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June, July, August & September 2006

 

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  • Editorial 
  • World Mining Equipment Demand To Exceed $27 Billion In 2009 
  • MICON New General Manager
  • Arch Coal Acquires Interest in Knight Hawk Coal
  • Coal Industry News
  • AEP Signs Five New Power Supply Contracts with Municipal and Cooperative Utilities in Virginia and West Virginia
  • West Virginia Seeking AEP's IGCC Plant
  • Foundation Coal Appoints Pack 
  • Coal Industry Applauds Congress For Safety Legislation
  • Coal Leader and Friends Gather at Coal Prep and Pittsburgh Shows
  • First Kentucky Junior Coal Academy 
  • Pennsylvania Crusher announces Mountaineer® Sizer Sale to National Gypsum
  • KFx Inc. Signs Agreements For First Unit Train Shipment and Transportation Assistance 
  • Education News
  • Paramont Coal's Black Bear #1 Surface Mine Wins National, Regional Recognition for Reclamation & Reforestation Efforts
  • Sequestration Test to Demonstrate Carbon Dioxide Storage While Increasing Oil Production
  • Indiana Rail Road Assumes Operation of Former Canadian Pacific Rail Line
  • Dan Roling Joins National Coal Corp. 
  • Longwall Associates Announces New Appointments
  • KENTUCKY ADOPTS EMERGENCY MINE SAFETY REGULATIONS 
  • ARC Developing Appalachian Energy "Blueprint" 
  • Friends of Coal Make Auto Fair Success
  • DOE to Invest $250 Million in New Bioenergy Centers
  • Joy Global Inc. Announces Completion of Stamler Acquisition
  • KFx ANNOUNCES INITIAL AGREEMENT WITH BECHTEL
  • Energy Department Awards Project in Power Plant Improvement Initiative Technology 
  • SWEPCO announces Hempstead County for new Baseload Generation Power Plant
  • Product News

May 2006

 

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  • ONE -OF-A-KIND MINING VEHICLES AND MACHINES
  • FutureGen Alliance Announces Potential Sites for Zero Emission Coal Fueled Plant
  • Ten Outstanding Wyoming Teachers Receive Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Awards
  • IMCC Selects Recipients of Annual Minerals Education Awards
  • Arch Coal's Board of Directors Elects Bumbico to Vice President of Safety
  • Life Extension of Coal-Fired Power Plants
  • Massey Energy Subsidiary Earns Reclamation Award 
  • American Securities Acquires Leading Distributor of Coal Mining Supplies
  • American Securities Acquires Leading Distributor of Coal Mining Supplies
  • Students Celebrate Arbor Day by Planting Trees on Mined Land
  • Low-Seam Longwall Mining
  • 2006 Coal Prep /Aggregate Processing Exhibition Successful 
  • Correll Nominated Next Director OSM
  • What's Happening
  • Dakota Gasification Company Pays DOE
  • Integrated Frequency-controlled Drive System
  • TEREX Reedrill offers broad line of Rotary Drills
  • PEBCOTM Mass Flow Feeder
  • AMS Introduces Moon-Slider
  • Jennmar's LITTLE JOHN Mine Prop 

April 2006

 

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  • Retrofit Jeffrey Coal Crushers With New EZ AccessTM Technology
  • Arch Coal Former West Virginia Safety Director Joins
  • Arch Coal Honors 12 West Virginia Educators With Teacher Achievement Awards 
  • NCC Looking for Coal Education Programs Throughout the U. S.
  • AEP Announces Plans For New Building To House Transmission Operations Staff
  • CONSOL Energy Elects Mills to Board
  • Conymet Duratray Opens North American Operations Office
  • Norfolk Southern Names Two to Senior-Level Positions
  • MSHA Announces More Than $800,000 in Training Grants for Miners
  • Jennmar's LITTLE JOHN Mine Prop 
  • Phoenix Conveyor Belt Systems
  • A L LEE/Arccon Quasi Automated Miner & Conveyor
  • Godwin Pumps New HL130M
  • SANDVIK BLOCK-AND-SLEEVE DESIGN CUTS DOWNTIME 
  • The Freedom Car
  • Integrated Frequency-controlled Drive System
  • TEREX Reedrill offers broad line of Rotary Drills
  • PEBCOR Mass Flow Feeder
  • AMS Introduces Moon-Slider
  • Caterpillar To Produce Line of Electric Drive Mining Trucks
  • Foundation Coal Affiliate Receives Safety Award
  • Southern States Energy Board Update Legislative Update - Southeast

