BRISTOL, Va., July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR), a leading U.S. coal company, plans to report its second quarter 2012 results before the market opens on Wednesday, August 8, 2012.  A conference call to review the results and current business conditions is scheduled to follow at 10:00 a.m. EDT that morning.

The conference call will be webcast live on the Internet, and the webcast will be available for replay following the event.  The live webcast and the replay will be available on the company's investor relations Web site at http://alnr.client.shareholder.com/.  In addition, a telephonic replay will be available through August 22, 2012 by calling 877-660-6853 or 201-612-7415 and entering account number 328, then replay ID 397554.  Also, a podcast of the call will be available for downloading on the company's Web site following the call.

About Alpha Natural Resources
With $7.1 billion in total revenue in 2011, Alpha Natural Resources ranks as America's second-largest coal producer by revenue and third-largest by production.  Alpha is the nation's largest supplier of metallurgical coal used in the steel-making process and is a major supplier of thermal coal to electric utilities and manufacturing industries.  In 2011, the company had more than 200 customers on five continents.  More information about Alpha can be found on the company's Web site at www.alphanr.com.

SOURCE Alpha Natural Resources