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Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) and Arch Coal (NYSE:ACI) see their credit ratings lowered deeper into junk status by Moody’s on concerns that ANR’s debt profile will further deteriorate as it continues to operate at lower volumes, while ACI’s business could be adversely affected due to a soft market for steel-making coal and problems in its power-plant coal operations.

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