March 2006

 

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  • KFx Process for Improving Atmosphere
  • Immigrant Labor: Solving Labor Shortages in the Mining Industry 
  • International Coal Group Resumes Operations At Sago Mine
  • Coal Industry News
  • CEDAR Education Programs for 2006
  • Jennmar and Kennametal Announce "Joint Development Program"
  • Crabtree Joins EMATS to Direct Construction Engineering
  • Integrated Frequency-controlled Drive System
  • TEREX Reedrill offers broad line of Rotary Drills
  • Jennmar's LITTLE JOHN Mine Prop 
  • Phoenix Conveyor Belt Systems
  • A L LEE/Arccon Quasi Automated Miner & Conveyor
  • Product News

February 2006

 

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  • Eastern Coal Council 27th ANNUAL Conference & EXPO
  • Export News
  • United Coal Company Purchases Rapoca Group LLC
  • DBT sells Automated Plow System to Mexico
  • River Consulting Helps Major Coal Export Facility Increase Its Operational Efficiency
  • Foundation Coal Announces Organizational Changes
  • Joy's Cas Bruniany Joins Energy Team
  • World Needs Urgent Action by UK Government on Carbon Capture & Storage
  • FutureGen Industrial Alliance Announces Site Selection Process for World's First 'Zero-Emissions' Coal Plant and Launches Website
  • American Coke & Coal Chemicals Institute Makes Management 
  • CMA Announces Safety Award Winners
  • Product News

January 2006

 

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  • Foundation Affiliates Set New Production & Shipment Records
  • Joy Mining Machinery Announces Scholarship Winners
  • Alpha Natural Resources Comments on Outlook for 2005 and 2006 
  • Background Information on IEA Ministerial Meeting & the G9 Summit in 2005
  • AEP, Indiana Michigan Power honored by EEI 
  • Boyce Assumes Responsibility As President & CEO of Peabody Energy
  • AEP Completes Purchase Of Monongahela Power's Ohio Assets from Allegheny Energy
  • Automakers Sue Over Emissions Rules
  • FPL to buy Constellation for about $11 billion
  • Determining Loss on Ignition is the Subject of Proposed
  • CONSOL Energy Purchases Barge Lines
  • "Coal to Electricity" Summer Program Recruiting Teachers 
  • RMCMI Scholarship Application 
  • The European Gas Industry Chose Coal as its "Fuel of Choice"
  • Foundation Coal Appoints Kurt Kost 
  • Superwall Mining System Response
  • Joy's Moon Mullins Retires
  • CONSOL Energy Secures Long Term Coal Contract
  • Product News

December
2005

 

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  • DBT Sets Records With China 
  • Business Week Names Arch Coal "Web Smart"
  • Export News
  • What Every Employer Should Know About USERRA
  • Peabody Acquires Over 100 Million Tons of Reserves in Western KY
  • DOE Advances Oxycombustion for Carbon Management
  • Britain Calls for Global Approach to Curb Pollution
  • China's Coal-Bed Gas Power Generating Capacity Hits 90,000 KW
  • Hiller Group Carbon Marketing Department Expansion
  • Education News
  • DOE Selects Projects to Minimize Freshwater Use in Coal-Fired Power Plants
  • Norfolk Southern & New York Air Brake Agree to Deploy New Train Technology
  • Superwall Mining System 
  • Coal industry Loses a Heavyweight in Government Relations
  • Ratliff 2005 Recipient NMRA Post #2 Bill Clemons' Memorial Award
  • Cattron Group Announces Event Recorder For Industrial Locomotive Applications
  • Coal Leader Announces New Rates
  • Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Celebrates 100 Years
  • What's Happening
  • Fairmont Supply Promotes Robinson Manager Sales - Western Operations
  • Product News

October-

November
2005

 

