Last coal baron makes his stand as mines vanish around him
Robert Murray is trying to beat US regulations, which he says are strangling his industry
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AT 75, Robert Murray may be the last of the old-time coal barons. He's not about to go quietly.
At a time when the US coal industry is beset on all sides - by environmentalists, by regulators, by the economics of shale gas - Mr Murray has positioned himself as King Coal's warrior-in-chief. And his main antagonist is the country's commander-in-chief.
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