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JULY 2009
Vol. 31 No. 8
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2009 Reclamationist of the Year
Roy
Karo
Peabody Energy’s
Reclamation Manager
for Colorado
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2009 Reclamationist of the Year
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Reclamationist of the Year
Roy Karo
Peabody Energy’s
Reclamation Manager
for Colorado
Features
Peabody’s Roy Karo Named 2009 Reclamationist of the Year........... 10
by Meg Gallagher
IMCC Reclamation Award Winners ....................................................... 18
Environmental Renaissance in Pennsylvania ..................................... 20
by James Stevens
Below the Radar: Equipment Operators are Virtual
Control Systems in Surface Mining ...................................................... 23
by Kay Sever
Land Reclamation Beautifies Coal Mines ............................................ 24
by Bonnie Coblentz
American Coal Company: Mine Rescue Team Takes First Place ...... 32
Bart J. Hyita of CONSOL Energy, Inc. Receives
The John E. Willson Distinguished Alumnus Award........................... 40
Roy Karo, Peabody Energy
Reclamation Manager for
Colorado.
Background-A mountain lion’s
home on Peabody Energy’s
Seneca Complex.
Advertisers in Action
Whayne Supply’s Commitment Continues Stronger Than Ever! ...........................................................29
Departments
GO WEST and grow...Atlas Copco’s
DMM3 and Pit Viper 275 are ideal for
coal mines in Wyoming and Montana .. 34
Buyer-Friendly Ad Index .......................................................... 4
Guest Editorial by Phil Southern.............................................. 6
Guest Editorial by Christopher B. Powers ............................... 8
Coal People Comments..................................................... 5 & 7
Reclamation News................................................................. 12
Capsule News ....................................................................... 26
Coal News Worldwide ........................................................... 36
Coal People in the News ....................................................... 38
Energy News ......................................................................... 42
Product News ........................................................................ 44
Coal Events ........................................................................... 47
Advertising Index .................................................................. 54
Classified .......................................................................... 49-53
JOY Takes Equipment
Lubricants to the Next
Level ...................... 41
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CBP Engineering ............................................. 49
S & S Urethane & Ceramics ............................ 49
AIR SYSTEMS
Air Repair, LLC/Boge America, Inc .................. 49
AUTOMATED SAMPLING SYSTEMS
James A. Redding Company ........................... 49
Precision Samplers, Inc ................................... 49
BATTERY CHARGERS/MINE
LaMarche Manufacturing ................................. 49
CABLE FAULT LOCATORS
Innovative Utility Products Corp ...................... 49
COAL PREPARATION PLANTS
Steel Nation ..................................................... 17
COAL PREPARATION/PREPARATION
EQUIPMENT
Ceramic Technology, Inc. ................................ 50
Industrial Resources, Inc ................................. 50
COMMUNICATION-COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Coal Software & Systems, Inc ......................... 50
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT/TRUCKS
Liebherr Mining Equipment.....................56 (BC)
CONSULTING SERVICES
GIW Industries ................................................. 52
Marshall Miller & Associates ............................ 52
CONSULTING SERVICES/ENGINEERS
Cowin & Company, Inc .................................... 52
Norwest Corporation........................................ 52
CONVEYOR ACCESSORIES/BELTING
Richwood Industries ........................................ 50
CONVEYOR BACKSTOPS
Formsprag Clutch ........................................... 50
Marland Clutch ............................................... 50
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CONVEYOR BELT FASTENER
Minet Lacing Technology, Inc. ......................... 50
DRILLING/SHAFT & SLOPE CONSTRUCTION/
BLIND DRILLING/RAISE BORING
Frontier-Kemper Constructors ......................... 49
DRIVELINES
Rye Valley Gear............................................... 51
ELECTRICAL
Pemco Corporation.......................................... 51
ENGINEERING SERVICES
Farnham & Pfile Eng. & Contractors ............... 50
Skelly and Loy Engineering ............................ 52
FANS
Paul’s Repair Shop, Inc .................................. 51
FILTERS/DISC
Peterson Filters .............................................. 52
FIRE HOSE
Rawhide Fire Hose .......................................... 15
GENERAL/SPECIALIZED CONTRACTORS
Coalfield Services, Inc. .................................... 51
GROUND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
Jennmar Corporation/J-Lok ............................ 2
GROUTING EQUIPMENT
ChemGrout ...................................................... 51
HDPE PIPE
ISCO Industries ............................................... 53
HOISTING EQUIPMENT/FIELD SERVICES
FKC Lake Shore ................................................ 52
HYDRAULIC ROOFBOLTERS-PORTABLE
MPI .................................................................. 51
INSURANCE
American Mining Insurance ............................... 7
MINE VENTILATION
JMD Company ................................................. 53
MINE VENTILATION/PLUG SEALS/
OVERCASTS
Strata Mine Services, Inc................................... 9
MINING EQUIPMENT NEW & USED
Whayne Supply. Inc. ........................................ 27
MOBILE AIR/HEAT/VENTILATION
Mountaineer Thermo King ............................... 51
MOTORIZED CONVEYOR PULLEYS
Rulmeca Corporation....................................... 52
PAINTING/COATING SERVICES
Gardner Paint Services ................................... 50
PIPING/FABRICATION
JABO Supply Corporation ............................... 53
PREPARATION PLANT DESIGNERS &
BUILDERS
Lincoln Contracting & Equipment ..................... 50
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Safety Whips.com, LLC ..................................... 5
SILOS
Borton, LC ....................................................... 53
Marietta Silos ................................................... 53
SILOS-STACKING TABLES
San-Con Industries, Inc. .................................. 53
STARTERS/ALTERNATORS
Electric Motor Service...................................... 53
STEEL
HardSteel, Inc. ................................................. 53
TIRES
Setco Tire & Rim Assembly ............................... 3
TRANSFORMERS
Watts Transformers ......................................... 53
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“We intend to begin to restart that
industry (nuclear energy) to develop
safer reactors, more economical reactors
and again we are looking very much forward
to working with Italy and other countries in
restarting this industry.”
– U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
“NMA opposed H.R.
2454, the ‘American
Clean Energy and
Security Act,’ because
it does not promote economic and
energy security. While NMA recognizes
changes the original draft of the legislation
are intended to reduce harmful economic
consequences of the legislation, these
changes are not sufficient to produce
a balanced and responsible policy for
addressing climate change concerns. “
– NMA President/CEO Hall Quinn.
“We are evaluating whether or not one or several wind
turbines may be helpful in supplementing the power
supply. Peabody is still in the early stages of its analysis and
couldn’t say how many turbines it is considering or when a
decision would be made.”
–Vic Svec, a Peabody vice president.
“People can only be helped by truth.
AIDS, starvation, war, and lack of clear
water are just some of the real issues
facing the world today. Wasting billions
of dollars on a climate-change theory
won’t help people in their lifetime (even if it
were true). It only serves to deprive them
of resources that could make their lives
better. The coal industry provides lowcost electricity to 150 million Americans.
The mining and burning of coal are done
continually with less pollution and even
fewer accidents. Additionally, coal does not lead to war. The
same cannot be said for oil.”
– Don L. Blankenship, chairman/chief executive officer, Massey
Energy Company.
“A clean-energy economy will revitalize the nowlanguishing U.S. manufacturing sector, and it will create
the industries of tomorrow. These new clean-energy jobs –
installing solar panels, renovating buildings to make them more
energy efficient, construction the Smart Grid – are jobs that
can’t be outsourced. Opportunities abound not just for cleanenergy jobs but also for consumer savings.”
– Carl Pope, executive director, Sierra Club.
“An ever-growing appetite for electricity will require nuclear,
coal, gas and alternative generating methods to meet power
needs. The next few years will pose unprecedented challenge
for U.S. electrical utilities. We will see somewhere between 20
and 30 percent growth in energy consumption over the next 20
years.” -- Jeff Lyash, chairman/CEO, Progress Energy Florida.
“Coal, oil and natural gas are the solution to the nation’s
energy problem. The sun doesn’t shine all the time; the
wind doesn’t blow all the time (referring to alternative energy
sources).”
– U.S. Sen. George Allen, American Energy Freedom Center.
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Guest
by Phil Southern
Repair King, Inc.
Where Is is the “Fairness” When Talking Mountain Top Mining
There continues to be misinformation put forth by uninformed people concerning Mountain Top Mining.
Allow me to address two issues that continue to be printed but are absolutely unequivocally wrong.
First: Destroying Streambeds by depositing material,
rock and dirt.
Streambeds are not destroyed, they are relocated. Water comes from two sources; from the sky and from internal
springs. Man does not have the power to restrict either. He can
relocate and when he does, he has to comply with extremely
severe conditions set forth and enforced by the EPA, DNR and
MSHA. Please be assured these state and federal regulatory
agencies assure that the laws are complied with to the minutest
degree and huge monetary fines are levied on any mining company that tries to circumvent these laws. These streambeds are
relocated, ditched and filled with rip-rap (large limestone rocks)
to address erosion generating wonderful conduits of H2O and
certainly not harmful to our wonderful environment. Limestone
is a fantastic aquifer.
Soda ash and other limestone products are added to reduce
the acidity; aeration and other minerals are used to drop iron
out of the water, all in the interest of being environmentally correct. What gives one group of people the right to assume that
they care more about our environment than we the miners do?
Second: Polluting Streams and Contaminating
Drinking Water.
Most of the articles that are printed in our news media state “as
a matter of fact” and tend to be accepted as such. I speak not
from osmosis but from the experience of being a previous owner of a mine permit. The water being discharged from any permitted mining property has to be more pure than what falls from
the sky. So, please do not tell the public that mining companies
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are responsible for contaminating drinking water. Granted there
have been spills that caused problems and also there have
been huge monetary fines generated and paid by the perpetrators. As a matter of fact our environment would be much more
pure if none of us were here. So my question is “who wants to
sacrifice themselves?”
The first coalition to abolish MTM was formed in Logan County,
WV. A mine owner was doing road excavation on Blair Mountain when a seam of coal was discovered; consequently, he
decided to core drill and found several virgin seams of coal.
Therefore, he bought out all of the existing landowners, paying
30 times what the property had historically sold for. Property
owners adjacent wanted to be bought out at the same rate as
their neighbors but there was no coal on the second group’s
property; consequently, they were denied.
Retribution followed and the MTM coalition was formed.
Reminds me of a story told by Zbigniew Brzezinski about the
collective farmer in Russia that turned up a Genie bottle and
was told “I’ll grant you any wish but please bear in mind whatever I do for you I’ll do double for your neighbor.” After several
minutes of deliberation he said “take my left eye and my left
arm”.
Surface Mining does not destroy streams or contaminate drinking water. It relocates streams and enhances the quality of water.
In the future when you paint the coal industry with a broad brush
please use an honest color!
that same land is the site of a flurry of
life. According to one visitor, “It’s the best
thing that’s happened to this area.”
Student Praises Reclaimed Site in
Letter to Kentucky Coal Association
Dear Mr. Moss,
I am a current student at Berea College
studying adventure tourism in the Appalachian region. Recently I had a phenomenal experience in Knott County I’d like
to share with you. The class has covered
several topics- one of which is the controversy surrounding mountain top removal
and reclamation.
Exploring the issue, we visited a mountain top removal site that has been reclaimed and reused to promote adventure tourism. This site in Knott County
hosts activities such as trail rides, by
horseback and wagon, and ATV rides.
The particular event we visited was a
saddle club trail ride. As we drove there, I
had no idea of what to expect, but I didn’t
think it would be as surprising as what I
witnessed. Rounding the corner to view
the trail ride site, my fellow students and I
took a collective gasp as we saw the hundreds and hundreds of people camping
out with horses, trailers, and campers. It
truly was a sea of people- and stretched
from one end of the horizon to the other.
Twenty years ago, 600 acres of land
were strip mined to bare, dry land. Today,
During our visit, we got a firsthand experience of the benefits of mountain top
removal. Riding a wagon down one of the
trails, it was amazing how natural everything looked. It was almost like someone
had transported a chunk of prairie into
the middle of the mountains. Being from
Washington State, I had never heard of
mountain top removal before coming to
Kentucky in August. Since my arrival,
almost all I have heard are the negative
effects. Before seeing the site, I had assumed the land would be scarred and
ugly. However, in Knott County I was
pleasantly surprised to find the beauty
of the area and to see the usefulness of
the land. One of the Kentuckians in my
group was likewise surprised. In her family, mountain top removal is only looked
at as a bad thing. “I was skeptical at first,”
she said, but after seeing the area and
experiencing the unique opportunities
presented, she concluded that, “it was
amazing.”
Talking to the people at the event, it
seems that all of them agreed with our
group’s consensus. My group interviewed participants at the event, surveying their likes and dislikes, and also
provided an estimate of the amount of
money visitors planned on spending in
the area. Everyone I talked with voiced
a desire to come back next year- they
were all impressed with the quality of the
area’s trails. One visitor from the country
of Romania exclaimed, “I never thought
I would come to America and see something like this!” From an economic side,
our surveys showed the event to be a
huge monetary success as well; there
were approximately 3,000 people at the
event, and each of them spent an average of $325 dollars over the course of
their time there. This means that around
$975,000 dollars was brought into the
area during this one event. Not only does
this site add to Knott County’s natural finery, but it also greatly benefits the area’s
economic situation.
After hearing so much negativity towards
mountain top removal, my visit to Knott
County truly opened my eyes to some
of the benefits. Not only can it provide
a source of income for the area, but
the scars of mining can be successfully
transformed into beauty. Back on my college campus, I am determined for both
sides of the issue to be voiced. Thank
you for being a part of that voice.
Sincerely,
LeAnna Kaiser
Berea College Freshman,
from Centralia, WA
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Christopher B. Power
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
OPPOSITION TO SURFACE MINING IN WEST VIRGINIA:
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE LAW
“You seem to be pleased about it.”
“Don’t I have good reason to be?”
“But, after all, I did break one of your laws.”
“Well, what do you think they’re for?... Do you really think we want those laws to be observed?...
We want them broken…. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is
the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them.”
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand (1957).
For some time now, there has been a well-organized effort to severely restrict if
not abolish surface coal mining in West Virginia, especially mountaintop removal
operations. Until the last few years, this movement has been led by groups such as
the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and other regional groups whose members
include at least some West Virginians. Recently this highly coordinated campaign has
been expanded, as national groups such as the Sierra Club, EarthJustice, and others
have joined and brought so-called ‘nonviolent resistance’ techniques to the fight
(trespassing, chaining themselves to equipment, etc.). Apparently these groups hope
that their efforts will not only protect local residents from environmental harms caused
by mining, but also help to bring an end to carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired
power plants, by making coal more difficult to mine.
The focus of this effort -- and most all of the major court cases -- has been on the
issuance of so-called “dredge and fill” permits under Section 404 of the federal Clean
Water Act (CWA). The Section 404 permit program is administered in West Virginia by
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), but EPA retains the authority to review 404
permit applications to ensure compliance with its “404(b)(1) Guidelines” developed
specifically for that program.
All of this is well known. The existence of an orchestrated movement against coal is
beyond debate. Moreover, most people do not question the right of any individual or
group to voice their position on the issue of whether 404 permits ought to be available
for the valley fills that are a part of surface mining operations. What is questionable
are the repeated claims made by coal opponents that the fight to deny 404 permits
for coal operations represents an effort to force mining companies to ‘comply with
existing laws.’