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  • Arch Coal Sales Promotes Godby & Bonacorsi
  • AEP Selects GE and Bechtel to Design Clean-Coal Power Plant
  • CONSOL Energy Announces Organizational Changes
  • Greenspan: Energy Prices to Drag Economy 
  • Partnership on Clean Development Formed
  • DOE/Alliance to Save Energy Powerful $avings
  • Cleaner Burning Coal Plant
  • Massey Revises Outlook on Higher Fuel Costs, Drop in Productivity 
  • Hardesty Elected to CONSOL Board
  • Brookville Equipment Employees Give
  • Considine Joins Peabody
  • Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development Signed
  • DBT Australia Ramps up Operations in New South Wales
  • SSEB Studies American Energy Security
  • Product News

September
2005

 

"A Coal Show for

Coal People"
September 14,15 and 16, 2005
Bluefield, WV

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  • 10-year sales agreements between Elk Valley Coal, Nippon Steel and POSCO finalized
  • Foundation Coal Increases Quarterly Dividend to $0.05 Per Share
  • P&H Mining Makes Investment
  • Court Approves Graniteville Class Action Settlement
  • CONSOL Energy Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
  • Favorable Court Ruling Regarding Cheviot Pit at Cardinal River Operations
  • Massey Energy Declares Dividend and Reviews Uses of Free Cash Flow
  • Alpha Natural Resources: A Company On the Move
  • Bluefield Coal Show Draws Record Number Exhibitors
  • Anthracite Roots 
  • AEP Expands CO2 Reduction Commitment and Extends Participation in Chicago Climate Exchange
  • Education News
  • Polaris Laboratories Offers Technical Services Stress Analytical education
  • DBT Exhibits Longwall State-Of-The-Art at Katowice 2005
  • Arch Earns CIO 100 Award for Bold 
    Use of Information Technology 
  • DBT Rolls Out Next-Generation 
    Machine Control Unit
  • St Paul Virginia Students Meet President Bush
  • Governor Fletcher Announces Joy Mining Machinery Locating In Lebanon
  • Arch Coal Signs Letter of Intent with ArcLight Capital Partners
  • Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Receives $226,600 Software Grant 
  • VA DMME Issues Notice Of Regulation Amendment
  • Headwaters Incorporated Signs Two License Agreements to Construct Direct and Indirect Coal-to-Liquids Demonstration Plants
  • What's Happening
  • Jennmar Offers State-Of-The-Art Products And Service
  • Product News

 

June

2005

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  • Coal's Public Image Must be Addressed
  • Dominion to Build Coal-Fired Plant in Coalfields
  • Product News
  • Movers & Shakers
  • What's Happening
  • CONSOL Energy Announces Major Pennsylvania Mine Expansion
  • Mark Maddox, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, DOE Announces Resignation
  • Natural Resource to Buy Coal Reserves in Illinois Basin
  • Massey Energy Announces Election of Directors and Quarterly Dividend
  • EEI Names Finalists For Electric Power Industry's Prestigious 'Edison Award'

MAY
2005

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  • Coal Supply Trends
  • Pyott-Boone Recognizes Distributors
  • Product News
  • AEP Named 'Great Place to Work' Third Consecutive Year
  • CONSOL Energy Names New Officers
  • Cattron Group International Names John F. Paul New CEO
  • Duke Buying Cinergy for About $9B in Stock
  • UNITED COAL HIRES NEW CEO
  • Hilti Recognized for Outstanding Product Design 
  • Massey Energy Promotes Bauersachs
  • GOVERNOR EHRLICH APPOINTS 
    NEW LEADER FOR THE PORT OF BALTIMORE
  • What's Happening
  • Arch Coal Honors 10 Outstanding Wyoming Teachers
  • Platts Coal Properties & Investment Meeting
  • Cattron Group Announces Agreement To Acquire SIAMtec Business
  • WV Coal Festival
  • Ingersoll-Rand Completes Acquisition of Superay, China-based Manufacturer of Pneumatic Tools
  • CONSOL Energy Begins Re-entry Process at Buchanan Mine

