TAMPA, FL -- (Marketwire) -- 02/01/11 -- Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT), a leading U.S. producer and exporter of premium hard coking coal for the global steel industry, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.125 per common share, payable on March 11, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 18, 2011.