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Senator Joe Manchin gave a special present to fellow Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer of New York during this past week’s informal Christmas celebration at the U.S. Capitol. As part of this year’s first annual “Secret Santa” gift exchange, Manchin gave Schumer a little piece of West Virginia – and a message. Manchin’s gift was a donkey and elephant carved from coal mined here in the Mountain State.
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Representatives of the West Virginia Coal Association participated in the annual Governor’s Energy Summit earlier this month at the Stonewall Resort. The event, sponsored by the WV Governor’s Office and the WV Department of Commerce was entitled West Virginia: Energy Powering Economic Development.
WV Coal Association Vice President Jason Bostic gave a presentation outlining the status of permitting with EPA in West Virginia. Ernie Thraster of Xcoal also presetned a detailed and insightful analysis of the metallurgical export market.
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For the third quarter, 2011, the MSHA database shows that there were 1,123 coal mines with some production of coal, approximately 1.4% above the 3Q10 level of 1,107 mines. Of these 1,123 mines, we count 381 (34%) active mines that were owned by a public company and 742 active mines (66%) that were privately held. The publicly owned mines produced 75% of U.S. coal output in 3Q11 and the private mines produced 25%. For this period, 69% of U.S. coal production came from surface mines and 31% from underground mines.
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The 2012 Mining Symposium will be held February 1-3 at the Charleston Civic Center. Planning is now underway for the event. We look forward to it continuing to build on the successes of the past.
“The Symposium is always one of the most important events on the calendar for those of us involved in the coal industry,” said WVCA President Bill Raney. “But it has grown quickly and has become one of the most important technical shows in the state.”
Registration information will be forwarded via e-mail the first of the year.
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The Friends of Coal-West Virginia Facebook pages continues to build a following. We have now crossed more than 2,500 “friends” on the “Coal Friend” page and almost 1,100 “fans” on the Friends of Coal-West Virginia “fan” page. It is important to note that this has happened before an “official launch,” with people actually searching out the pages as we have developed them.
In addition, the Friends of Coal Ladies’ Auxiliary Facebook page continues to build its base, providing a constant stream of information, photos and video of the efforts of the Auxiliary during this holiday season. Drop by our pages on Facebook and join our growing family of friends today.
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