April
2005

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  • Energy Bill Support Critical
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  • Massey Energy Reaffirms Guidance
  • Arkansas and New Jersey Governors Sign Mandatory Mercury Switch Removal Act
  • George Fumich first Assistant Secretary DOE Passes Away
  • Gerard leaving NMA
  • Alpha Natural Resources Scored Biggest Gain
  • Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Names Harry Page as President and Chief Operating Officer 
  • REFORESTATION SUCCESS PART OF OHIO'S AML PROGRAM 
  • HIGHER STEEL DEMAND IMPACT COAL PRICES
  • Massey Energy Honors Safety Award Winners
  • Product News
  • What's Happening
  • Elk Valley Coal and CPR Reach Five-Year Agreement
  • Foundation Coal Appoints Joel Richards to Board of Directors
  • Shanks Named President Arch Coal's Eastern Operations
  • Arbor Day Event Focuses Reforestation Initiative

March
2005

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  • Colorado Mining Association and State of Colorado Honor Pollution Prevention Program Award Winners
  • Caterpillar Global Mining Leader Acknowledged for Minerals Education
  • Consortium formed to explore 
    development of new COAL-FIRED Power Station in Southwest Virginia
  • Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council's 2005 World Conference a Success
  • New Versatrac VT650
  • Baldwin Filters Improves Hydraulic Spin-on Design
  • Jennmar's Combination Bolt
  • Parramatta ProVtm PreCleader
  • Liebherr's R994 B Litronic Excavator
  • Allied Power's Davit Crane with Electric Wire Rope Hoist
  • Coal Option Agreement Signed 
    for Coal-to-Liquids Facility
  • Massey Energy Promotes Kenny
  • Reclamation Winners Announced 
    at Mining Symposium
  • CMA Elects New Officers and Directors
  • Coal Prices Remain Strong
  • CONSOL Energy Names 
    Chief Legal Officer
  • Luscar Energy Partnership 
    Appoints New President and CEO
  • Coal Industry News
  • DBT's Impressive Exhibit CONEXPO-CON/AGG
  • EPA Announces Landmark Clean Air Interstate Rule
  • Ethanol Production Facility 
  • Foundation Coal's Promotions and Retirement
  • Cattron Group Names Thomas H. Vaughn Vice President of Engineering
  • WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • WV Coal Association Meeting
    Draws Nearly 600
  • 2005 Mountaineer Guardian Winners Photos

February
2005

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  • AEP seeks Transmission Review of 
    Potential IGCC Plant Sites
  • DBT America Gets Orders From Speed Mining
  • Movers & Shakers
  • DBT Mucks out Atlanta Tunnels 
  • Jet Engine Key to Successful 
    Control in Keeping Mine Operational
  • Midwest Electricity Suppliers Enter Agreement with Prairie State Energy Campus
  • Arch Coal, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter Results
  • Ohio Coal Development Office Issues Request
  • Massey Energy Announces Board Changes
  • AEP Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock 
  • NMA Response to S. 131
  • What's Happening
  • Natural Resource Partners L.P. to Acquire Coal Assets From Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.
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January
2005

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  • Arch's Black Thunder Becomes World's First Coal Mine to Ship 1 Billion Tons
  • Peabody and AEP Sign Agreements for Up to 98 Million Tons of Coal Supplies
  • CONSOL Energy Reports November Coal, Gas & Power Production
  • World Coal Institute Appoints New Chief Executive
  • Komatsu Excepting Credit Card
  • Underground Fire Results in Temporary Idling of Excel No. 3 Mine
  • Rio Tinto Names Caterpillar As A Major Equipment Supplier 
  • Abraham's Statement on Nomination of  Sam Bodman
  • 10 Year Sales Arrangement Between Elk Valley Coal, Nippon Steel & Posco
  • Joy Mining Machinery Appoints
    Michael J. Graham Sales Director China
  • Longwall Associates Creates 32 New Jobs With Help From Virginia Tobacco Commssion
  • Longwall Associates Wins First Chinese Contract For Longwall System
  • DOE Announces 35 Cooperative Agreements with U.S. Universities Totaling About   $21 Million
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December
2004

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  • NMA Commends Secretary Lauriski for His Leadership on Mine Safety
  • Peabody's Black Mesa Mine Achieves One-Year Safety Milestone

