Shares of James River Coal (NASDAQ:

) are lower on the session by 0.54%, trading at $21.21. Overall put volume is now running at 4.04x the daily average, with 85% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,058 contracts have traded on the session so far. James River Coal Company mines, processes and sells bituminous, steam- and industrial-grade coal through six operating subsidiaries (mining complexes) located throughout eastern Kentucky and in southern Indiana.