Even a cursory review of the most recent decision in this long line of cases (OVEC
v. Aracoma Coal Company, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit on February 13, 2009) reveals otherwise. The coal companies whose 404
permits were challenged in that case did nothing in violation of any law or regulation
in applying for those permits or in taking steps to place fill in designated areas.
Indeed, though the plaintiff groups made a number of allegations regarding the
Corps’ failure to take a close look at the water quality and aquatic consequences
of those projects, the Appeals Court specifically found to the contrary. In the
words of Circuit Judge Gregory, the Corps used its “best professional judgment
for assessing the structure and function of the affected aquatic ecosystem,”
and its decisions “addressed the required considerations under the Guidelines.”
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What happened next? Within days,
reports surfaced of efforts to have the
Obama Administration’s EPA impose
either a moratorium or a substantially
lengthened review period (hold) on
each and every 404 permit application
that had been pending in the Corps’
Huntington District office. Processing of
almost all of those applications had been
suspended solely because everyone was
awaiting the Fourth Circuit’s decision.
However, when that decision was finally
issued -- telling us all what the law is -the response by coal’s opponents was
to seek other ways of stopping those
projects despite that ruling.
Whether an outgrowth of that response
or not, on June 11, 2009, EPA and
other federal agencies issued a series
of “guidance” documents identifying
immediate and long-term steps that are
intended to “enhance” the review process
for such permits -- in Appalachian states
only, and only for proposed coal mine
projects. In releasing those documents,
White House Council for Environmental
Quality Director Nancy Sutley was
quoted as saying that mountaintop
mining “is allowed under current federal
law,” and “until that changes, we have to
use the tools that we have.” Although the
exact meaning and effect of these new
procedures is not yet known, this does
not seem to reflect an effort to force coal
companies to comply with the law. To
many, it is instead indicative of an effort
to stop surface coal mining in Appalachia
regardless of the law.
Confusing the issue even further, news
reports and editorials have suggested
that before the Fourth Circuit’s ruling
in Aracoma, EPA was not involved in
reviewing mining-related 404 permit
applications at all. That is simply incorrect.
Again, even a brief review of the opinions
in any of the 404 permit cases that have
been filed over the last eight years makes
this clear. EPA has long been involved
in reviewing 404 permit applications
submitted to the Corps, and particularly
those seeking approval for coal projects.
What makes this most recently initiated
process different is that it seems to
reflect a significant disregard for the
other environmental review programs that
have long been an integral part of the
permitting process for a coal mine. For
example, one of the areas that will now
be addressed anew is how the federal
Office of Surface Mining can “remove
impediments” to its ability to become
involved in state mine permitting.
How and why that has suddenly been
perceived as a problem, and what
“impediments” are to be addressed
(beyond the federal regulations governing
that oversight) is nowhere to be found in
the newly released guidance. What is
readily detectable from those memos is
that there is a host of areas that are now
of great concern to EPA and that will have
to be “clarified” before any future permits
are issued for surface coal mines in the
affected states. In other words, what was
acceptable yesterday may be viewed as
a ‘violation of law’ today.
It is almost as if someone wants the law
to be broken.
Christopher B. Power is a Partner in Dinsmore
& Shohl’s Charleston office. His practice
encompasses civil and administrative litigation
related to the energy industry.
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Peabody Energy’s
Roy Karo
By Meg Gallagher
Manager, Corporate Communications
Peabody Energy
Wins Praise
from Peers for
Environmental Excellence
S
unrise over the Aspen-dotted slopes and lush valleys of Peabody
Energy’s Seneca Complex is a strikingly beautiful sight and home
to large herds of elk and mule deer and mountain lion, grouse and
other wildlife. It’s also a credit to the more than 30-year career of
Roy Karo, Peabody Energy Reclamation Manager for Colorado.
Karo’s pioneering land restoration programs have helped create thousands of acres of flourishing rangeland and pasture in the semi-arid climate of northwest Colorado. Under his leadership, lands at the company’s
former Seneca Mine have been restored to a condition that is typically four
times more productive for livestock grazing than native range, an accomplishment that has earned national recognition.
Most recently, Karo’s peers at the American Society of Mining and Reclamation (ASMR) recognized his achievements with a major annual honor,
the 2009 Reclamationist of the Year Award. Karo’s initiatives have earned
10 state awards since 1994 and national honors for land restoration from
the U.S. Department of the Interior in 2000 and 2006. Interior even singled
out the industry veteran with its “Best of the Best Award” for a lifetime of
accomplishments in 2006.
Mining operations have replicated his model across the West. Eric Ford,
Peabody’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, says,
“Roy exemplifies a key principle of Peabody’s mission to ‘leave the land in
a condition equal to or better than we found it.’”
Karo could hardly have imagined his career would take such a high-profile
course when he accepted his first job at Seneca in 1977. Of course, he
had graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Agriculture with a burning desire to “grow things.” But no textbook could prepare him for the challenge… and rewards…of his position
as Land Restoration and Grading Supervisor at Seneca.
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Karo assumed an array of additional duties, including pit supervisor, foreman and safety manager. He supervised more than
50 operators, reclaiming over 150 acres of mined land annually,
as well as a small army of subcontractors who aided in everything from revegetation and environmental monitoring to pond
construction and heavy equipment maintenance.
Still, perhaps Karo’s steepest learning curve involved the rugged territory at Seneca itself. The property’s high elevation,
mountainous terrain and brief 65-day growing season presented
some of the most challenging mining and land restoration conditions in the region. Karo spent hours of personal time gathering
native species of plant seeds – which were not commercially
available – to ensure the land’s unique vegetation was restored
using plant materials adapted to the region.
Establishing woody plants in this wintery and wildlife-rich region
was also a tough task. For example, Karo and his team discovered that big game browsing was responsible for the failure of
some typically hardy and aggressive shrubs to thrive on restored
lands. So, he experimented with new techniques, collaborating
with engineers, academics and regulators from Office of Surface
Mining to Colorado State University to the U.S. Forest Service
to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. In
the process, he advanced an array of innovative revegetation,
soil handling, seedling production, controlled livestock grazing,
fencing, erosion control and other techniques that achieved real
results.
Two bucks in velvet
The Seneca group cooperated with researchers to devise techniques from weed barriers to the carefully timed application of herbicides to local seedling transplanting.
Working with the USDA’s Forest Service, Karo even launched a successful demonstration project to reintroduce aspen trees to restored land, helping to address years
of decline for the majestic trees in the area.
Deer and elk are just some of the species that seem to approve of Karo’s efforts:
Peabody’s Colorado properties boast some of the highest densities of big game in
the region. Look no farther than a sensitive local bird: the Columbian sharp-tailed
grouse. These animals are particular about the location of their courting practices,
and populations of grouse have declined alarmingly throughout the West in recent
years as development encroached upon the habitats the birds use for breeding. Karo
was the first person to observe that the grouse preferred Peabody reclaimed lands to
mate and raise their young, and he led numerous initiatives through the Colorado Division of Wildlife’s research team of biologists to successfully establish and document
breeding, nesting and brood-rearing habitat. He also employed techniques to support
mountain bluebirds. His efforts have been so successful that bird watchers now travel
from around the world to observe the grouse in guided tours.
Sharp-tail Grouse
Karo is in good company. He joins a talented, global group of environmental leaders
and innovators at Peabody Energy who have earned 16 awards in 2008 for safety,
stewardship and good neighbor practices… all while restoring more than 6,100 acres
of land over the same period. In 2008, Peabody’s operations created more than $14
billion in total economic benefits around the world, including $3.5 billion in direct economic contributions. Peabody’s operations provide high-paying jobs, fund local institutions and support community organizations.
For Vern Pfannenstiel, a highly decorated Manager of Environmental Services-West
for Peabody Energy and current President of ASMR, the greatest achievement of Karo
and his colleagues is their example: “The program under Roy’s direction is not restricted to only reclaimed lands but also includes more than 30,000 acres of undisturbed
lands that are managed to encourage a conservation ethic,” says Pfannenstiel. “That
means something. Through these efforts, Roy has not only influenced other coal operators in the region but has sent a positive and important message to the public. We
all know why we must preserve our environment for the next generation; people like
Roy show us how. ”
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CREATING SCENIC VISTAS, FRUIT OPERATIONS
AND WILDLIFE HABITAT FROM COAL MINES
The Colorado Mining Association (CMA), the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety (DRMS) and the Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB) honored the winners of
awards for outstanding coal and hardrock mine reclamation, at
a ceremony held at the Colorado Convention Center February
25. The awards were presented during the CMA’s 111th National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition.
“Mining companies in Colorado are the nation’s innovators and
leaders in outstanding reclamation practices,” Stuart Sanderson, CMA President, told a luncheon audience of nearly 200
who had gathered to honor the award winners. “That is why
Colorado is a leader in mineral production and environmental stewardship,” he said. “We also recognize and appreciate
CMA’s partnership with the state agencies involved in promoting and regulating responsible mining,” he added.
This year, four coal companies and one contractor achieved
recognition for outstanding contributions to mined land reclamation. Companies were honored for protecting a dam from
seismic activity, reclaiming a record number of acres, and developing innovative reclamation practices that turned one mine
into a fruit orchard and another into scenic habitat.
preventative measures and permitting through the Department
of Water Resources – Office of the State Engineer, Colorado
Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, United States Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, and the Colorado Water
Quality Control Division.
MCC spared no expense as they undertook the preventative
measures. These measures consisted of unloading a landslide
on the south abutment, buttressing the downstream face of the
dam, installation of a primary spillway valve and piping, installation of trench drains, gravel filter, clay liner, piezometers, inclinometers, rip-rapping the upstream face and emergency spillway. Also associated with the project were the installation of a
total remote survey station and accelerometers for monitoring
the dam for movement and seismic activity, both naturally occurring and mine-induced.
MCC was instrumental in providing the permitting, engineering design, and project management of construction activities
for the Minnesota Canal and Reservoir Company. MCC was
commended for their extraordinary efforts to help ensure public
safety.
Excellence in Coal Reclamation: Innovative
Reclamation Practices
Trapper Mine – Permit No. C-1981-010
2009 Reclamation Award Winners
Excellence in Coal Reclamation: Preventative Measures
to Ensure Public Safety
West Elk Mine – Permit No. C-1980-007
Mountain Coal Company (MCC) was recognized for their extraordinary efforts to protect public safety by reconstructing
Monument Dam. The Monument Dam, impounding Minnesota
Reservoir, was initially constructed in 1891. In order for longwall
mining to progress it was necessary for MCC to take preventative measures to protect the dam from mine subsidence and
seismic activity. No mining will occur beneath the reservoir.
Working with Minnesota Canal and Reservoir Company, the
owner of the dam, MCC consulted with and negotiated the
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Trapper Mining Inc. (TMI) was recognized for innovation in
drainage construction at the Trapper Mine and for diligence
in seeking Phase III bond release. TMI sent personnel to afluvial geomorphology course. Using the reclamation concepts
learned in the class Trapper applied them to a reclaimed drainage at the mine site. TMI established a sinuous channel down
a relatively steep slope. Instead of installing a series of rock
check dams as TMI has constructed in older drainages, which
frequently require maintenance after large precipitation events,
TMI installed rock vanes in the new channel. The rock vanes
perform a function similar to the rock check dams by slowing
the runoff velocity and allowing sediment to drop out of the runoff while allowing the runoff to flow around the vane and reduce
the amount of reconstruction needed after large storm events.
The sinuous nature of the channel aids in reducing the runoff
velocity as well. The drainage performed well during the 2008
season following a record snowfall year. Little or no maintenance was required.
Trapper Mining Inc., (TMI) which has received
recognition as one of the best examples of
environmental protection in the history of modern
surface mining, again was honored for
innovative engineering practices and for fully
and finally reclaiming nearly 3,000 acres of land.
Through the use of innovative drainage control
structures, Trapper was able to slow natural runoff
(water) crossing the mining property, preventing
erosion and protecting adjacent lands and surrounding communities, despite record snowfall.
Trapper Mining, Inc. was also commended for achieving Phase
III bond release on 1068 acres in the past two years. TMI is diligent in reclaiming contemporaneously and manages to fulfill the
bond release criteria for cropland and rangeland/wildlife habitat
within the 10-year liability period. To date, TMI has achieved
Phase III bond release on 2,921 acres.
Trapper Mining, Inc. was commended for the innovative reclamation practices and successful accomplishments in achieving
Phase III bond release at the Trapper Mine.
Excellence in Coal Reclamation: Alternative
Post Mining Land Use
Roadside Mine – Permit No. C-1981-041
Snowcap Coal Company, Inc., (Snowcap) is deserving of recognition for the permitting and implementation of an alternative
land use reclamation plan involving a steep slope variance from
approximate original contour. The plan allowed for retention of
a mine bench and various facilities to accommodate a commercial postmining land use. Implementation of the plan included
portal backfilling and highwall elimination, construction of a buried French drain system, demolition of mine related facilities
that were not related to the commercial use, construction of a
new access road and grading and seeding of areas not needed
for the commercial use. The project area is immediately adjacent to Interstate 70, in Debeque Canyon, a few miles east of
Palisade. Reclamation was completed in early 2008.
The new landowner, a local fruit grower with orchards nearby,
is using the property for his large scale organic fruit operations.
A former mine office on the lower level has been renovated and
converted to a roadside retail fruit stand, that has operated for
the last two years, while an adjacent former cafeteria/training
building was converted to a refrigerated fruit storage using solar
power. On the upper level, a former mine shop and warehouse
is being used for equipment and supply storage. Various graveled and paved location are being used for additional storage
and parking areas.
The project resulted in successful clean-up and stabilization of
a former mining site, and through proper planning and implementation, allowed for retention of various existing facilities to
facilitate a commercial postmining land use.
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Excellence in Coal Reclamation:
Steep Slope Reclamation
Munger Canyon Mine – Permit No. C-1981-020
Consolidation Coal Company and Phoenix Coal-MAC
Mining take top honors at 2009 Mountaineer Guardian
Safety Awards
Thirty-two West Virginia mining operations were recognized for
stellar safety efforts in 2008 during the West Virginia Coal Association’s 36th Annual Mining Symposium on Thursday. Coal
Association President Bill Raney presented the awards.
“Our companies strive to meet the highest standards of safety.”
Raney stated. “The award winners are fantastic examples of
our industry-wide commitment to safety. They are all to be commended for the hard work they put in making sure their operations are as safe as possible.”
Raney said Phoenix Coal-MAC Mining’s Holden 22 surface
mine in Mingo County, an Arch Coal subsidiary, took the top
honor for surface mines, claiming the Bart B. Lay, Jr. Milestones
of Safety Award. Consolidated Coal Company’s Blacksville E2
mine in Monongalia County claimed the first annual Eustace
Frederick Milestones of Safety Award for underground mines.
CAM Mining, LLC (CAM) and J.E. Stover & Associates were
recognized for excellence in steep slope reclamation at the
Munger Canyon Mine. Munger Canyon is a small underground
mine located in the Bookcliff’s, an area dominated by steep cliff
and canyon topography. The mine portal and access road, covering nearly 11 acres, were constructed pre-SMCRA. A decision
was made to permanently reclaim the mine in 2007.
