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Alpha Natural Resources executive resigns amid restructuring

BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — An Alpha Natural Resources executive has left the coal producer amid a financial restructuring. Alpha says in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Brian D. Sullivan resigned to pursue another employment opportunity. Sullivan’s resignation was effective on Friday. According to the company’s website, Sullivan had served as…

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FILE - This Feb. 10, 2006 file photo shows the Sidney Coal Company's Coal Preparation Plant in Sidney, Ky. Sidney is a subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Alpha Natural Resources Inc., one of the country's biggest coal producers, became the latest in a string of coal companies to seek bankruptcy protection amid an historic shift in the electric power sector brought on by cheap natural gas prices and pollution regulations. (AP Photo/Brian Tietz, File)
FILE – This Feb. 10, 2006 file photo shows the Sidney Coal Company’s Coal Preparation Plant in Sidney, Ky. Sidney is a subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Alpha Natural Resources Inc., one of the country’s biggest coal producers, became the latest in a string of coal companies to seek bankruptcy protection amid an historic shift in the electric power sector brought on by cheap natural gas prices and pollution regulations. (AP Photo/Brian Tietz, File)

BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — An Alpha Natural Resources executive has left the coal producer amid a financial restructuring.

Alpha says in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Brian D. Sullivan resigned to pursue another employment opportunity. Sullivan’s resignation was effective on Friday.

According to the company’s website, Sullivan had served as executive vice president and chief commercial officer since September 2012. He also was president of Alpha Australia LLC, serving in that position since February 2011.

Bristol, Virginia-based Alpha filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Aug. 3. The company is one of the nation’s biggest coal producers and has mines in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Wyoming.

The Register-Herald (http://bit.ly/1Q2Z6vi ) in Beckley, West Virginia, first reported Sullivan’s resignation.

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