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Recent Press

  • Weekly Production / Consumption Report (Feb .27 Update) March 05, 2021
  • Final Mine Safety Rules Adopted by Safety Board February 26, 2021
  • Weekly Coal Production / Consumption Report (Feb .20 Update) February 26, 2021
  • WV Coal Association Intervenes in AEP Rate Case to Keep State Coal-Fired Power Plants Operating February 23, 2021
  • Weekly Production / Consumption Report (Feb .13 Update) *Dec. 2020 Coal Export Data* February 19, 2021
  • Chris Hamilton, President, WV Coal Association, Invites V.P. Kamala Harris to West Virginia to Meet Miners February 09, 2021
  • Weekly Production / Consumption Report (Jan. 30 Update) February 05, 2021
  • Jonathan Rorrer Appointed Acting Director of the Division of Mining & Reclamation January 29, 2021
  • Weekly Production / Consumption Report (Jan. 23 Update) January 29, 2021
  • Weekly Production / Consumption Report (Jan. 16 Update) January 22, 2021

West Virginia Coal – Back To The Future

The recent announcement that Mylan, now Viatris, will shutter their Morgantown manufacturing facility and eliminate 1,500 jobs in the process leaves us all with an inexplicable empty feeling and sense of hopelessness. It serves as a brutal realization that longstanding state businesses can be ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ due to factors not abundantly clear to us.   If State leadership had advance warning or insight into the reasons for Viatris’ decision, could they have convinced them to continue operations?  While it appears not, this decision serves as a wakeup call. Similarly, as we work to diversify our economy and recruit new industries to locate in West Virginia, we must be cognizant of the whims of the marketplace and its impact on new business ventures. Do these prospective ventures have the staying power to ride out a market downturn or the enticement of a merger or, more generally, the lure of greener pastures somewhere else?  ...
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Blog

  • Open Letter to Friends of Coal Everywhere
  • West Virginia Coal – Back To The Future
  • Weekly Production / Consumption Report (Jan. 23 Update)
  • WV Coal Association Statement Concerning DC Circuit Court’s Ruling Vacating the Affordable Clean Energy Rule
  • Bill Raney retires as president, chief executive officer of W.Va. Coal Association
  • West Virginia Coal Association Issues Statement on the Passing of Robert Murray, Founder and CEO of Murray Energy
  • The Democrat Party Sold Out to the Big Green Money Machine
  • Tracking Coal through the Process of Steel Making
  • A Cup Half Full: Answering the Question “Why Coal and How Coal?”
  • Regional State of the States: Association Leaders Look to the Future
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    • Who We Are
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    • Spruce Mine Permit
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  • Resources
    • Coal Facts
    • Coal Tax Policy
    • Coal Mining Buyers Guide
    • Links
    • The Coal Seam
    • Info Series
    • Talk to the Media
    • 2019 Symposium
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    • Ringtones
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  • Education
    • Mining 101
    • Coal Education
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    • State of Coal
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    • FOC Ladies Auxiliary
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