Significant challenges associated with the project included construction of stable backfill slopes at grades up to 2H:1V, restoration of ten stable, high gradient ephemeral channels, and the
need for effective stabilization measures to minimize erosion
on the steep backfill slopes. These challenges were addressed
through development of detailed reclamation specifications for
bid documents, selection of a reclamation contractor with the
proper equipment, operators and expertise to complete the
project on schedule and in compliance with the approved specifications, and conscientious oversight of the project by CAM’s
reclamation and permitting consultant, J.E. Stover & Associates. All slopes were extensively roughened by track-hoe gouging, and a quick growing annual cover crop was hand broadcast
immediately following completion of surface roughening. Dormant season seeding of the permanent perennial seedmix was
hand broadcast, followed by hand spreading and crimping of
certified noxious weed-free straw mulch. Small stacks of straw
bales had been scattered throughout the site by the contractor
as grading operations were completed, since there was no vehicle access to most of the site following completion of grading.
Overall, the project was a success. The graded backfill slopes
in the portal area and the steep roadcut blend into the adjacent
steep slopes. The graded backfill slopes are stable and blend
in very well with the adjacent topography. While there are segments of steep roadcut exposed along portions of the reclaimed
road, the reclaimed road blends into the adjacent steep slope
and outcrop topography. There has been minimal erosion to
date and very little settling in the portal backfill.
CAM is deserving of recognition for an excellent job of planning,
permitting, implementation and timely and successful completion of a challenging reclamation project on steep slopes.
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“Both Phoenix Coal-MAC and Consol have taken steps above
and beyond what is required by state and federal regulations,”
Raney said. “ They are the truly dedicated to the safety of their
employees, and they are greatly deserving of this award.”
The West Virginia Coal Association’s Mountaineer Guardian
Awards are presented each year to mining companies that have
demonstrated a commitment to safety standards. Inspectors
for the West Virginia Office of Mine Health Safety and Training
nominate companies based on numerous criteria.
Mountaineer Guardian Award Recipients
Underground
International Coal Group
Eastern Associated Coal
Brooks Run Mining Co.
Elk Creek Mining Coal, Inc
Aracoma Coal Coal. Inc.
Laurel Creek Coal, Inc.
Brooks Run Mining Co, LLC
Pocahontas Coal Company
Upshur County
Monongalia County
McDowell County
Boone County
Logan County
Mingo County
Webster County
Raleigh County
Imperial Mine
Federal #2
Cucumber Mine
Castle Mine
Hernshaw Mine
No. 1 Mine
Poplar Ridge #1
Josephine No. 2
Surface
Oxford Mining Company
Extra Energy Inc.
Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.
Hobet Mining LLC
Premium Energy LLC
Phoenix Coal-MAC Inc.
Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.
International Coal Group
Brooke County
Crosscreek
McDowell County
Castus Ridge
Wyoming County
Paynter Branch
Boone County
West Ridge
Mingo County
Surface Mine 2
Mingo County
Phoenix Surface #4
Raleigh County
Ewing Fork, No. 1
Webster County Birch River Surface
Preparation Plants
International Coal Group –
Beckley LLC
Kepler Processing Co., LLC
Mingo Logan Coal Company
Pine Ridge Coal Company
Rockspring Development Inc
Patriot Coal
ICG Eastern LLC
Upshur
Wyoming
Logan
Boone
Wayne
Boone
Webster
Sawmill Run Prep. Plant
Kepler No. 1 Prep Plant
Cardinal Prep Plant
Big Mountain Prep Plant
Camp Creek Plant
Harris Plant
Birch River Plant
Webster
Raleigh
Fayette
Fayette
Clay
Erbacon Plant
Beckley Pocahontas
Kingston Processing
Maple Prep Plant.
Peach Orchard Prep Plant
The Greenlands Award, the state’s top environmental award,
went to Brooks Run Mining Company in Webster County.
Randolph
Aggregates Quarry
“Today we recognized the real, true practicing environmentalists of this state and nation,” said WVCA President Bill Raney.
“The men and women who mine, manage and support these
award-winning operations truly set the standard for environmental achievement and practical stewardship.”
Statewide
Powell Construction
Quarry
J.F. Allen Company
Independent Contractor
Powell Construction
Pioneer Fuel Corporation’s Simmon’s Fork Surface Mine 1 in
Wyoming County.
Brooks Run Mining, Coal-Mac and Pioneer Fuel take top
honors at West Virginia Environmental Awards
Fourteen companies were recognized for excellence in mine
reclamation for 2008. The awards were made at the concluding
luncheon of the 36th Annual West Virginia Mining Symposium
Charleston Civic Center.
The awards are co-sponsored by the West Virginia Coal Association and the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection. To be eligible, a mining operation must be nominated by
their local state inspector.
The awards include special presentations for conservation.
Ducks Unlimited presented the West Virginia Wetlands Award
to Coal-Mac, Inc. for its wetlands development in Mingo and
Logan counties. The Turkey Habitat Restoration Award went to
“It is always a great pleasure to make these awards,” said
WVCA President Bill Raney, “These companies go far beyond
requirements of the law in order to be good stewards of state’s
reources. These companies represent the very best efforts of
an industry committed to environmental responsibility. I also
want to applaud the industry as a whole for the outstanding job
of environmental stewardship it showed in 2008.”
Environmental Award Recipients
Greenlands Award 2008
Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC., Brooks Run Complex
In Webster County, WV for overall outstanding environmental
performance in the ongoing mining, reclamation and site maintenance activities at its Brooks Run Mining Complex which includes a surface mine, an underground mine and their associated coal preparation and coal handling facilities. The Brooks
Run complex, originally developed in 1980, was designed and
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Brooks Run Mining Co.
International Coal Group,
Beckley LLC
Kingston Resources, Inc.
Maple Coal Company
Fola Coal Company
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has been continually operated to achieve an outstanding level
of environmental protection. Brooks Run Mining has taken
steps above and beyond what is required by state and federal
regulations to assure proper environmental protections and
community relations are an integral part of the ongoing operation of the mining facility.
Surface Mine South Award
Colony Bay Coal Company, North Surface Mine, Permit S-15-81
In Boone County, WV, for overall exemplary efforts in the design, operation and reclamation of a surface mining operation.
Originally permitted in 1982, the mine was initially reclaimed to
Phase I bond release standards in 2005. In 2006, the permit
was reactivated to allow for highwall mining activities. Environmental impacts were minimal during both active phases of the
operation as demonstrated by the company’s overall inspection
and compliance history. Effective reclamation at the now completed mine site is evidenced by established vegetation and a
high rate of replanted tree survival.
Coal Refuse Facility South Award
Mingo-Logan Coal Company, Inc., Monclo Prep Plant, Permit P-729
In Boone County, WV for the overall exemplary reclamation of a
coal preparation facility and its related coal transportation infrastructure including truck dumps, railroad loadout structures and
a large concrete highway bridge. Coal has been processed at
the Monclo site from the early 1900s until 1999. Reclamation
activities were complicated by the facility’s close proximity to
residents, a public highway and extensive pre-law mining disturbance. Mingo-Logan has exercised excellent environmental
awareness by promptly dismantling structures, and commencing reclamation activities to very effectively reclaim a site with
long history of coal production activities.
Coal Refuse Facility North Award
Kingwood Mining Company, Kingwood Refuse Facility
Permit O-1008-98
In Preston County, WV for the exemplary and innovative concurrent operation and reclamation of a coal refuse disposal site
for nearby underground mining operations. Kingwood Mining
has demonstrated commendable environmental awareness in
the construction and operation of the Kingwood site as reflected
in the consistent compliance of the operation with mining and
reclamation regulations. The company voluntarily implemented alkaline amendment practices on the refuse site to prevent
the formation of acid mine drainage. Additionally, grading and
seeding of the operation have occurred almost concurrently
with the placement of coal refuse.
eliminate the Beaver Creek impoundment and preserve water
quality values through its reclamation and impoundment capping activities.
Coal Refuse Impoundment South Award
Coal-Mac, Inc. , Pine Creek Impoundment , Permit O-13-81
In Logan County, WV for special efforts and attention expended
in the reclamation of a coal slurry and coarse coal refuse structure. Coal-Mac, Inc. demonstrated a special commitment to environmental protection by going above and beyond its reclamation plan requirements regarding the placement of overburden
cover material on the refuse site and the elimination of mining
contours to effectively blend the site with the surrounding undisturbed acreage. Additionally, Coal-Mac, Inc.’s attention and
commitment to a post-mining land use of forestry is demonstrated by excellent post-mining tree growth.
Underground Coal Mine South Award
Long Fork Coal Company , Logan Fork Deep Mine , Permit U-5037-97
In Boone County, WV for the exceptional and expeditious reclamation of the surface areas of an underground mine in Prenter, WV. Only ten months elapsed between the completion
of mining activities and commencement of reclamation. The
company’s commitment to its reclamation obligations and excellent reclamation techniques is demonstrated by excellent
vegetative and tree growth.
Underground Coal Mine North Award
M&J Coal Company, Inc. , Spence Deep Mine, Permit U-1006-97
In Harrison County, WV, for the outstanding reclamation of the
surface area of an active underground mine and the concurrent
elimination and reclamation of pre-law mining disturbance. M&J
Coal’s reclamation efforts at the site successfully restored the
mining area to resemble and blend with the surrounding undisturbed area and created an area, at the landowner’s request,
for the development of an industrial site.
Special Recognition Award—
Innovative Construction and Reclamation Practices
Argus Energy WV, LLC , Rollem Fork Haulroad , Permit O-5007-96
In Wayne County, WV, for the successful deployment of innovative reclamation practices in the construction of a coal mining
haulroad. Argus strived to reduce the overall impact of the construction project by reusing existing and recycled materials in
the construction of the new road. Gas line pipe was reused for
road culverts, recycled newspaper was used for mulching the
seeded areas and steel slag was used as a road surfacing material. The delivery of the steel slag was achieved using trucks
that had delivered coal in the same vicinity, reducing truck traffic
and saving a considerable amount of diesel fuel.
Haul Road South Award
Apogee Coal Company, Guyan Complex Road , Permit O-5020-90
In Logan County, WV, for overall attention to environmental
and community protection in the construction of a new coal
and overburden haulage road. Apogee’s haul road reflects a
significant investment in the company’s existing infrastructure
and demonstrates the company’s overall commitment to community and environmental values. The haulroad was designed
to minimize environmental and community impacts by avoiding
significant new disturbance of the adjacent areas, the construction of a new bridge and relocating the existing state highway.
Turkey Habitat Reclamation Award
Pioneer Fuel Corporation , Simmons Fork Surface Mine
S-4005-96
In Wyoming County, for excellent wildlife and turkey habitat reclamation practices on the Simmons Fork Surface Mine. The
company took special care to assure good vegetative success
by carefully implementing its approved post-mining land use
reclamation plan. The successful planting mix has already attracted turkey and other wildlife on the former mining site.
Coal Refuse Impoundment North Award
Island Creek Coal Company, , Beaver Creek Slurry Impoundment
Permit I-700
In Grant County, WV for the elimination and exemplary reclamation of a combined coal refuse and acid mine drainage
sludge impoundment. Island Creek has demonstrated an
overall commitment to environmental protection in its efforts to
AML North Award
Cowgirl, Inc. , Overfield Refuse & Mining Equipment Site
In Barbour County, WV, for the successful completion of a reclamation project involving the reclamation of 50-foot high, four
acre coal refuse site and the removal and reclamation of dangerous abandoned mining equipment.
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AML Awards
AML-South Award
Green Mountain Company , Bearwallow Branch Refuse Piles Project
In McDowell County, WV, for the successful reclamation and
elimination of abandoned underground mine entries and the
stabilization and reclamation of abandoned coal refuse site.
Additionally, Green Mountain installed unique and innovative
ATV barriers to prevent future entry and damage to reclamation
site. These barriers also serve as wildlife habitat and additional
sediment control for the project.
Marfork Coal Company President Chris Blanchard (center, left)
receives Massey Energy’s 2008 Green Miner Award. He is joined by
Massey Energy executives and Marfork Coal Company members.
Marfork Coal Company Wins Prestigious
Green Miner Award
Massey Energy Company announced that its Marfork Coal
Company subsidiary of Raleigh County West Virginia is the
winner of the Company’s prestigious Green Miner Award for
2008. The Green Miner award annually recognizes the operating subsidiary that best exemplifies Massey’s commitment
to environmental excellence and was presented at the Green
Miner Award Banquet on June 17.
Marfork Coal Company’s environmental management includes
a dedicated environmental crew headed by Richie Johnson, a
14 year Massey veteran, who are responsible for maintenance
and environmental compliance requirements. They perform internal self-audits of operations on a monthly basis and periodic
training of members on environmental compliance. Additionally
all active permits are inspected by company engineers to assess compliance with regulations, as well as Massey policy. The
Coal River valley was previously home to
one of the highest risk impoundments in
Appalachia. Once this impoundment was
acquired by Massey, Massey took it out
of service and potential hazards were
mitigated by eliminating the impounding
capability. Marfork selected a new site
and built a well-designed and soundly
constructed impoundment.
In addition to the Green Miner Award,
Best of Class awards will be presented
to Republic Energy’s Empire Surface
Mine for Best Surface Mine, Green Valley’s Hominy Creek Mine for Best Underground Mine and Marfork Processing for
Best Preparation Plant. Black Castle
Mining Company will be presented the
Most Improved Operation Award.
Massey Energy Company, headquartered in Richmond, Va.,
with operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia, is the
fourth largest coal producer by revenue in the United States
and is included in the S&P 500 Index.
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“I am proud to have established the Green Miner award, showing Massey’s commitment to improving our total environment,”
said Don L. Blankenship, chairman and CEO of Massey Energy.
“Marfork Coal Company exemplifies going above and beyond
regulatory standards and I’m happy to have people like Paul
McCombs, chief engineer at Marfork and a 29 year Massey veteran, and Thomas Cook, vice president Environmental Affairs,
previously of the West Virginia Department of Environmental
Protection, as part of the Massey team.”
Marfork Coal Company won the 2008 award through an impressive commitment to environmental management and Massey
standards in practices and processes that are beyond what are
required by law, including;
An industry leading slurry system that includes high pressure
steel pipe with double containment, twice yearly ultrasonic pipe
inspection and certification, a Massey designed and industryfirst leak detection system with remote monitoring devices and
live video feed to the control room. The system initiates an automatic plant shutdown if a leak is detected.
Impoundment design and construction monitoring by a thirdparty engineering firm, oversight by international dam experts,
and additional monitoring by company engineers for construction, compaction testing and water analysis.
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IMCC ANNOUNCES
Corning Active Pit #2
The Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC) announces recipients of its annual national reclamation awards to mining operations that
have demonstrated excellence in reclamation based on achievement in
five categories: compliance; contemporaneous reclamation; drainage
control; bond release; and innovativeness.
The 2009 winner in the coal category is Peabody Energy and Black
Beauty Coal Company, Viking Mine – Corning Pit located in Daviess
County, Montgomery, IN.
Truck and shovel coal mine area
B & C soils being removed before mining
Viking Mine-Corning Pit is a truck/shovel coal mining operation which
began in 1999 in an area located 5.5 miles south of Montgomery, IN.
It was nominated by the Indiana Division of Reclamation for its overall success of all aspects of reclamation at the site, including soil replacement, reforestation, previously mined areas and reconstruction of
county roads.
