Shareholders of Walter Industries on Thursday gave the company a new identity to better reflect its core business: coal production. ...more

April 25, 2009

Shareholders of Walter Industries today approved a spinoff of the company's financing business, allowing the Tampa-based company to focus solely on coal production. ...more

April 23, 2009

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March 9, 2009

Shares of Walter Industries, which peaked at more than $111 in July, have plunged to around $19 because of a sharp decline in demand for steel-making coal. ...more

November 20, 2008

TAMPA Shares of Walter Industries, which peaked at more than $111 in July, have plunged to around $19 because of a sharp decline in demand for steel-making coal. The stock was recently downgraded by Friedman Billings Ramsey to "market perform" from "outperform." ...more

November 19, 2008

Walter Industries, a leading coal producer, has boosted its production and supply of coal with the acquisition of a coal-mining company in Alabama. ...more

September 9, 2008

Tampa-based Walter Industries Inc. said this morning that it has bought a coal producer in Alabama for $23.5 million. ...more

September 8, 2008

Global demand for coal has shown some signs of slack, leaving investors to wonder what's next for U.S. producers who have seen prices at times triple during the past year. ...more

September 5, 2008

Walter Industries, a leading coal producer, said Tuesday that earnings nearly tripled in the second quarter, driven primarily by skyrocketing coal prices. ...more

July 30, 2008

Walter Industries Inc., a leading coal producer, said today that earnings nearly tripled in the second quarter, driven primarily by skyrocketing coal prices. ...more

July 29, 2008