CNBC Squawk On The Street April 6, 2010
with the congressional mandate to equip mines with high tech communications and tracking gear. estimated cost about $278 million, the new head of the federal mine safety and health administration is now taking coal companies to court to speed up compliance. massey ceo don blankenship is a powerful and controversial figure. back in 2004, he spent $3 million of his own money to help unseat a west virginia state supreme court justice who had ruled against the company. but those contributions triggered a landmark ruling from the u.s. supreme court when the judge who won that election ref...