Reclamation posed unique challenges considering the diversity of landusers, the moderate to steep terrain, and the significant number of individual leased tracts. The reclamation was especially challenging given
the diverse land use and soil capability requirements on each small parcel within the larger mining are. The productivity of reclaimed cropland
was maximized by reclaiming the nonprime cropland areas to prime
cropland standards, using a combination of soil replacement, slope design and revegetation management.
The revegetation and erosion control plan included tillage, land leveling, quick growing cover crops, terraces with tile outlets, field perimeter
buffers and meandering waterways established with native timber and
limestones. Mixing of B&C soil horizons resulted in overall soil replacement depths of 6 to 7 feet. The increased depths provided additional
water holding capacity and allowed for increased nutrients to deep rooting crops.
In the course of the reclamation country roads were redesigned to in-
B & C soils being replaced to depths of 6- to 7 feet
Graded area with soil replaced
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Replaced soils being prepared for planting
Soy beans on
reclaimed soils
RECIPIENTS OF
THE NATIONAL
RECLAMATION
AWARDS
Water impoundment for wildlife
sure a much safer condition with more moderate grades and vastly improved lines of site. In addition, the roads were widened with improved
drainage and shoulder width. Reforestation efforts will provide both short
term and long term benefits through habitat for wildlife, carbon sequestration, biodiversity and future timber products. Pre-mining forest conditions had been severely degraded by past harvesting practices. New
plantings will offer a better mix of valuable hard mast varieties. Natural
stream restoration within the forested areas will improve aquatic habitat
while decreasing sediment transport and maintaining water quality.
All of these factors benefited the local community, contributed positively
to downstream neighbors and provided sustainable use by future generations Working cooperatively with various universities in the Midwest
new ideas and techniques were incorporated in Black Beauty’s strategies
for prime farmland reclamation.
Stream Flow re-established
Awards were presented at IMCC’s annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska.
Also receiving recognition for honorable mention in the coal category is
Texas Westmoreland Coal Company. Bobwhite Quail Release Project,
located in Limestone, Leon, and Freestone Counties, Jewett, Texas.
IMCC is a multi-state governmental organization representing the natural
resource and environmental protection interests of its 24 member states
in Washington, DC.
Stream structure being replaced
Dangerous county roads restored with improved grades and sight distance
Rolls of tree plantings in 6- to 7 feet of soil
Stream flow restoration project at Viking mine
Terraces installed to limit erosion
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Nanty Glo
By James Stevens
A
s every Pennsylvanian knows, the translation of the Latin name is
“Penn’s Woods,” the name chosen by founder William Penn because it
best described the heavily forested lands he saw. The forests were full
of wild game, and fed by a network of streams, creeks and rivers that
teemed with fish and fresh water eels. Aquatic life thrived in the cold,
clear, unpolluted waters.
This ideal forested world began to change with the arrival of European settlers, and
the discovery of both bituminous and anthracite coal seams. The first bituminous
mining occurred in 1760 at Fort Pitt, now Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River.
In the northeastern part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, anthracite coal
was discovered about the same time and was used to fuel the forges of industrial
manufacturers. It has often been claimed that it was the coal of Pennsylvania that
fueled the Industrial Revolution that changed America from an agricultural society to
a manufacturing giant.
During these centuries of rapid growth and expanded development, little or no thought
was given to the effect on the environment. Trees were felled for mine timbers, or
used as fuel for furnaces, while streams were diverted for mining use or to carry
away wastes from mining operations. Later, strip mining created more environmental
damage, with no plan for restoring the ravaged land. But all that has changed.
“What is happening today in Pennsylvania is nothing less than an environmental
renaissance,” said Tom Clark, Project Coordinator, Acid Mine Drainage, for the
Watershed Assessment and Protection section of the Susquehanna River Basin
Commission. “People on all levels are volunteering, giving their time to restoring the
land and the water of our beautiful state. And it is working.”
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Some examples of involved organizations:
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Paul Swartz, Executive Director of the SRBC explains, “The Susquehanna River
Basin Commission is an agency with a mission – management of the water resources
of the basin under comprehensive watershed management and planning principles.
“As an interstate watershed agency, the Commission is uniquely qualified to carry out
this mission. Our boundaries are determined by the Susquehanna River and its many
tributaries that form the 27,510 square mile drainage area, not by political boundaries.
Under the authority of the Susquehanna River Basin Compact, the Commission can
deal with water resource problems occurring anywhere in the vast drainage area. The
Commission has adopted a comprehensive plan to guide not only its own policies,
but those of its members – New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and the federal
government. It is the official blueprint for the management and development of the
basin’s water resources.
“I am happy to report that many of these problems have been solved. The quality of the
river is much improved. Strict laws prohibit point source pollution, regulate mining, and
control erosion. The Commission is partnering with the federal and state governments
to track down and control the sources of non-point source pollution.
“We are succeeding, and it upsets me when I don’t see media coverage of our
successes, like that of the West Branch of the Susquehanna. Local associations,
like the Babb Creek alliance, and environmental groups like Trout Unlimited are
accomplishing so much. We need to tell their stories.”
The Babb Creek Watershed cleanup was started in1990, with more than 13 miles
of the mainstream and parts or all of four tributaries severely polluted by Acid Mine
Drainage. Two limestone diversion wells were installed on Lick Creek, near the
village of Arnot, Tioga County. Over the next 15 years, 2 additional wells, 15 vertical
flow ponds, 3 limestone cells, 1 anoxic limestone drain and a treatment plant were
constructed on AMD discharges.
The Barnes and Watkins Coal Refuse Pile, which
is in the process of being removed, will not only
improve water quality, but should improve the
health of the surrounding communities.
West Branch Barnes Watkins
continue
Two-mile run - Kettle Creek
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Pennsylvania continued
In 2005, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
Commission found large numbers of fish
and aquatic insects in the previously
“dead” section of the stream. Naturally
reproducing brook and brown trout were
also found in the section upstream from
the village of Morris. Due to these results,
more than eight miles of the mainstream
were reclassified by the Commission as
a “wild trout stream” in July 2006.
“After being polluted with AMD for more
than 100 years, Babb Creek is again a
productive stream,” said William Beacon,
former President of the Babb Creek
Watershed Association.
Trout Unlimited is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to
conserve, protect, and restore North
America’s trout and salmon fisheries and
their watersheds. It was founded in July
of 1959 on the banks of the Au Sable
River near Grayling, Michigan by 16 avid
trout fishermen.
“We have been enjoying many successes
lately, thanks to improved water cleaning
technology and our great volunteer
worker network, with more than 150,000
nationwide,” said Amy Wolfe, Director,
Abandoned Mine Programs for Trout
Unlimited in Lock Haven, PA on the
Western Branch of the Susquehanna
River.
Trout Unlimited initiated a West Branch
Susquehanna
Restoration
Initiative
in 2004 and has been working as a
lead catalyst toward developing a
comprehensive, prioritized watershed
plan aimed at the restoration of coldwater
streams and the ultimate recovery of the
West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
Trout Unlimited is also providing
organizational support to the West Branch
Susquehanna Restoration Coalition,
a group that represents the collective
efforts of watershed groups, Trout
Unlimited Chapters, county conservation
districts, businesses, and others working
to address AMD problems throughout the
West Branch Susquehanna River Basin,
such as the WPCAMR, the Western
Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned
Mine Reclamation.
WPCAMR is a non-profit, non-partisan,
local, state, federal, and industry
partnership dedicated to improving water
quality, and endorsing the reclamation
of abandoned mine lands. Staffer Bruce
Golden, said “If you take care of the land,
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the water will take care of itself. That’s
why we focus on eliminating Acid Mine
Drainage by removing the sites where
AMD occurs.” Active mining of old sites is
extremely cost effective. Surface mining
removes the voids where AMD generates
in old mines, and re-mining culm banks
for cogeneration plants is working well in
reducing AMD while producing electricity.
ARIPPA Anthracite Region Independent
Power Producers Association is a notfor-profit trade association comprising
fourteen independent power producers
in
Pennsylvania
that
generate
approximately 1400 megawatts of
electricity by using environmentallyfriendly Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB)
boiler technology to burn coal mining
refuse.
Through the use of CFB technology, this
“coal waste” is converted into electricity
in an environmentally responsible way.
The new technology is capable of burning
fuels of substantially lower “heating
value” (in terms of carbon convertible to
heat energy expressed in British Thermal
Units or BTUs) than the types of boilers
typically used by the large utilities to burn
regular coal.
Simply put, by suspending fuel in air it
can be ignited and will swirl around like
a fluid — hence the “fluidized bed” part
of the name. By circulating the burning
fuel in a tall boiler-furnace until all of the
available carbon is consumed, coal waste
products that had never been considered
as useful fuel prior to the development of
CFBs can now be used.
Mine Land Reclamation. Ash from the
combustion process is used to backfill
abandoned pits. This material is a
pollution free mixture of fly ash, bottom
ash, and limestone. The spent limestone
renders the pH of the ash to levels
ranging from 9 to 10. This material is
graded, compacted, and then covered
by topsoil and replanted with appropriate
vegetation to finish the process. Today,
there are 14 plants burning coal mining
refuse in CFBs in Pennsylvania, three in
West Virginia and several plants burning
coal, agricultural waste and wood in
California.
encompassing 555 employees, with
an annual operating budget of $110
million. Mineral Resources is responsible
for developing and implementing
Pennsylvania’s policies and programs
for surface and underground coal and
industrial mineral mining, oil and gas
exploration and production, mine safety
and the reclamation of abandoned mines
and wells. The direct economic impact of
these programs in Pennsylvania exceeds
$2 billion annually.
“The environmental successes we are
having in Pennsylvania in reclaiming the
land and the water resources are due in
a large part to the mining industry,” said
Secretary Scott.
In 1977, Congress passed the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act
(SMCRA), establishing laws and taxes
which require present-day coal mine
operators to take responsibility for the
reclamation and restoration of the land
that they temporarily disturb while mining
coal. Because of SMCRA and other
incentives, modern-day coal operators
now play an important role in maintaining
our environment.
“The DEP’s purpose is to direct and
coordinate environmental groups on all
levels in working with the industry to clean
up our state. We do direct contracting on
major projects like the Little Wolf Creek
in Schuylkill County, or the Stonycreek
River project in western Pennsylvania,
jobs that are beyond the means of smaller
organizations. We always remember
to focus on public safety, like our Stay
Out, Stay Alive program for abandoned
Mine Lands; health issues, with cleaning
up Acid Mine Drainage, and community
issues, such as converting former waste
sites to recreational use,” said Roberts.
“A fine example of how we work with the
mining industry and local contractors is a
project we announced in May of this year
for Clearfield County.
The Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection J. Scott
Roberts is Deputy Secretary for
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Office
of Mineral Resources Management. In
this executive management position,
he oversees five program areas,
by KAY SEVER, CMC, CQIA
Sustainable Improvement Consultant & Coach
Connecting People to
Performance and Profits
BELOW THE RADAR
Factors that Steal Tons, Increase Costs and Prevent Change
“How Fast,” “How Much,” “How Long,” or “Where” –
Equipment Operators are Virtual Control Systems in Surface Mining
P
icture yourself inside a prep plant, watching and listening to
coal being crushed, washed, separated and conveyed to the
loadout area for shipment. You take a quick look through the
plant, but only see one or two people walking through the aisles,
checking gauges and valves attached to major components.
In some respects, the plant seems to be running all by itself,
processing coal without the aid of human hands. Finally, you
turn the corner and find the control room, where two operators
monitor several real-time control charts and camera shots. In
a prep plant, people “produce” coal by monitoring processes
from the outside looking in, relying on PLCs linked to computers
to provide data on process behavior and give operators early
warnings of out-of-control conditions.
Conversely in surface mining, almost nothing moves without
people getting inside each piece of equipment. At the beginning
of each shift, operators climb inside draglines, loaders, dozers,
trucks and drills. They start the engines and begin drilling,
digging or hauling, moving dirt or coal to its desired destination.
The closest thing to a control room is dispatch, which primarily
directs trucks to specific loading machines. Satellite systems
on board help capture delays and other data, but most
process control in surface mining (i.e., the best position for
loading, overloads and underloads, good road conditions,
adequate air in tires, use of a bucket, haul speed, placement
of overburden, etc.) ultimately occurs real-time as operators
evaluate “how fast”, “how much”, “how long”, or “where” with
each movement of their machines. Productivity, coal recovery,
cost, and equipment life are all impacted by the quality of their
judgment calls. Equipment operators are virtual control systems
for mining operations.
Every prep plant control system contains control limits
(minimums, maximums, optimums) for many variables. These
limits indicate acceptable levels of speed, weight, reagents,
etc.. Staying within the limits is important because it prevents
equipment damage, minimizes cost, optimizes production
and creates an opportunity for consistent performance over
time. When these limits are exceeded, corrective action must
be taken. Without these limits, there would be no standard to
ensure consistent and predictable performance.
One of the greatest challenges in surface mining is imparting a
standard set of control limits to equipment operators and then
depending on them to choose to restrict or direct equipment
usage based on those standards. If a set of standards does
not formally exist, then the chance of operators behaving
consistently with equipment is probably zero. If standards do
exist but have not been communicated to the operators, they
will be topics for discussion at the morning meeting due to
unplanned events that result when a standard was not met
(equipment damage when a bucket was used improperly or an
early tire failure due to a rock cut) or when production fell short
of expectations….again.
If surface mines are serious about standardizing performance,
equipment operators must know their standards in order to
meet expectations with their equipment. When management
communicates their standards along with their actual
performance, operators understand their performance gap.
The communication strategy that goes along with the data
communication is key to success because people choose each
day whether to “get one more load before quitting time or leave
now”, or whether to “drive around a rock in the road or run over
it”. The way the message is delivered can greatly influence
that choice, and that choice is worth a lot! Communicating
data with expected levels of performance helps create a virtual
control system capable of delivering huge benefits for future
performance.
Thought for July:
In the end, it’s all about meeting expectations.
Strategic information sharing is worth its weight
in gold in achieving your goals.
Kay Sever implements improvement programs for mining and downstream processing facilities. Her approach balances commonly used tools
and methods with a focus on value creation and the “people side of improvement”. Kay works with every organizational level and department to
find the highest dollar opportunities and remove barriers that prevent sustainable change. She helps management teams lead improvement and
better execute the budget, capital approvals, incentive plans, communications, etc. See MiningOpportunity.com for details on her services and
contact information. Look for the mining edition of her first book “Building An Opportunity Culture – Addressing the Barriers That Steal Profits and
Prevent Sustainable Change,” available on her website under Products/Books.
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By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
Photos by Marco Nicovich
MSU Ag Communications
North American Coal environmental specialist Judd Sanborn holds a chunk of lignite coal
mined from Choctaw County. The 5,800-acre
coal mine is more than 200 feet deep and uncovers six layers of coal in the hilly region near
Ackerman in north central Mississippi.
North American Coal Corporation 85
cubic yard bucket.
North American Coal Corporation machinery removing
the soil above the layer of coal at Red Hill Mine.
Land
Reclamation
Beautifies
Coal
Mines
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I
North American Coal Corporation Removing
layers of soil to uncover the coal. This machinery
is moving the topsoil, red sandy-loam subsoil
and interburden to expose the coal at the Red
Hills Mine.
t has been decades since surface coal mines left land scarred and bare, and expertise from Mississippi State University is helping the lignite mine in Choctaw
County leave the land in even better shape than it was before.