  • Massey Energy Declares Dividend and Appoints New Director 

  • Timken Latrobe to Increase 
    High Speed Steel Prices

  • Coal Industry Salutes Secretary Abraham 

  • Westmoreland Reports Delay Proposed Purchase

  • National Commission Overlooks Coal's Potential for "Ending the Energy Stalement" 
  • DBT launches new Chain 
    Conveyor System in China
  • Joy Mining Machinery in China

  • IEA elects New Officers

  • Dynamic Circuit Simulation Software for Mining Equipment

  • Wheeling-Pittsburgh Makes First Heat from Continuous EAF 

  • David G. Dye Appointed Acting Assistant Secretary MSHA

  • DBT & Chinese Customers Celebrate Delivery of 1500th Shield

  • Educators recognitized by Arch 

  • FT Solutions Enters Into Pilot Plant Agreement With Gas Technology Institute

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November
2004

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  • Renewable-energy Amendment Raises Questions for Colorado Utilities 
  • MINExpo INTERNATIONAL 2004TM 

  • WV Tax Collections 

  • CONSOL Energy Quarterly Dividend

  • Peabody Energy Lowers Borrowing Cost

  • Lauriski Resigns as U.S. 
    Assistant Secretary of Labor

  • DBT wins new Russian customer
  • Student Competition Encourages Energy Conservation & Environmental Awareness in Classrooms 
  • Stickler joins Jackson, Kelly Firm

  • Bob Wise Reviews SSEV Term

  • Caterpillar Mining Truck Body Delivers Superior Payload & Long Life 

  • What's Happening

  • Movers & Shakers

  • Crutchfield chairs KCA 2005

  • Bluefield Coal Rally: Future Bright for Coal

  • Turbocharge Your Communications Network 

  • Bajura headliner at Ohio Air Quality and 
    Coal Researchers Symposium

  • Product News

  • Turbocharge Your Communications Network 


 

October
2004

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  • Abandoned Mine Land Fee Extension 
  • 2003 Sentinels of Safety Awards 
  • MSHA, BCOA & NMA Act to Improve Miner Health and Safety
  • Woodring Retiring

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August 

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September
2004

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  • WL Ross Group Wins $786 Million Horizon Natural Resources Auction
  • Massey Profits from Strong Market
  • Consol Place Second Longwall Section
  • NMA Responds to New York Times

  • Safe Miners Now Recognized as "Professional Miners"

  • "Every American Born Will Need....."

  • Joy Mining Machinery & P&H 
    Mining Equipment @ MINExpo

  • Coal Beneficial in Global Energy Risk Factor

  • Thin Seam Mining System

  • WV Coal Association Officers 2004-05

  • Mexico's Largest Producers 
    MINEHAULTM Conveyor Belting

  • Coal Remains Vital Staple

  • Joy Global & Oldenburg Sign 
    Letter of Intent

  • DBT: Unique Display At MINExpo 

  • Coal Attractive Option for Utilities

  • Fearless Tiger from Down Under

  • Schramm at MINExpo

  • Movers & Shakers

  • AML Funds: Success Story

  • Industry-Supported Climate 
    Change Program debuts in WV

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April
2004

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  • Peabody Energy to Purchase RAG Coal Operations
  • Supreme Court Denies Review of 522(e) Decision
  • CONSOL Energy's Former Majority Shareholder Sells Remaining Shares
  • Arch Coal to Sell Buckskin Mine 

  • NIOSH Tests Communication System for Rescue Teams

  • Researchers Begin Sound Study

  • Loveridge Resumes Operations

  • Dynatech Methane Reserves in WV Announced

  • CONSOL Energy Completes Sale in Australia

  • SME Meeting Draws 3600

  • USGS Coalition

  • Proximity Warning Technology

  • Appalachian Coal Reserves

  • Texas Lignite Mining Industry

  • Movers & Shakers

  • Western Mining Conference

  • Colorado Safety Awards

  • Arch Mineral and Alpha Resources Renew Rescue Services

  • Reliance on Coal

  • A New Balancing Act

  • DBT Relocates Midwest Service Center

  • Ohio Valley Coal Co.

