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Warnings of lower coal shipments from both Walter Energy and Alpha Natural Resources have investors dumping all coal producers and coal shippers. A close analysis reveals that the problem is not industry-wide, but limited only to met coal producers. Buying thermal coal producers on the indiscriminate sell-off makes sense.