MAFES agronomist David Lang, left, talks with North American Coal environmental
specialist Judd Sanborn about preparations for planting switchgrass on reclaimed
mine land. (Photo by Marco Nicovich)
North American Coal Corporation’s Red Hills Mine is a 5,800-acre surface coal mine,
commonly called a strip mine. Gently rolling hills covered by pastureland and pine forests are replacing what recently was an open pit where the coal was mined. The land
was mostly undeveloped forests, some of which were growing on land exhausted
years ago by extensive row crop farming.
“The Red Hills Mine is very different from the Appalachian strip mine concept,” said
David Lang, an agronomist with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment
Station.
Lang has been working with the Red Hills
Mine for five years conducting research
on suitable topsoil substitute materials
and verifying the productivity and restoration of the land. Much of his work is
making sure that the reclaimed land is
suitable for future use and the soils are
capable of sustaining the desired plant
life.
The mine itself is a 200-plus-foot-deep
pit that uncovers six layers of coal in the
hilly region near Ackerman in north central Mississippi.
“Mining is a constant process of digging
the coal out and putting the earth back in
the hole,” Lang said.
Reclamation is the process of restoring
the land to its original or better shape
once the coal has been removed.
In areas where prime farmland soil exists, the topsoil extends only about 1 foot
deep, and this layer is carefully removed
and set aside. The next 10-20 feet is
oxidized, red sandy-loam subsoil that
is common in this part of the state and
can sustain healthy pasture and forest
growth. Below that is the gray interburden, the material that surrounds the layers of coal.
The red, sandy subsoil and the gray interburden are hauled in a continuous process from where they are dug out of the
ground to the other end of the pit where
land is being reclaimed. Once all the coal
is removed from an area, the gray interburden is placed first in the hole, filling it
to within about 4 feet of its previous level.
Red, sandy subsoil fills in the rest.
Mine pays for their mineral rights through
royalty payments for coal that is mined
from their land.
“At the end of the time period, Red Hills
Mine will have restored whatever they
asked for in the original contract,” Lang
said. “Most landowners have asked for
pastures or pine plantations.”
Judd Sanborn, environmental specialist
with Red Hills Mine, said the reclamation
work is an attempt to do what is best for
the landowners who leased to the coal
company.
“We want to make sure we get the right
soil back on top that will benefit the landowners for what they want to grow,” Sanborn said.
Lang’s responsibility with the Red Hills
Mine includes vegetation monitoring, soil
sampling and productivity verification.
“Mississippi State is a credible third party.
Even though you can come to our mine
and look for yourself, it always seems
better when a third party says it’s OK,”
Sanborn said. “We have done land reclamation before, but there may be concepts
out there that we don’t know about. Our
partnership with Mississippi State keeps
us current with any new and better ways
of doing things.”
Sanborn said the company mines and
reclaims between 100 and 120 acres a
year. As stated in the contract landowners
signed before the work began, landowners lose access and control of their property for 10-12 years, but they regain their
property with established new growth.
“Before mining, we send out landowners’ preference statements that say we
will reclaim your land to loblolly pine forest with wildlife habitat,” Sanborn said. “If
landowners want something else, they
tell us. The vast majority of the mine area
will be pine plantation when we’re finished with it.”
The Department of Environmental Quality regulates the mining and land reclamation process. Sanborn said the mine
is required to maintain the trees for seven years before returning control of the
property to the landowners.
“We have to reach certain tree and
ground cover counts per acre, and we
have to submit this information to DEQ,”
Sanborn said.
In addition to his work establishing loblolly pine plantations, Lang’s research
also focuses on the successful establishment of Bermudagrass for pastures and
ground cover.
“My data indicates that the Red Hills Mine
is meeting and exceeding standards for
Bermudagrass productivity and ground
cover, including a number of volunteer
native species and tree establishment,”
Lang said. “A healthy ecosystem is being
reestablished.”
“The red, oxidized material becomes
topsoil if the land was not already prime
farmland,” Lang said. “If it was prime
farmland, they put back the topsoil. The
goal is to restore the land to equal or better productivity.”
The area is reshaped to approximate the
original contours of the land, being careful to create gently rolling hills rather than
the steep, unusable slopes previously
found in many areas.
“They take out 12-20 feet of coal in those
six layers, so you’d think that would lower the land, but the elevation is actually
higher afterward because the soils are
not as compacted as before,” Lang said.
“The land is much more useful after it has
been mined and reclaimed.”
Ownership of the land remains with the
original landowners, and the Red Hills
MAFES agronomist David Lang, left, talks with North American Coal environmental specialist
Judd Sanborn about preparations for tree planting. The Red Hills Mine near Ackerman mines
and reclaims about 100 acres of land a year, and the majority is turned into managed pine
plantations for the landowners who leased property to the coal company.
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and another $20 million will be used to
educate and train new geologists, scientists and engineers in disciplines needed
to staff a broad national CCS program.
More information available at DOE CCS
Funding.
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin
has signed a resolution adding coal to
the list of official state symbols. Introduced by 46 sponsors and passed by a
vote of 96 to 0, Gov. Manchin added that
“the coal industry is an integral part of the
economic and social fabric of the state
and Bituminous Coal is hereby designated and declared to be the official state
rock.” According to reports from the West
Virginia Coal Association, the effort to
have the Carboniferous mineral deposits
granted official status originated with Britnee Gibson (3rd from left), a high school
senior in Wharncliffe, West Virginia. As
part of a project for a regional school fair
backed by the industry group, Ms. Gibson
compiled the required 2,500 signatures to
place the measure before the state legislature. “I realized the state didn’t have
an official state rock,” Gibson said in a
press release, “and thought, what better
to be the state rock than coal.” Gibson’s
father, Dwain, is a diesel-mechanic for a
coal hauling company. West Virginia is
not alone in its designation of the fossil
fuel; Kentucky and Utah also count coal
among their state symbols.
Production of coal in the U.S. is expected to drop by some 7 percent in
2009 as a result of lower domestic
coal consumption and high coal inventories, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Coal consumption in the US electric power sector
is projected to drop below the one billion
short tons mark this year for the first time
since 2002. Coal exports are expected
to drop by 20 percent. The agency adds
that both production and consumption
will increase during 2010 if the US economy rebounds.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
has detailed how the department will
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spend $2.4 billion in carbon capture
and storage (CCS) project funding provided as part of the stimulus package
of President Obama. “This funding will
help position the United States to lead
the world in CCS technologies, which
will be in increasing demand in the years
ahead,” he said. The department will
spend another $1 billion to be targeted
at supporting fossil energy research projects capable of capturing and storing a
high percentage of carbon dioxide emissions, one example being the proposed
FutureGen project in Mattoon, IL. Chu
added that $800 million will be used to
expand the department’s Clean Coal
Power Initiative and an additional $50
million will be used to fund a competitive
solicitation to characterize a minimum of
10 geologic formations through the U.S.,
Peabody Energy, St. Louis, MO, and
White Energy Company Limited, Sydney, Australia, have signed an agreement to pursue development of a coal
upgrading plant that would be sited at a
Peabody operation in the Powder River
Basin. Peabody also has the first right
to participate in new coal upgrading development projects that White Energy
undertakes in North America and China,
and a right to acquire a nearly 15 percent
equity interest in White Energy. The coal
upgrading plant would utilize White Energy’s patented coal briquetting technology; a mechanical process that upgrades
lower Btu coals, increasing coal’s energy
content by approximately 35 percent.
The upgraded coal can be used interchangeably with high rank thermal coal
for a number of applications, including
power generation, industrial processes
and Btu Conversion, such as coal-to-gas
and coal-to-liquids. The plant would be
built in phases with the first phase expected to produce more than 1 million tons
of upgraded coal per year. Subsequent
phases could increase plant capacity to
more than 20 million tons annually.
West Virginia’s Tug Valley Mining Institute has named six 2009 scholarship
recipients. The two top $6,000 scholarship awards went to Dakota Farley from
Belfry High School and Issac Picklesimer from Williamson High School. Four
$750 scholarship awards went to John Vance, Man High School; Chelsea Phillips,
Tug Valley High School; John Brice, Burch High School; and Eric Hatfield, Williamson High School. Lt. General Robert H. Fogelsong provided an inspirational
speech directed toward the scholars regarding the educational journey they are
starting and encouraged the scholars to invest in themselves now with education
so they could be the leaders and decision makers of tomorrow. Hi-Tech Construction sponsored the meeting.
Beginning in April 2008 until the end
of March 2009, Shenhua Energy’s
7LS7 model JOY shearer had mined
10,269,915 tonnes (11.3 million tons).
This model of shearer, the 7LS7, is
the first of its kind to be designed and
manufactured by Joy Mining Machinery,
Warrendale, PA. It is the largest and
most powerful longwall shearer that went
into production at one of the world’s largest coal mining complex, Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd’s Shendong Coal Branch
operation. The 7LS7 is Joy’s response to
a market requirement for a shearer that
is capable of one-pass mining at seam
heights and production rates never before attained in the industry. Joy’s product management team focuses on applications that exceed 20 feet in height.
In its first use at the Shang Wan Mine,
the Joy Shearer has achieved all expectations. Integral to the 7LS7’s size and
power is the JOY FACEBOSS control
system, the company’s fully-integrated,
logistical control link that monitors and
controls every aspect of the longwall
mining cycle, from shearer guidance to
advancing of the shields, from cut sequence to power distribution and control.
Thompson Pump & Manufacturing
Co., Inc. held its 19th Annual Pumpology School (above) last April at its corporate office in Port Orange, FL. Thompson
Pump hosted more than 40 select attendees from 13 U.S. states and seven countries. The three-day workshop included
training sessions for sales and serviceoriented professionals on pumping
fundamentals, dewatering and bypass
applications, selecting the correct pumping equipment, designing and supervising pumping systems, troubleshooting,
pump maintenance, and more.
Elliott Equipment Company, Omaha,
NB, has been named one of Nebraska’s 2009 Safest Companies by the
National Safety Council, Greater Omaha
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North American Gem Inc., Vancouver, BC, announces a Letter of Intent
to acquire coal leases located in Knox
County, Kentucky, from Lonesome Pine
Leasing LLC. The leases are referred to
as the Swan Pond property of approximately 400 acres and the Possum Hollow property of approximately 671 acres.
The acquisition is subject to the execution of a definitive agreement and any
necessary regulatory approvals.
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Chapter. In achieving the “Silver Honor
Award”. President/CEO Kay Farrell of
the National Safety Council said, “Taken
into consideration in designation of the
award were the performance, results
and achievements of Elliott’s workplace
safety program.” Jim Glazer, president
and CEO of Elliott Equipment added “our
employees take great pride in this area
of the business. Safety, here and for our
customers will always be our number one
priority at Elliott.”
3D-P and Active Control Technology
announce an agreement in which ACT
will distribute 3D-P’s Intelligent Endpoint product line to the mining industry. Intelligent Endpoints, which provide
machine diagnostics and key operating
data to mine managers, works seamlessly with ActiveMine TM, the wireless
voice communications and tracking system for mines. ACT is now authorized
to distribute Intelligent Endpoints to both
underground and surface mines. ACT
will also develop intrinsically safe (IS)
versions of the system and seek approvals from MSHA and regulators in other
countries. ACT has exclusive worldwide
rights to distribute IS versions of Intelligent Endpoints.
Peabody Energy’s Farmersburg and
Francisco mines in Indiana have
earned President’s Awards for achieving the company’s best safety results
for surface and underground operations
in 2008 and contributing to Peabody’s
best safety performance in its 125-year
history.
The Farmersburg Mine’s 260
employees finished 2008 with a record
of zero reportable incidents, compared
to the national average for surface coal
mines of 1.33 incidents per 200,000
hours worked. Employees at the Francisco Mine achieved the best underground safety record in 2008 for the third
consecutive year. The mine achieved a
2.52 safety rate, a 44 percent improvement over the 2008 industry average for
underground coal mines. The Francisco
mine has more than 120 employees and
shipped approximately 1.5 million tons of
coal in 2008.
The U.S. and Italy have signed a cooperation agreement on clean coal
and carbon capture technology, the
first signed by the U.S. with a foreign
nation. Aim of the accord, it was said, is
to exchange know-how, coordinate joint
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projects, develop new technologies and
identify sites to store carbon dioxide.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI)
and Southern Company will jointly
launch a field test in 2011 to recover
high-purity carbon dioxide (CO2) from
coal-fired flue gas. The two companies
will set up a CO2 recovery demonstration plant, which is designed to be built
at a medium-scale thermal power station in Alabama. Based on the results of
this demonstration plant, they will aim to
commercialize the recovery plant in the
future. The U.S. government will subsidize the field test. The demonstration
plant will be constructed in Plant Barry,
a coal-fired power station owned by
Southern’s subsidiary Alabama Power.
Recovered CO2 will be compressed and
stored in an aquifer deep underground.
The demonstration plant is composed of
various facilities such as those for preprocessing, CO2 absorption/reclamation
(absorption and reclamation towers) and
CO2 injection. The plant will recover
500t of CO2 per day (equivalent to that
produced when 25,000 kW electricity is
generated). The recovery rate is 90 percent or higher. The purity of recovered
CO2 is expected to b e 99.9 percent. In
addition, MHI is planning to construct a
demonstration plant with a recovery capacity of 3,000t per day in the UK and
intends to start trial operations in 2015.
Coal mine development of a mine
south of Roundup, MT, expects to
send its first shipment of coal this
summer to power plants in Ohio. Signal Peak Mine is extracting some 3,000
tons of coal daily and stockpiling for expected shipment to the Midwest. The accumulation is about 250,000 tons at this
point. Last summer, Ohio’s Boich Cos.
and FirstEnergy bought Roundup area
property with plans to invest $450 million
in developing both the mine and a related
31-mile railroad to Broadview.
Phoenix Coal Inc. has received its final
permit to start mine development and
coal production on its KO property.
The KO mine is expected to contribute
over 400,000 saleable tons this year and
expected to reach full production levels
by late June.
L&L International Holdings, Inc., Seattle, WA, has completed a coal-washing factory with an annual capacity of
300,000 tons at its DaPuAn Coal Mine in
Yunnan Province, China. The new coalwashing factory produces processed,
clean coal. Under full capacity and using
$100 per ton as an average washed coal
price, the new facility would add approximately $30 million in annual revenue to
the company.
Dressta North America, Buffalo Grove,
IL, announces the addition of a new
distributor for Dressta crawler dozers in the Houston region of Texas. Four
Seasons Equipment Inc. will carry the
complete line of Dressta’s crawler dozers
from 74 horsepower to 515 horsepower.
Covering the counties in and around
Houston, Four Seasons will sell and service the product line from its Northwest
Houston branch location.
Approximately 340 acres of dangerous abandoned mine lands containing
steep cliffs, piles of waste coal that pollute streams, and exposed coal seams
that can catch fire from burning trash will
be cleaned up under 13 contracts awarded during the first four months of this
year, according to Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger. DEP awarded the contracts under programs that address the most dangerous mine sites and
in some cases allow modern coal mining
companies to clean up historic messes at
no cost to state government.
Peabody Energy is a founding member of the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) National Carbon Capture Center. The center is a public-private partnership to advance the next generation
of carbon capture and storage technologies; the effort will be based at the Power
Systems Development Facility, south of
Birmingham, AL. Peabody has been a
funding partner of the PSDF since 1997.
