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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    Form 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     October 30, 2001
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                              MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            Delaware                     1-7775                 95-0740960
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File No. )     (I.R.S. Employer
         Incorporation)                                   Identification Number)


          4 North 4th Street, Richmond, Virginia             23219
         (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (804) 788-1800


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Item 8.  Change in Fiscal Year.

     The Registrant has determined to change its fiscal year end from October 31
to December 31. The date of  determination  of such change was October 30, 2001.
The Registrant  will file on Form 10-K a report  covering the former fiscal year
ending  October  31,  2001 and will  file on Form  10-Q a  report  covering  the
transition period between the former fiscal year ending October 31, 2001 and the
fiscal year beginning January 1, 2002.


                                   Signatures

    Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

November 2, 2001

                                     By: /s/ Roger L. Nicholson
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                                     Name:  Roger L. Nicholson
                                     Title: Vice President, Secretary &
                                             General Counsel
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                ----------------

                                    Form 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     October 30, 2001
                                                  ---------------------

                              MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                     1-7775                 95-0740960
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File No. )     (I.R.S. Employer
         Incorporation)                                   Identification Number)

          4 North 4th Street, Richmond, Virginia             23219
         (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (804) 788-1800

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Item 8.  Change in Fiscal Year.

     The Registrant has determined to change its fiscal year end from October 31
to December 31. The date of  determination  of such change was October 30, 2001.
The Registrant  will file on Form 10-K a report  covering the former fiscal year
ending  October  31,  2001 and will  file on Form  10-Q a  report  covering  the
transition period between the former fiscal year ending October 31, 2001 and the
fiscal year beginning January 1, 2002.

                                   Signatures

    Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

November 2, 2001

                                     By: /s/ Roger L. Nicholson
                                        ----------------------------------------

                                     Name:  Roger L. Nicholson
                                     Title: Vice President, Secretary &
                                             General Counsel