  • Pollution Prevention Winners

  • What's Happening

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March
2004

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  • Peabody Energy Named Coal Company of the Year
  • Energy Department Scores Big Points
  • Bill Tate Promoted to Worldwide CEO of DBT
  • Investigation Reaffirms Integrity

  • Joy and Shenhua Sign Agreement

  • Diverting Landfill Waste Into Marketable Products

  • Symposium Attracts Over 600

  • SME/CAS Meeting Plans Complete

  • Coal to Increase Share of US 
    Electricity Generation

  • West Virginia Coal

  • Peabody Energy 2003 Results

  • CONSOL Energy Reports Calendar Year Results

  • Transportation Venues: Moving Coal To Domestic & World Markets

  • Arch Coal Reports Results

  • What's Happening

  • Movers & Shakers

  • Product News


 

February
2004

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  • Peabody Energy to Purchase Coal Assets
  • RAG Coal International Pushes Sales Negotiations
  • JH Fletcher Acquires WDM Technology
  • NMA Files Joint Comments on Mountaintop Mining

  • CONSOL Energy Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan

  • Proposed OSM Rule

  • CONSOL Energy to Sell Interests in Australian Mine

  • Safety: Today and Tomorrow

  • Joint Meeting Draws 200

  • Mining Industry Careers

  • Remote Control Safety 

  • Remote Control Human Factors

  • Safety at Massey Energy

  • Proximity Protection

  • What's Happening

  • Product News


 

January
2004

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  • Coal Maintains Economy 
    and Quality of Life
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  • Peabody to Purchase RAG Australian Coal Operations 
  • Two New Coal Plants Approved in Wisconsin
  • First Energy Blamed for August Blackout 

  • CONSOL Energy Revises Outlook

  • Electricity Transmission Link Commissioned

  • CONSOL Energy Donates Land at Flight 93 Crash Site

  • Coal and Mineral Processing 
    at the University of Kentucky

  • MINExpo Website Online

  • DBT Continuous Miners

  • Safety Innovation Meeting

  • West Virginia Mine Injuries

  • Contractor Safety

  • Diesels in West Virginia

  • What's Happening

  • Movers & Shakers

  • Ron Conti Passes Away

  • Product News


 

December
2003

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  • RWE Sells CONSOL Energy Common Stock
  • FutureGen Funding Supported by 25 House Members 
  • Peabody Makes Coal Supply Agreement for Springerville Generating Station
  • Fenner Dunlop Receives ISO 9001: 2000 Certification

  • American Coal Council Elects 2004 Directors

  • EPA Publishes Proposed Revisions to Solid Waste Definition

  • Legal Challenges to EPA Decision 
    on CO2 Regulation

  • Hagglunds New Canadian Headquarters

  • Arch Coal Third Quarter Results

  • Pillar Recovery Safety

  • Conveyor Systems Selection

  • Variable Frequency Drives

  • MSHA Urges Awareness

  • Continental Conveyor CMTS

  • What's Happening

  • Product News


 

November
2003

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  • GAO Reports on MSHA 
  • CONSOL Energy to Conduct Investigation 
  • Reclamation Projects Receive OSM AML Awards 
  • Coal-Mac: Perfect Safety Record 
  • DOI Reclamation and Community Awards 

  • Coal Growth Expected in 2003 

  • KMI Draws 266

  • Mine Mapping After Quecreek

  • University of Missouri - Rolla School of Mines May Restructure

  • IMCC Reclamation Awards

  • Safety In Kentucky

  • A Balanced Future for Natural Gas

  • MSHA Update

  • Digital Blasting

  • Carbon Sequestration Being Evaluated

  • Caterpillar & Terex Realign Lines

  • Fairchild F-525 Miner/Bolter

  • Hilti's Commitment to Mining

  • NIOSH Studies Mine Fire Detection

  • Joy and American Commercial Form Alliance

  • What's Happening

  • Capelli Opens New Firm

  • CONSOL Energy Reclamation Honored

  • Chasko Receives Federal Women's Award

  • Farmer Starts Vineyard on Mine Site

  • Product News


October
2003
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  • Enlow Fork Team takes Top Honors
  • Clear Skies Essential for Economic Growth
  • Interior Appropriations Bill Passed
  • Southern Governors Hold Special Energy Session
  • DOE Research Grants Initiate Fuel Cell Research