The National Carbon Capture Center will
bring together scientists and technology
experts from government, industry and
academia to analyze both pre-combustion and post-combustion carbon capture
technologies in a coal-fueled power plant
setting. Once fully operational in 2010,
the center will play a leading role in the
global effort to advance coal-efficient,
large-scale carbon capture and storage
operations at coal-fueled power plants.
L-3 Communications Global Security & Engineering Solutions Division,
Chantilly, VA, announce that the L-3
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ACCOLADE Wireless Mesh System has
been approved by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania for use in underground
bituminous coal mines, the first wireless
mine communications system to be approved as such. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
recently evaluated ACCOLADE and certified that it meets the requirements of the
Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Act.
All mine operators in the state of Pennsylvania are now approved to incorporate
L-3’s wireless voice, data, and tracking
capabilities into their mine safety plans.
Arch Coal, Inc., St. Louis, MO, has
joined the National Carbon Capture
Center as a corporate partner and advisory member alongside several of its
major customers, including Southern
Company, American Electric power and
Luminant.
Peabody Energy believes that the current sharp “contangos” in coal prices
are pointing to a major market rebound.
“The contangos are a clear suggestion that the market is expecting a real
recovery, which will be strong and widespread,” said Peabody President Richard
Navarre.
Valence Technology, Austin, TX, has
signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Siemens Drive Technologies Division to develop modular
and scalable energy storage systems
compatible with q standard interface of
Siemens’ ELFA Hybrid drive marine propulsion system. As the industry follows
the global trend toward greener propulsion systems with significant reduction
of CO2 and noise, Siemens intends to
strengthen the development of its ELFA
Hybrid drive range.
TenCate, Pendergrass, GA, has appointed Lancer Textiles as Master
Distributor for the Industrial Fabrics
Division. Lancer will service TenCate
customers that may not be able to meet
the minimum order quantity requirement,
who typically buy small quantities, who
order infrequently and to fulfill special
converting needs and requests, such as
slitting, re-rolling, etc.
Seebach GmbH, Vellmar, Germany,
and Morgantown Machine & Hydraulics (MMH), Morgantown, WV, a subsidiary of Swanson Industries, have signed
an exclusive distribution agreement for
Seebach filters in the North American
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mining market. MMH will also serve as
the repair and rebuild facility for the filters in North America. MMH maintains
production facilities and service outlets
in Alabama, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Utah
and Wyoming.
MMH specializes in
manufacturing, remanufacturing, and
distribution of hydraulic and mechanical
components for mining and industrial applications.
Global coal consumption will jump
nearly 50 percent by 2030, according
to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).
EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2009
predicts that world coal consumption will
increase from 128 quadrillion Btu in 2006
to 190 quadrillion Btu in 2030, marking
an average annual growth rate of 1.7
percent. On a tonnage basis, world coal
consumption will grow 47 percent from
6.117 Mt in 2006 to 8.995 Mt in 2030.
Despite the current near-term economic
slump, EIA expects demand for energy
for manufacturing and consumer products to rebound after 2010. In North
America, EIA predicts coal-based generation will grow from approximately 24
quadrillion Btus in 2006 to nearly 20 quadrillion Btus in 2030.
Michelin Earthmover Tires, Greenville,
SC, has added several new components to its mining tire best practices
seminar, conducted at its Greenville
headquarters. The course equips attendees with a better understanding of how
to implement practices to lower operating
costs, improve productivity and extend
tire life. Instructors teach the seminar
from Michelin and Klinge & Co. The session includes management topics like
market intelligence and supply chain;
operational factors such as speed, haul
road design, road maintenance and load
management; and vehicle issues like
strut maintenance, alignment and bed
modifications. For more information call
Tate Hoxworth at 864/458-4335.
Long-term prospects for the US wind
industry remain strong, according to
a new study from Emerging Energy
Research. While a rapidly growing US
wind market – expanding at an average
annual growth rate of 40 percent since
2005 – has slowed down to pre-2008
levels, the market is expected to bounce
back as soon as 2010, according to EER.
EER anticipates a potential rebound of 9
GW of wind capacity additions in 2010
and 11 GW in 2011. The wind industry is
expected to post its strongest year ever
in 2010.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, plans to build an $820 million
natural gas power plant in northeastern Tennessee to comply with a North
Carolina lawsuit over air quality. The
880-megawatt combined-cycle gas plant
would be as large as the 1950s-era, coalfired John Sevier plant in Rogersville.
Canada’s Homeland Energy Group expects its Kendal Colliery in South Africa to reach full capacity of up to 70,000
tons per month within two months, a
senior official said. Homeland expects
to expand the mine to produce between
90,000-110,000 tons of coal per month
by mid-2010.
Matrix International, Braintree, MA, an
Altra Industrial Motion company, has
launched a new Website which provides information on its complete line of
state-of-the-art motion control solutions
including brakes for off highway vehicles,
forklift trucks and servo motors, as well
as products for winch, crane, marine, and
machine tool applications. Visit www.matrix-international.com.
The Mining and Minerals Division,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, has awarded
a contract to Water and Earth Technologies, Inc. to work on abandoned
coal mines on Vermejo Park Ranch near
Raton, New Mexico. The contract is for
$400,000 over three years. The project
will identify methods to protect the public
and the environment from the hazards
posed by these abandoned mines.
A proposed clean-coal research facility in Elkton, VA has been approved
by the Elkton Town Council and awaits
state and federal funding appropriations
of $100 million over five years. The center would create about 100 jobs over five
years with an average annual salary of
$85,000. The facility would focus on
three areas of clean-coal research with
the goal of reducing carbon dioxide in
emission and converting coal into a more
efficient fuel.
NovaDX Ventures Corp.’s wholly
owned subsidiary, MCoal Corporation,
has a permit approved for the first phase
of auger mining at the company’s Rosa
Coal Project in Blount County, Alabama.
The Rosa Coal Project is a metallurgical
coal mine project that can be operated
12 months per year and is located in a
coal mining area, with well-developed
infrastructure, services and skilled labor
available. MCoal’s long term plans are to
develop several metallurgical coal mines
in the Appalachian region.
DTE Energy Co.’s Monroe Power Plant
has begun a $1.7 billion overhaul to
curb air pollutants. The utility installed
the first of two flue gas desulphurization
units – or scrubbers – at the plant in Monroe. The overall system is expected to
reduce mercury emissions by 80 percent
and nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide by
more than 90 percent. The new equipment helps meet government mandates.
CEDAR (Coal Education Development and Resource) of
Southern West Virginia, Inc.
CONSOL Energy Inc., Pittsburgh, PA,
plans to open the Buchanan Mine
near Mavisdale, VA, and resume longwall production by mid-July. Buchanan
Mine produces a high value, low-volatile
metallurgical coal, and had idled longwall
production in March due to reduced demand from steel producers.
CEDAR has just completed its eighth year in southern West Virginia. Over the eightyear period, CEDAR has provided 351 teachers with approximately $74,700 in grant
money to utilize in their classroom teaching about the many benefits coal has to offer.
An amazing 7,730 students have been involved in these coal study units in Mingo,
Logan, Boone, McDowell, and Wyoming counties.
Construction has begun for an underground coal mine near Hillsboro, IL,
the first in the Springfield area in nearly
30 years. Production could begin by
2010. The Illinois EPA approved a discharge permit for the Deer Run Mine.
Patton Mining will mine the coal for The
Cline Group, parent company of Hillsboro
Energy LLC. The company also plans to
open a new mine near the former Monterey coal mine, near Carlinville.
At the eighth Regional Coal Fair, 261 projects were on display from students in K-12
grades that demonstrated their understanding of how coal is formed, mined, and
transported, as well as how the industry affects their daily lives. Over the eight-year
period, 2,091 projects have been represented at the regional level. A total of $45,640
in cash prizes has been awarded to students for performance and $10,074 in cash
prizes has been awarded to the school coal fair coordinators (teacher designated by
school principal). Exhibits were entered in seven categories: Art, English/Literature,
Math, Music, Science, Social Studies and Technology/Multi Media. Each category
is split into three grade levels (K-4), (5-8), and (9-12). In addition to the cash prizes
awarded, the students gained a hands-on education in coal and found pride in their
strong coal heritage.
Dingo, Denver, CO, has established a
permanent operations base in Fernie,
British Columbia, Canada, serving mining sites in British Columbia, Alberta and
Ontario. Dingo first introduced its Condition-Based Asset Maintenance (CBAM)
program several years ago in hard coking coal sites in the U.S. and Australia.
Canada became a key market as the
mining market grew.
During the week of April 27 – May 1, approximately 1,200 visitors toured the projects
at the Harless Community Center in Gilbert. Bus tours were scheduled from the
participating counties to tour the projects on display. Governor Joe Manchin
commemorated this week by officially declaring it Coal Education Week in the
Mountain State during a ceremony on April 7, 2009 at the State Capitol. Steve Leer,
Arch Coal Chairman and CEO, addressed the Tug Valley Mining Institute meeting on
Thursday night during the coal fair week.
GE Energy has secured more than
$500 million in contracts to supply advanced power generation equipment
and long-term services for the Al Dur
Independent Water and Power Project,
the largest power plant in the Kingdom of
Bahrain, an Arabic country in the Persian
Gulf. GE is supplying two steam turbines
and four heavy-duty Frame 9FA gas
turbines, equipped with GE advanced
emission-control technologies. GE will
service the equipment for 20 years.
Send news to [email protected]
CEDAR of Southern West Virginia, Inc. is an all volunteer, not for profit corporation
which began as a partnership between the coal industry, business community, and
educators, created with the purpose of improving the image of the coal industry.
CEDAR of Southern West Virginia, Inc. board members include Gary L. Bennett,
John B. Earles, Chris Hamilton, Steve Hopta, Roger Lilly, Phillip G. Montague,
James M. Mullins, Georgene Robertson, Wilma Zigmond, Bud Clapp, Troy Andes,
Brian Varney, Mike Mitchem, JoAnne Tomblin, and Marty Petrunyak. Helen Curry is
the Coal Study Unit Manager, and Debbie Mudd is the Coal Fair Manager.
CEDAR is working toward securing coal’s future TODAY
by educating our leaders of TOMORROW! For additional
information about CEDAR of Southern West Virginia, Inc., call
Georgene Robertson at 304/792-8433.
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AMERICAN
COAL
COMPANY
MINE RESCUE
TEAM TAKES FIRST
PLACE IN
R.E. JONES
MINE RESCUE
COMPETITION
T
he expert mine rescue team from The American Coal Company has won yet another mine rescue contest, taking first
place at the Robert E. Jones Mine Rescue Competition.
The American Coal Company is an independent operating subsidiary of Ohio-based Murray Energy Corporation.
The American Coal Company’s mine rescue team – consisting
of miners from both the New Era and New Future Mines – was
one of 12 teams from Illinois and Indiana that participated in the
May 14 contest on the campus of Rend Lake College in Ina.
“We are extremely proud of The American Coal Company’s
mine rescue team for once again demonstrating they are true
professionals and one of the best rescue teams in the industry,”
said Rob Murray, vice president of business development and
external affairs for Murray Energy Corporation. “Our mine rescue team motto is ‘Prevention and Preparation with Pride and
Precision,’ and this championship mine rescue team is a shining
example of that.”
The day-long competition, organized by the Mine Safety and
Health Administration (MSHA) District 8 office and the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources, allowed the federal and state
mine inspectors who served as judges to evaluate participants’
ability to assess hazards, solve problems and work as a team
while carrying out an emergency rescue operation safely.
During the competition, The American Coal Company rescue
team was given a scenario in which they were to rescue two
miners trapped in a mine. While working to safely rescue the
trapped miners, the team encountered multiple simulated challenges – including explosive gas, low oxygen, bad roof conditions and smoke and fire – all of which were meant to replicate conditions that can occur in an actual mine emergency.
The team performed their entire operation while wearing self32
contained breathing apparatuses, successfully completing the
rescue in one hour and eight minutes.
“Safety is the first priority in any mine and having a well-trained
rescue team adds a level of safety and preparedness that benefits all of our miners,” said Joe Myers, American Coal Company
safety director and rescue team captain, who has been involved
with mine rescue operations for more than 25 years. “This is an
all-volunteer team committed to being the first line of response
in an actual emergency. It’s a life-saving commitment they take
very seriously.”
Myers added that The American Coal Company’s New Era and
New Future Mines – like all mines operated by Murray Energy
Corporation – have had trained mine rescue teams for years,
long before such teams were required by mining regulators.
Workers volunteer for mine rescue team duty and undergo
highly specialized training in mine emergency and rescue operations. The team holds frequent practice sessions – to prepare
for competitions, and more importantly, to be ready to respond
in the event of an actual mine emergency.
In addition to Myers, American Coal Company mine rescue
team members who participated in the competition included
Marcus Tso, Bill Agin, Mike Smith, Scott Webb and Ross Stanley. This also was the first mine rescue competition for two new
members of The American Coal Company’s rescue team –
John Roberts and Zack Schimpf – both of whom Myers praised
for meeting the toughest challenges with the savvy of veteran
mine rescue team members.
The American Coal Company’s mine rescue team is one of
the most highly-decorated in the country. The team has won
numerous competitions, including state-wide contests in both
Illinois and Kentucky.
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Atlas Copco’s DMM3 and Pit Viper 275 are ideal for coal mines
in Wyoming and Montana
By Scott Ellenbecker
W
est of a peaceful place where the
deer and antelope play, the Powder River Basin is known by those in the energy
business as the single largest source
of coal mined in the United States. The
Powder River Basin (in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming) fuels 28
power plants, and has some of the largest coal deposits in the world.
Atlas Copco’s DMM3 and Pit Viper 275
(PV-275) are ideal for coal mining in
the Powder River Basin and the DMM3
was, in fact, first designed for mining the
overburden covering the sub-bituminous
coal in that region. Although the DMM3
and PV-275 have other applications, the
Powder River Basin mines rely on the
effectiveness of these blasthole drilling
rigs.
Jon Torpy, a regional manager for Atlas Copco, said, “The DMM3 is in a
class of its own with the right balance
of air, rotary head performance, bit
load, and depth capacity. The PV275 has taken these strengths and
added to them.”
The DMM3 offers an additional 40 ft of
hole depth and the PV-275 offers an updated cab design, plus maintenance features integrated into the Pit Viper series
rigs. In Torpy’s opinion the choice mostly
comes down to the application and existing fleet. “We work closely with our customers to determine which drill is the best
fit for both their short-term and long-term
plans.”
Schroeder seconded this, but also pointed out the added depth of the DMM3 is
often the deciding factor. “Sometimes
other drills are used for the surface work,
but the extra depth is necessary to reach
the coal in many places,” said Schroeder.
Both drill holes up to 12¼ inch in diameter. The DMM3 has a depth capacity of
235 ft and the PV-275’s depth capacity
is 195 ft. Both can drill overburden cast
blastholes up to 30 degrees.
Both have comfortable and efficient cabs
– sealed, pressurized and cooled/ heated
with large, tinted windows, sound abatement and ample work area and head
room. Operator controls are electric over
hydraulic for ease and rapid response.
The excellent visibility of the drill deck
and tower helps to provide for safe and
efficient operation. The PV-275 has a
newer ergonomically designed cab, yet
both rigs offer comfort for the operator.
