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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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Former Association Board member, Jim Thomas, II, passed away on Wednesday in Charleston. Jim was well known throughout the industry as he and his brother, Newt, operated Carbon Fuel for a number of years. Since his retirement, he had been in numerous statewide organizations and a wide variety of civic activities in Charleston and the Kanawha Valley. Jim was inducted in the West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame in 2000. Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home in Charleston is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete at this time. |
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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Congresswoman Shelley Capito has joined with co-sponsors Barr, Shimkus, Lummis, Stivers, Wagner, Johnson, Griffith, Whitfield, McKinley, and Latta to introduce the Coal Jobs Protection Act in the House. The bill number is H.R. 1829.
The bill proposes controls on the EPA in order to prevent the withdrawal (veto) of permits after issuance, as occurred with the Spruce permit. A companion bill in the U.S Senate is being sponsored by Senator Mitch McConnell. |
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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The WV Board of Coal Mine Health & Safety promulgated an "Emergency Rule" designed to close a major loop hole in the State's mandatory drug testing program.
The Board's "Emergency Rule", which becomes effective on July 1, extends the reporting and decertification requirements in current state law to all individuals who fail a drug or alcohol test prescribed under state law. Heretofore, only cases involving a positive drug test that resulted in discharge, were reported to the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training for disciplinary action and suspension of mining certification privileges.
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Read more... [Emergency Drug Testing Rule Effective July 1]
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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The Association filed comments earlier this week regarding the proposal from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to add streams to the 303(d) list of impaired waters for the State of West Virginia.
EPA published a notice in the Federal Register on Monday, April 8, 2013 in which it proposed adding 255 additional stream segments to the list of impaired waters for the State of West Virginia. On March 25, 2013 EPA notified the state by letter that it was partially disapproving the state’s proposed 303(d) list of impaired waters. EPA’s partial disapproval was based on the state’s decision not to place additional streams on the list of impaired waters for biological impairment using the West Virginia Stream Condition Index (WV SCI).
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Read more... [WVCA Comments Filed on EPA's Impaired Streams List]
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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According to U.S. International Trade Commission data for Jan-Mar 2013, U.S. coal exports were up 11.2% y/y to 31.8 million tons. Metallurgical coal exports for this period increased 4% y/y to 18.2 million tons. The y/y growth is primarily attributable to thermal coal exports, which were up 23% y/y to 13.6 million tons for the same period. The March 2013 export figure totaled 13.6 million tons, up from 8.6 million in tons in February and represented the single largest ever month for U.S. coal exports. |
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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In 2011, West Virginia -- the second-largest U.S. coal producer -- accounted for 25 percent of the country's 91,611 coal jobs. By 2012, the number of miners or coal-related workers in West Virginia who applied for unemployment benefits had nearly tripled to almost 6,000.
But not all is lost. Hydraulic fracturing has made tapping into shale gas a viable endeavor, and the losses in coal could be more than made up by the gains in shale. About 3.5 million jobs will be created by 2035 as the United States exploits its shale reserves, a 2012 study by IHS Global Insight estimated |
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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The Friends of Coal/Charleston Gazette Relays were held at Laidley Field recently in Charleston. The event featured track and field teams from across the state. It has become a major event in the state’s high school track and field schedule, while also attracting participants from Ohio. Thanks to Pritchard Mining for making sure the Friends of Coal has a named place in this all-star event. |
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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The first Legislative Monthly Interim Meetings will be held in Charleston from May 20-22. The following link will provide the schedule for this month’s meetings as well as the membership for the various Interim Committees. Click here for the general schedule and committee makeup:http://www.legis.state.wv.us/committees/interims/intcomsched.cfm.
The June Interim Meetings will be held in Wheeling, the State’s first capitol, where West Virginia’s 150th Birthday will be commemorated. |
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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The 2013 Friends of Coal Auto Fair is set for July 19-21st at the YMCA Paul Cline Memorial Sports Complex in Beckley, WV. More than 50,000 people from all over the country are expected throughout the weekend to take in the car show, carnival rides, live music, special performance, surprise guests and festival food. Sponsorship opportunities are available and more up-to-date information can be accessed by visiting: www.friendsofcoalautofair.com |
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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In recent years, natural gas has competed more effectively with coal as a fuel for electricity generation as the cost of operating natural gas-fired generators fell below the cost of operating coal-fired generators in some regions, changing the least-cost dispatch ordering of available units. EIA's most recent outlook shows how generation market shares respond to changing fuel prices. |
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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The 2013 National Coal Mine Rescue, First Aid, Bench and Pre-shift Competition will be held from September 9-12 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The four-day competition includes team competitions for Mine Rescue and First Aid and individual competitions for Bench and Pre-shift.
The event begins on Monday, Sept. 9, at 7 a.m., with First Aid team competition and Bench individual competition. The Mine Rescue team competition will be held Tuesday, Sept. 10 - Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning at 7 a.m. each day. The Pre-shift individual competition will be held Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7 a.m. The event concludes with an Awards Banquet on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m., in the Battelle Grand Ballroom at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Registration is open until June 15, 2013. To compete in any of the competitions (team or individual), each person must be employed by a coal company.
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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Mining & Reclamation will hold a Surface Water Runoff Analysis (SWROA) training session on May 14, 2013 at the Charleston Civic Center. To register for the training session contact Leslie Oaks 304-926-0499 ext. 1506 |
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Friday - May 10, 2013 |
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Members may want to let their employees know their children (high school) may attend the annual WV High School Entrepreneurship Summit at Camp Horseshoe. June 9 – 15 details are available on the below attachment.
Sponsorships pay all the fees except $50 the student invests – or finds a sponsor for their $50 share of the fee. The PDF is attached below (double click on PDF): |
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Monday - May 06, 2013 |
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United States Patent Application: 0120216715
We've documented many times that Coal Ash can be added to Portland-type Cement, PC, as a reactive substitute for some of the sand and gravel aggregate traditionally used, with the result being Portland-type Cement Concrete, PCC, that is both stronger and more resistant to chemical attack and deterioration than conventional PCC.
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Read more... [USDOE Pays for Utah Coal Ash "Polymer" Useful in Concrete]
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West Virginia Coal Economy Joint Finance Committees Presentation - Download PDF
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