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Recent Press

  • Weekly Production / Consumption Report (Jan. 16 Update) January 22, 2021
  • West Virginia Records Historic Mine Safety Performance Record January 22, 2021
  • WV Coal Association Statement Concerning DC Circuit Court’s Ruling Vacating the Affordable Clean Energy Rule January 20, 2021
  • Mining Symposium Recognizes Companies for Excellence in Safety and Reclamation January 15, 2021
  • Pandemic’s Impact on 2020 Coal Production Significant January 15, 2021
  • Despite Challenges, Coal Stakeholders Share Optimistic Industry Outlook During WV Mining Symposium January 15, 2021
  • West Virginia COVID-19 Vaccination of Mining Personnel December 30, 2020
  • Open Letter to Friends of Coal Everywhere December 30, 2020
  • Weekly Production / Consumption Update | 12.18.2020 December 18, 2020
  • West Virginia Coal – Back To The Future December 17, 2020

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

  • 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
  • Apologies for not Updating our Blog
  • We Have a Bright Future if We Take the Right Steps Today
  • EPA Plans to Streamline Air Regulations Permitting
  • Death of U.S. Coal Industry Greatly Exaggerated
  • U.S. Rail Coal Shipments To Rise Amid Favorable Business Environment
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  • About
    • Who We Are
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  • Resources
    • Coal Facts
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    • Coal Mining Buyers Guide
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    • 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
    • Taxes
    • Post Mine Land Use Gallery
    • Post Mine Land Use
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