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Alpha reports $56.4 million quarterly loss

This just in from Alpha Natural Resources:

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal producer, reported a second quarter loss of $56.4 million or $0.36 per diluted share, including the impact of $254.4 million of pre-tax merger-related expenses, which included a $108.3 million non-cash charge from selling acquired coal inventories written up to fair value in acquisition accounting, arising from the acquisition of Massey Energy Company (Massey) on June 1, 2011, compared to net income of $38.8 million or $0.32 per diluted share last year. The second quarter 2011 loss from continuing operations was $56.4 million or $0.36 per diluted share compared to income from continuing operations of $39.2 million or $0.32 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2010. Excluding merger-related expenses, Upper Big Branch (UBB) charges for costs of the accident investigation and site maintenance, amortization of acquired intangibles, loss on early extinguishment of debt, income tax impacts of the foregoing items and a discrete income tax charge, second quarter 2011 adjusted income from continuing operations was $150.6 million or $0.96 per diluted share.

Check out their entire earnings statement here, and you can listen to their quarterly conference call with industry stock analysts this morning at 10 by  going to this link.