A feature the PV-275 offers that is not
available on the DMM3 is the Advanced
Rig Control System (RCS). With RCS,
the cab is upgraded to a Can-bus excavator control system and allows the
customer to easily upgrade to add GPS,
automatic leveling and even automatic
drilling. A rugged screen displays the di-
Torpy said, “The DMM3 was designed to drill the Powder River overburden so it can drill the deep angle
holes required to reach the coal.”
Walt Schroeder is a product support sales representative for Atlas
Copco, but prior to working for Atlas
Copco, Schroeder was a driller. He
has drilled on many drills including
seven years on a DMM3. Schroeder
said, “I have never had a bad word
to say about the DMM3 and it’s always the truth. Ask anyone who has
operated one,” he continued. “There
is no other drill that can mast over to
30 degrees and drill 240 ft – all day,
every day and never even grunt!”
When choosing between the two,
there are few differences. Both rotary blasthole drills offer a 1,050
horsepower engine that comes with
a 2,600 CFM compressor to efficiently clear cuttings from the hole.
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The DMM3 and PV-275 cabs offer greater visibility of the drill area. The PV offers
the RCS system for more efficient drilling.
This DMM3 is being used by Rawhide
Mine, owned by Peabody Energy. Peabody’s three mines in the Basin shipped
161.5 million tons of coal to customers
around the world in 2007.
Drillers work in a comfortable cab with a good view
of the drill deck when using the Atlas Copco DMM3.
The PV-275 has a comfortable and safe cab,
powerful compressor, and sturdy body
agnostics of each hole, feeding all drilling
activity on the rig and in the hole. RCS
allows for more accurate drilling results,
greater blasting efficiency and a faster
drilling process.
Both rigs have a mainframe that is
strengthened with radius gussets, reinforcing at major stress points for better
stress distribution. Three hydraulic leveling jacks are provided for maximum “tripod” stability and allow fast mobilization
between holes. A four jack system is also
available. The excavator-type undercarriage with triple-bar grouser pads allows
for better traction and slewing ability in all
ground conditions.
For maximum efficiency, there are two
main hydraulic pumps that power either
the tram motors or the feed and rotation
functions through efficient closed-loop
circuits. The tram circuit has a hydraulically released brake that is springapplied for additional safety if hydraulic
power is lost.
Maintenance is made easier on the Pit
Viper series drills with the auto cable tensioning system that ensures an accurate
head alignment and improves cable life.
This feature also offers smoother drilling
which reduces costs by increasing the
life of the bit and feed system.
In deep overburden mining, it all starts
with a blasthole, and the power and performance of the drill rig. Atlas Copco offers the DMM3 and PV-275 with several
options and features, allowing it to adapt
to any mining situation anywhere in the
world. Atlas Copco has developed several cold weather and lighting packages for
these rigs. The lighting and cold weather
packages are key to the success of the
PV-275 and the DMM3 in the Powder
River Basin.
Schroeder said, “When this rig was designed there were definately miners involved. There isn’t a more comfortable rig
to operate – they got it right when engineering this rig. I’d say this is the most ergonomic drill on the planet and I’ve never
run a rig that I like more.”
Schroeder’s confidence speaks to durability too. Availability is critical according
to Schroeder. “There is not a drill made
that has the air, power and overall drilling
performance at this depth and angle that
can match the availability of the DMM3.
I know guys you wouldn’t let operate
your lawnmower who are drilling with the
DMM3 – this rig is tough!”
The Powder River Basin is known for
plentiful coal deposits, lower in sulfur
than coal found in other coal-rich areas.
It is estimated that the entire Basin has
more than 800 billion tons of coal. Most
of it, almost 97 percent, is used to generate electricity. Another 2.5 percent of the
coal is used by industrial plants; 0.6 per-
cent is exported, and 0.2 percent is used
by residential or commercial buildings to
burn for heat.
Over the next two decades, the U.S. Department of Energy has forecasted that
total worldwide energy demand will grow
more than 55 percent and coal use is
forecast to grow 74 percent.
The Powder River Basin produced 436
million short tons of coal in 2007, more
than the entire Appalachian region. Overall, the Powder River Basin accounts for
about 37 percent of U.S. coal production.
Coal supplies about half of the United
States electricity supplies, with Powder
River Basin mines supplying about 40
percent of the coal that fuels those stations.
Torpy said he’s proud of the relationship Atlas Copco has with the mines and
energy companies in the Powder River
Basin. “The performance record of the
DMM3 speaks for itself. We have several
that have been running in the Basin for
more than a decade with excellent productivity and reliability,” Torpy summarized. And the newer PV-275 is quickly
earning a similar reputation.
Scott Ellenbecker is Editor-in-Chief of two
in-house publications for Atlas Copco: Deep
Hole Driller and Mining & Construction USA.
He has been involved in marketing construction and mining equipment since 1995.
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PT Astra International (ASII), Jakarta,
plans to expand its business in the
mining sector through its subsidiary PT
United Tractor with the acquisition of two
coal mining companies in Kalimantan in
an effort to increase its production capacity in the mining sector. The acquisition
is expected to be implemented in 2010,
with a target production of one million
metric tons in 2011.
PT Indo Tambangraya Megah, Jakarta,
expects coal output to increase by up
to 25 percent next year as production
kicks in at new mine areas. Commercial
production at PT Bharinto Ekatama is expected to start at the end of 2010. The
company plans to produce 20.5 million
tons this year. The company is looking
at buying other coal mines to increase
output. Indo Tambangraya has received
a permit to start development of the East
block of coal mines operated by PT Indominco Mandiri.
Exploration Company Asenjo Energy,
Johannesburg, is developing Botswana coal resources, while ending
a pre-feasibility study for its one billion
ton resource at Dukwe by the middle of
next year. It would sell coal domestically
and to neighboring countries, and supply
a 300-600 MW power station. The prefeasibility phase, estimated at $15 million, is funded by the joint venture behind
Asenjo, comprised of Sentula Mining of
South Africa, Aquila Resources of Australia and African investment firm Johan
Capital. The coal could produce up to 20
million tons per year over a lifespan of up
to 40 years.
Sekoko Coal of South Africa has completed drilling on the Waterberg coal
project, and has submitted an application for three mining licenses with the Department of Mining, to enable it to mine a
4.5-ha area. The company hopes to be
in production by the end of 2009. Sekoko
plans to mine about 60,000 t/m of run-ofmine coal. The company has also submitted an application for a takeoff agreement with state-owned Eskom to supply
the Matimba power station.
Australia’s Riversdale Mining has
signed a contract with Mozambique’s
government for its $800 million Benga coal project in southern Africa. The
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Benga project will include a hard coking
and thermal coal mine, with an anticipated run mine of 20 million tons per year.
Riversdale plans to start producing coal
at Benga in 2010 and plans to export 2
million tons each year, starting in late
2010. Riversdale is also investing $3.1
billion in a thermal power project in Mozambique.
Australia’s Monadelphous Group has
secured contracts with a combined
value of A$100 million in the aluminum, coal and iron ore markets with
major customers BHP Billiton and Rio
Tinto. The majority of the contracts are
in central Queensland. Monadelphous
will be working on two dragline shutdowns for the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance at its Blackwater coal mine in the
Bowen Basin in central Queensland. The
company will also fabricate and construct
a radial stacker for BMA’s Peak Downs
coal mine and at Gladstone it will install
an Automated Alumina Delivery System
and associated infrastructure.
Puda Coal, Inc., Taiyuan, Shanxi,
China, announces that its subsidiary,
Shanxi Puda Coal Group Ltd, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 18 percent equity in Shanxi Jianhe
Coal Industry Limited Company from two
Jianhe Coal’s equity owners for approximately $14.6 million. Jianhe Coal owns
the mining rights to a coal mine in Huozhou County, Lingfen City, Shanxi Province. The mine is approved to exploit two
coal seams.
DMT GmbH & Co. KG and Sri Avantika
Construction Ltd. , Essen Germany,
and its cooperating partner in India, have
been commissioned to combat coal mine
blazes in the state of West Bengal. Coal
India Ltd awarded the contract. The engineering services company based in Essen to begin work has dispatched a team
of experts. In the first phase, the company will locate underground fires in the
mining regions near the industry city of
Asansol in eastern India. Data gathered
will make it possible to fight the fires and
to monitor the progress of the work.
Vietnam’s Vinacomin is planning to
produce coal from five northern provinces, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh,
Hai Duong and Hai Phong, all located in
an area of 3,500 square km, and estimated to hold 210 billion tons of coal. The
Red River Delta Coal Basin will create
the country’s biggest clean energy center, helping ensure national energy security by 2025, it is reported. Vinacomin
plans to invest $5.97 billion to develop 11
projects in the basin.
Western Canadian Coal has acquired
Cambrian Mining PLC for $120 million.
The combined company’s production
profile will increase to 3.5 million tons of
coal per year and to potentially 11.8 million in the future. Western will acquire total ownership of Cambrian’s metallurgical
and thermal coal mines in West Virginia
and 50.6 percent in a UK thermal coal
mine. It addition, it will also acquire 45.3
percent of Xtract Energy and 100 percent of AGD Mining. Western said the
partnership would create a stronger company with coal mines in Western Canada, West Virginia and the UK, doubling
its coal production to 3.5 million tons per
annum.
The ‘China First Project’ in the Galilee
Basin near Alpha, west of Emerald, is
undergoing an environmental impact
study while miner Waratah Coal expected construction to begin in late 2010,
with production beginning in 2013. The
company plans to lay some 500 km of
rail to take the giant amounts of thermal
coal to a new, specially built coal terminal
at Abbot Point, where it will be exported
primarily to China. The company has upgraded its plan to 40 million tons a year
for export and employing about 6,000
workers to build the infrastructure and
1500 to run the operation.
Bruckner Holding Gesmbh and Seebach GmbH have formed the Joint
Venture Bruckner Seebach Filter Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. with the head office in Pune, India. The joint venture will
produce filter elements with Seebach’s
state-of-the-art production methods for
the Asian market in the sectors of polymer production, oil production and refinement, general industry and mining.
Bruckner will be responsible for the sale
of these products for Bruckner, Barmag
and Cellier Film lines worldwide, as well
as for all other film stretching lines, which
are being serviced by Bruckner Servtec
GmH. Production facilities are being
built, and production is expected by the
fourth quarter of 2009.
Mining rights for Homeland Energy’s
50 percent-owned Eloff Mineral Project on the western extreme of the Witbank Coalfield in South Africa, has been
approved. The potential 500,000 t/m runof-mine project has more than 30 years
of mine life. The project contains about
250.3 million tons of measured and indicated coal, and a further 210.5 million
tons of inferred resources. Discussions
with potential partners for the development of a mine-mouth power station at
the project are continuing. Homeland
has made plant improvements at its Kendal colliery in South Africa’s Mpumalanga
province. As a result, the plant is running at more than 20 percent better than
the original plant capacity, while plant
yields were above the 50 percent range.
Homeland is planning further expansions
at the plant to increase the run-of-mine
production to about 180,000 t/m in 2010,
compared with the current 120,000 t/m.
Sedgman, a mineral processing firm,
has a $9 million design and construction contract to upgrade the Sonoma
mine’s coal processing plant in Australia’s Queensland Bowen Basin. Sedgman will design, construct and commission the upgrade of the existing facility by
the second half of 2009 to increase efficiency and performance. The Sonoma
mine is a joint venture between Australia’s Q Coal, US iron ore producer Cliffs
Natural Resources, Japan’s JFE Shoji
and others.
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings is set to start
its coal mining project in August as the
power utility positions itself to self-sustain coal deliveries to its Hwange Power
Station (HPS). Expansion of HPS is expected to start in the next three months
following completion of logistics.
Keaton Energy, Johannesburg, reports that a feasibility study for its Delmas project has been completed while
the Sterkfontein project has been expanded significantly. Progress is reported on Keaton’s exploration program with
two prospects, the Amalahle in Ermelo
and the Mafla in Dundee, have been progressed to a project status. Operations
at Keaton’s Klip Colliery will stop within
the next 12 months, while the Leeuwfontein project is expected to come on line in
2010 and the Braamspruit in 2011.
When the Darkov Mine in the Czech
Republic was in urgent need of a replacement shearer, Bucyrus offered to
lease a specially customized EL2000
shearer to OKD. After a short period of
successful operation, the customer was
so impressed with the Bucyrus shearer
it was purchased straight away, this being the first Bucyrus shearer in the Czech
Republic. The Darkov Mine was looking
for a mining machine to work seams of
up to 4.5 m. Although the EL2000 shearer is designed for medium range seams
from 1.4 to 3.5 meters, its robust design
with its unique mainframe concept allowed the additional height to raise its
maximum operating range to 4.5 meters.
The shearer was delivered within four
weeks, and in January 2009 produced
129,597 tonnes in 28 days. With certain
restrictions lifted, the shearer then produced up to approximately 7,000 tonnes
per day. The operating height of the machine was extended to its maximum 4.5
meters on February 18, 2008, allowing it
to mine the full seam height now existing
in the panel.
Peabody Energy and Xstrata Coal are
planning to bid for a majority stake in
Indonesian coal miner PT Berau Coal
in a deal that could be valued around $1
billion, reliable sources reported. Peabody is also interested in purchasing a
stake in Adaro Energy, Indonesia’s second largest coal producer. Asia Pacific
is becoming an increasingly important
region in Peabody’s coal business.
Reliance Power, Mumbai, is talking
with Australian mining companies
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to set up a
coal mining joint venture valued at $1 billion to develop coal mines to power its
electricity plants that are already under
construction. Reliance has coal reserves
of 2 billion tons, sufficient to generate
more than 16,000 megawatts of power
for the next 25 years, it is reported.
Mechel OAO, Moscow, announces
that its Mechel Trading AG subsidiary
has signed a long-term coking coal supply contract with South Korean Hyundai
Steel, for delivery of K-9 grade-coking
coal mines from Neryungri open pit
mine. Coal will be supplied for the next
five years with supply volumes reaching
200,000 tonnes p.a.
Rio Tinto Chapudi coal project in
South Africa, with estimated resourc-
es of one billion tons, is studying the
possibility of supporting a power station to ease electricity shortages, it is
reported. The company is talking with
utility Eskom and other power producers to assess the generation potential of
the project. The project, in the northern
Limpopo province, is in the pre-feasibility
study phase, which the company expects
to complete by the end of this year.
Indonesia’s PT Tambang Batubara
Bukit Asam plans to increase coal
production to 50 mtpa within five to
six years, due to several projects including railway expansion and coal mine
acquisitions. Bukit Asam is in a joint
venture with PT Keneta Api Indonesia to
upgrade existing rail links from its coal
mines to a port on the southern tip of
Sumatra. South Sumatra, where Bukit
Asam is located, has 47 billion tons of
coal reserves, or half of Indonesia’s total
93.4 billion.
Indonesia’s PT Adaro Energy Tbk has
contracts to sell up to 6 million tons of
coal per year to firms in India, Thailand
and Indonesia. The three contracts are
from 1.5 million to 2 million tons each, for
a maximum of 6 million tons. First delivery is expected in December. Adaro
plans to produce 42-45 million tons of
coal this year and up to 80 million tons
per year in the next five years.
