Trump Backer Robert Murray Takes Largest Private Coal Mining Company, Murray Energy, Into Bankruptcy
October 29, 2019
America’s largest private coal mining company, Murray Energy Holdings Co., filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, making it the fifth coal company to take such action this year and underscoring how renewable energy sources and cheap natural gas have eaten into coal’s share of the energy market.
Murray’s owner, Robert Murray, a big donor to President Trump’s campaign, had pressed Trump to help save the coal mining jobs.