Massey Energy said that voter participation at its annual meeting earlier this month was at a record high of 85.4%, and despite what it called “an aggressive and misleading campaign” by shareholder group CtW, all three of its members up for re-election retained their seats.

“The board of directors of Massey Energy is grateful to shareholders for their show of confidence in the board by reelecting directors Richard Gabrys, Dan Moore and Baxter Phillips Jr,” lead independent director Admiral Bobby Inman said.

“Their knowledge of Massey Energy and their expertise as business leaders will serve this company well in this critical period in Massey Energy’s history.”

Alpha Natural Resources has also re-elected board members, holding its annual stockholder meeting May 19 in Abingdon, Virginia.

The 10 who kept their seats were board chairman Michael Quillen, chief executive Kevin Crutchfield, William Crowley Jr, E Linn Draper Jr, Glenn Eisenberg, John Fox Jr, P Michael Giftos, Joel Richards III, James Roberts, and Ted Wood.

“Independent directors comprise the substantial majority of the board,” Alpha said, noting that each will serve a one-year term.

The company’s board also authorized a share repurchase program during the meeting, permitting Alpha to repurchase up to $US125 million of its outstanding stock.

Finally, International Coal Group re-elected two Class II directors at its May 19 annual meeting, Cynthia Bezik and William Catacosinos.

Both will have three-year terms with the company.

ICG reported that about 90% of its outstanding shares were represented at the meeting.

All three producers are based in Appalachia, with Massey Energy and Alpha Natural Resources headquartered in Virginia and ICG just west of Charleston, West Virginia. Alpha has properties throughout the eastern coalfields as well as the Powder River Basin.