer, plans to report its first quarter 2011 results before the market opens on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. A conference call to review the results and current business conditions is scheduled to follow at 11:00 a.m. ET that morning.

The conference call will be webcast live on the Internet, and the webcast will be available for replay following the event. The live webcast and the replay will be available on the company's investor relations site at http://alnr.client.shareholder.com. In addition, a telephonic replay will be available through May 17, 2011 by calling 877-660-6853 or 201-612-7415 and entering account number 328, then replay ID 371444. Also, a podcast of the call will be available for downloading on the company's Web site following the call.

About Alpha Natural Resources

Alpha Natural Resources is one of America's premier coal suppliers with coal production capacity of greater than 90 million tons a year. Among U.S. producers, Alpha is a major supplier and exporter of metallurgical coal used in the steel-making process and is a major supplier of thermal coal to electric utilities and manufacturing industries across the country. The company, through its affiliates, employs approximately 6,500 people and operates approximately 60 mines and 14 coal preparation facilities in Appalachia and the Powder River Basin. More information about Alpha can be found on the company's website at www.alphanr.com.

SOURCE Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.