  • EPA Honors Colorado Mining Association

  • MSHA Issues Final Rule on Mine Emergency Actions

  • Tentative Approval for Coal Power Plant

  • Thistle Foundry Recognized

  • DBT Plow Sets Longwall Record

  • 7000 attend Bluefield Show

  • Exhibitors Praise Coal Show

  • Energy Leadership Role

  • Proud to be American

  • Joy Mist Drilling System

  • DBT Acquires EIMCO Miners

  • DBT Dashes Forward

  • Flexco 8-Rivet Special Alloy 
    Conveyor Belt Fasteners

  • Preshift Event Added to Mine Rescue Contest

  • Rescuers Put Through Paces

  • Draeger Safety

  • MSHA Mine Rescue Robot

  • Sentinels of Safety Awards

  • What's Happening

  • Movers & Shakers

  • Product News


September
2003
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  • EPA Clarifies New Source Review 
  • DOE Establishes Regional Partnerships 
  • MSHA and OSM Deliver Report on Waste Impoundments 
  • Bush Choice for EPA Post 
  • Banpu Invests in Asian American Coal 

  • RMCMI Draws 450

  • Coal: Security Blanket

  • U.S. Energy Policy

  • Arch Coal Second Quarter Results

  • NMA Advises on Diesel Regs

  • Peabody Energy Second Quarter Results

  • NIOSH New Promotional Poster

  • P&H MinePro Services

  • Ground Control Conference 

  • Controlling Longwall Headgates

  • Multiple and Single Entry Roadways

  • Longwall Mine-Through Entries

  • Longwall Roof Fall Prediction 

  • Movers & Shakers

  • Carey Coal Man of the Year 

  • What's Happening

  • DBT Launches New Website

  • Product News


August
2003
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  • Money Sense
  • Energy Bill Passed by Senate
  • Doug Dahl Named CEO of Trout Coal
  • New MSHA Mining Product Testing Rule
  • New Newsletter
  • Murray Earns Top Safety Award

  • MSHA Levies Alabama Fine

  • Arch Acquiring Triton

  • Mining Rail Freight

  • MSHA Issues Quecreek Investigation Report

  • Entrepreneurship in Coal

  • New Booster Water Pump
    Combines Innovation & Functionality

  • DBT Sets New Standards for Continuous Haulage Design 

  • Brookville Tractors and Scoops

  • Longwall Mines Gain Production Share

  • Miners Mark Rescue Anniversary

  • A Second Chance at Life

  • Memories of an Amazing Rescue

  • Joy AC Variable Frequency Shuttle Car

  • Fairchild Launches New Miner Bolter

  • Movers & Shakers

  • What's Happening

  • Product News

  • 2003 Bluefield Coal Show 

  • Longwall Associates Turns It On

  • Goodyear Products - Hard At Work For The Coal Industry

  • Bluefield Coal Show

  • Bluefield Coal Show Exhibitors

  • Joy Mining Machinery at the 2003 Bluefield Coal Show

  • Fletcher - A Dominant Name in Mobile Underground Equipment

  • DBT America to unveil four new machines at Bluefield Coal Show

  • Belt Conveyor Safety Training 
    Aids Now Available on Flexco Website


July
2003
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  • NMA Products Directory on Web
  • No More Gas From Canada
  • Bluefield Coal Show
  • Diesel Equipment Underground in WV
  • Draft Report on Mountaintop Mining Released

  • U.S. Steel to Exit Coal

  • New Guide for Tailings
  • OSM Interpretation Upheld
  • MSHA Delays Implementing Dust Rule
  • Sandvik Selling Chemical Products Division
  • Eddie Steele Dies
  • Arch Coal Acquiring 
    Triton Coal 
  • Joint Spring Meeting
  • Coal's Important Role
  • Coal and Tourism
  • Worker's Compensation Stability 
  • Participation in Sequestration Research
  • Eastern Coal Council 
  • New Technologies
  • The New DBT 
  • Fleet Management Technology
  • New Clean Coal Era 
  • Carbon Management Initiative 
  • Longwall USA Held
  • Safety as a Value
  • Rack It Up
  • Miner's Memorial
  • CEDAR Coal Fair
  • Movers & Shakers
  • Product News
  • Coal Prep New Technologies
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June
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