China Shenhua Energy Co., China’s
biggest coal producer by market value, plans to double its annual coal output capacity to 400 million metric tons
by 2014, in the wake of Beijing’s push to
consolidate coal reserves in the hands of
just a few big miners.
Japan expects to spend $2 billion
over the next 10 years to commercialize technology for production of gas
from coal, a Nikkel newspaper reported. Plans call for a plant able to supply
600,000 metric tons of LNG. The association will select a site for the facility
within four to five years, and plan to have
a plant in operation by 2020.
A new coal crushing station manufactured by Scandinavian mining equipment supplier, Sandvik, has been in full
operation at energy company Mongolia
Xilinguole Baiyinhua Coal & Power Co.,
Ltd. since June. Sandvik was awarded
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the contract for the supply of a complete
semi-mobile primary crushing station in
2008. The unit operates in the Baiyinhua
coal field – one of the largest coal fields
in Inner Mongolia in China – and is the
first Sandvik branded semi-mobile crushing station of its kind delivered to China.
Sandvik succeeded in securing the order
due to its ability to supply the complete
crushing station in the short delivery time
of 10 months. The scope of the delivery
consisted of a complete primary crushing station based on the Sandvik center
sizer CR610 with a crushing capacity in
excess of 2,200 t/h. The installation can
be relocated for maximum efficiency and
decreased material transportation costs
at the mine site.
Polo Resources announces 2009 exploration plans for its Mongolian coal
interests – following the recent signing
of a joint venture agreement with Peabody Energy Corp. The bulk of the work
planned for 2009 will focus on the JV’s
342 exploration licenses in the South
Gobi region, covering 649 sq. km, where
large deposits of coking coal have already been discovered.
Coal of Africa announces that it had
successfully commissioned the coal
handling and preparation plant (CHPP)
at its Mooiplaats Colliery in Mpumalanga,
South Africa.
Lodestar Holdings Investment Corp.
has signed a memorandum of agreement with Oriental Vision Mining
Phils. Corp. for the development of a
7,000 hectare coal mine in Surigao del
Sur. Under the agreement, Oriental Vision will have the right to explore, develop and operate the coal property.
Syntech Resources Pty Ltd has begun
construction of a new $250 million
coal mine in Queensland’s Surat Basin. Stage one of the Cameby Downs
project will employ about 100 people.
Cameby Downs has a resource of about
1.7 billion tons of open-cut, high quality
thermal coal. Production is set to start
in 2010 with about 1.4 million tons to be
exported each year through the Port of
Brisbane. A second stage that is well
advanced in planning could result in production of 20 million tons a year and 600
jobs.
next decade in facilities to convert
coal to oil, methanol and gas. Plans are
to have the capacity to convert 100 million tons of coal into about 30 million tons
of oil and chemical products by 2020. A
coal-to-liquids plant of Shenhua Group in
Inner Mongolia went through a successful trial run earlier this year, producing
naphtha and diesel, among other products.
China’s top five power generating
groups – Huaneng, Datang, Guodian,
Huadian and China Power Investment
– have signed 2009 coal supply contracts
with miners in Guizhou and Xinjiang. The
tonnage contracted thus far, estimated
at more than 100 million tons, accounts
for up to 20 percent of the total annual
coal consumption at these companies,
sources report. An industry official said
that the firms might sign annual deals for
200-300 million tons in all.
Pike River Coal (PRC) is on schedule to send its first export shipment
to Japan next month. Production was
halted at the West Coast mine in February when a rock fall blocked the newly
opened 108-meter airshaft, causing production delays and postponing a 60,000ton Japanese export order. The mine is
now producing up to 300 tons of coal a
day and expects to reach a maximum of
2,000 tons a day by the last quarter of
this year.
Mechel OAO, Chelyabinsk, Russia,
has restarted coke oven battery No.
4 at its Chelyabinsk Metallurgical
Plant’s Mechel-Coke 000 subsidiary.
Reconstruction of the coke oven enabled
enhancing its production and quality performance. The renovated unit comprising
61 oven chambers with a 20 cubic meter
capacity each will produce approximately
440,000 tons of coke annually.
BHP Billiton Ltd, Jakarta, plans to lay
off 450 workers at its Indonesian coal
project after deciding not to go ahead
with the project. BHP had announced
earlier that it would not go ahead with the
Haju trail coal mine in Central Kalimantan on Borneo Island because it did not
fit with its long-term investment strategy.
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B.R. Brown, former chairman, president
and chief executive officer of CONSOL
Energy, Inc., John F. Erhard, principal
of ArcLight Capital Holdings, LLC, and
John E. Lushefski, former chief financial officer of Millennium Chemicals, Inc.,
re-elected to the board of directors of Patriot Coal Corp., St. Louis, MO. Each will
serve three-year terms.
Gary Balzhiser, manager, Commercial
Lubricants for ConocoPhillips, Denver,
CO, has joined the Dingo Board of Directors. Since 2005, Balzhiser has led ConocoPhillips’ marketing and direct sales,
product development and management,
brand advertising, promotion and programs, and lubricant research and development. He has served ConocoPhillips
and its predecessor companies for 32
years. He is a graduate of Yale University with a degree in economics.
Paul Stuiver has joined the Pretoria
Portland Cement (PPC) board of directors as CEO designate, succeeding
John Gomersall. Stuiver is former CEO
of Barloworld Logistics and has held positions at PPC between 1983 and 2001.
He had also been a director at the company for seven years.
Gordon Gee, Ohio State University
president, re-elected to the Massey Energy board. Gee and three company
nominees won seats on the board. Environmentalists had been pushing Gee to
resign over Massey’s use of mountaintop
removal mining.
Kurt Hoffman appointed to the board of
directors of Kat Exploration Inc., Mount
Pearl, Newfoundland. Hoffman is president CEO and director of Sundance
Diamonds Corp., and has held various
positions of director on a number of mining and exploration companies. He has
extensive experience in property acquisitions, exploration and development of
mining properties in the U.S., Canada
and South Africa.
Donald Balletto appointed director and
member of the Audit and Compensation
Committee of Silverado Gold Mines Ltd,
Vancouver, British Columbia. Balletto
worked with Canada Safeway from 1973
until 2006 when he retired as director of
labor relations, BC division Canada Safeway Ltd., Vancouver, BC.
Pineville Business Ranks Top 10 The Combs Group Inc. CBJ Machine & Hydraulics Receives Pacesetter
James J. Markowsky, former electric
utility official, named the new assistant
secretary for fossil energy of the Department of Energy. Markowsky, currently
a consultant in the energy and electric
power generation area, is a member of
the National Research Council’s Committee on America’s Energy Future. Previously, he was executive vice president
of American Electric Power Service Corporation.
Rob Lord, Gloucester Coal CEO and
managing director, has resigned. Lord
has been chief executive officer since
August 2007 and had contributed greatly
to the Noble Group’s development and
success.
Rob Gellings has joined Maverick Technologies, Columbia, IL, and will be operational leader of the Advanced Manufacturing Solutions business that includes
the integration of ERP/CRM, MES and
strategic consulting practices. Gellings is
charged with expanding Maverick’s overall delivery capabilities in these practice
areas.
Randy Dwiggins, a senior consultant
with Maverick Technologies, Columbia,
IL, approved by the International Society of Automation (ISA) to chair the SP
88 committee, which is responsible for
developing and maintaining the ISA 88
series of standards for batch process
control. Dwiggins is a batch control and
performance improvement specialist with
26 years of industrial controls experience.
Jeffery W. Lantz appointed president
and chief executive officer of War Eagle
Mining Company. Lantz was elected
director of the company on September
30, 2008, and brings a variety of management expertise. Prior to joining War
Eagle he served as senior attorney with
BHP Billiton from 1996 to 2002, and was
on the executive management company
of its US copper operations subsidiary.
Michelle L. Collins newly elected director to the board of directors of Bucyrus
International, Inc., South Milwaukee,
WI. In addition, Ms. Collins was appointed to Bucyrus’ Audit Committee of
the company’s board of directors. Ms.
Collins is president of Cambium LLC, a
business and financial advisory firm, and
The Combs Group Inc. - CBJ Machine & Hydraulics (CGI) joins an elite group of
Kentucky businesses being honored with a 2009 Pacesetter Award. Owners John
and Susan Combs accepted the award at the Kentucky Celebrates Small Businesses event held in the Capitol Rotunda. The Pacesetter Business Recognition
Program is an initiative that acknowledges high performing second-stage small
businesses that are changing the economic landscape of Kentucky by introducing innovative products; increasing sales and/or production; boosting employment;
and, serving the communities of the Commonwealth. John and Susan Combs purchased what was originally CBJ Plating & Machine and transformed it into a fullservice machine, equipment and component facility. The company now called The
Combs Group Inc. - CBJ Machine & Hydraulics, specializes in industrial chrome
plating and is one of only a handful of companies in the Southeastern United States
that has the ability to plate rods up to 30 feet in length. Under Combs’ ownership,
sales have doubled and 20 employees have been added. Additionally, CGI expects
growth to continue with the recent completion of a prototype design of a haulage
frame that can be used in the underground mining fields of Canada. CGI received
the 2009 Pacesetter for creating sustainable jobs, product innovativeness and increasing sales. “The Combs Group Inc. - CBJ Machine & Hydraulics’ rich history of
product innovation and the employment opportunities they provide to the citizens
of Southeastern Kentucky prove they are a successful business that others aspire
to emulate,” said Becky Naugle, Ph.D., Kentucky Small Business Development
Center State Director. “CGI has astounding impact on the communities it serves
and Kentucky’s economy.”
also serves as a member of the advisory
board of Svoboda Capital Partners, LLC
where she was a co-founder.
Edward Harrington of Reliance Geological Services Inc. has been contracted as senior exploration geologist for
Denarii Resources Inc. Harrington has
a wide range of experience exploring
many properties in Canada, the Western
United States, Sultanate of Oman, Australia and Mexico. Harrington will play a
significant role in future exploration and
development of acquired property.
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Bart J. Hyita Receives THE JOHN E. WILLSON DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS Award
Bart Hyita (l) being presented with 2009 Willson
Award by Michael Nelson, Chair of the Mining
Engineering Department, University of Utah
The John E. Willson Distinguished Alumnus Award was
established in 2000 to recognize a graduate of the University
of Utah’s Mining Engineering Program who has set a high
standard by his or her accomplishments in the mining industry.
The 2009 John E. Willson Distinguished Alumnus Award winner
is Mr. Bart J. Hyita, a 1981 graduate.
Bart is currently chief operating officer-ooal for CONSOL Energy
Inc. located in Canonsville, Pennsylvania. He has accumulated
over 28 years of professional experience in underground and
surface coal. Prior to joining CONSOL, Bart held positions
with United States Steel Company, Kaiser Steel Company,
AMAX Inc., and Utah Power and Light Company. While with
Pacificorp, Bart served as Vice President and General Manager
for Glenrock (Wyoming) and Centralia (Washington). Before
joining CONSOL, Bart was Director of Business Development
for RAG American Holding, Inc. (Baltimore, MD). His experience
includes responsible positions in operations, engineering, and
management. Bart has certainly earned his reputation as an
enthusiastic and energetic professional focused on solving
problems through team efforts.
(Associate of Applied Science) in Engineering. While at CEU,
he was Sophomore Class President and member of the CEU
Executive Council. Bart entered the University of Utah in 1979
and was awarded a Browning Scholarship. He worked summers
and part-time at Kaiser Steel’s operation at Sunnyside, Utah.
Upon receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in 1981, Bart
accepted employment with Kaiser Steel Company as a Mining
Engineer. He then expanded his knowledge of operations
as Shift Foreman at the Sunnyside, Utah operation. His next
assignment with Kaiser was Assistant Superintendent at Raton,
New Mexico. In 1986, he returned to Utah as Operations
Manager for AMAX Inc. and supervised two longwall operations
along with rehabilitation and modernization projects. Utah
Power and Light Company offered Bart a position as Manager
Technical Services for their operations in Huntington, Utah. He
accepted and spent the next three years directing permitting,
planning, development, production, geotechnical, ventilation,
and reclamation projects along with longwall production
innovations. In 1990, his responsibilities expanded to Director
of Technical Services for Pacificorp headquartered in Salt Lake
City. Here he directed technical services and business plans at
a corporate level for several domestic and international energy
companies.
In 1993, Bart assumed responsibilities as Operations Manager
at Pacificorp’s Centralia mine in Washington. He supervised
open-pit truck/shovel/dragline production for about one year.
He then moved to Pacificorp’s Glenrock mine in Wyoming as
Vice President and General Manager. At Glenrock, he managed
mining, haulage and fuel supply for a 770 MW power plant. He
renegotiated federal royalty costs, streamlined organization
and business plans, and substantially reduced annual fuel and
operating costs. He then spent the next four years as Vice
President and General manager for Pacificorp’s Centralia mine
supplying fuel for a 1,340 MW power plant. The operation
received national awards for excellence in environmental
practices and land reclamation. He completed his tenure with
the successful sale of fuel operations to a Canadian utility.
Bart’s next position was Director of Business Development
for RAG American Holding, Inc. His responsibilities for RAG
included corporate business development and strategic
planning. In 2001, Bart accepted employment with CONSOL
as Vice President Coal Operations Support headquartered at
Eighty Four, Pennsylvania. In 2005, he was promoted to Senior
Vice President Operations and Planning and then to Senior Vice
President Administration and Planning one year later. As Senior
Vice President, Bart coordinated corporate acquisition analysis
and environmental and purchasing tasks. He was responsible
for reporting company strategy, finance and investment plans
to CONSOL’s Board of Directors. In 2007, Bart was promoted
to his current position as Chief Operating Officer - Coal. In this
capacity, he is responsible for production, technical support and
planning for all CONSOL coal operations.
Bart was born in Dragerton, Utah to Robert J. Hyita and Patricia
Kizerian. His father Robert and grandfather Raino Hyita were
both employed at the Horse Canyon Mine. Bart gained a great
respect for coal miners and the critical role played by the coal
industry by listening to his elders while they sat together at the
kitchen table. Bart takes great pride in being a fourth generation
coal miner. His great grandfather Jonas on his father’s side
came to Carbon County from Finland to work as a mine laborer.
On his mother’s side, his grandfather Albert Kizerian was a coal
miner, and his great grandfather Evan James Griffiths, at the age
of 9 years, was working in the mines in Wales. Evan immigrated
to America at 12 years of age and began working underground
in the “mule barn.” His stepfather, Robert Johnson, holds an
engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines. His
mother often remarks that this family “bleeds coal dust.”
Bart is a member of the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute
and the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration. He is a
Certified Foreman (Utah and New Mexico) and a Certified Mine
Safety Professional CMSP.
Bart graduated from East Carbon High School 1977 as
Salutatorian. He also participated in All-Region Football and
All-State Wrestling. Following high school, Bart enrolled at the
College of Eastern Utah and graduated in 1979 with his AAS
Bart is married to Peggy Branch and they have three children
- Heather, Jonas and Matt and two grandchildren - Corban and
Jayce. Matt is following his father’s example and is currently
enrolled in the University of Utah, Mining Engineering Program.
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Joy Takes
Equipment
Lubricants to the
Next Level
The ever increasing demands for
larger and more powerful, robust,
productive mining equipment have
created a need for a high performance
lubricant. To meet this need, Joy
JOY gear lube
Mining Machinery has developed its
own line of oils specifically designed to meet today’s challenges.
“For generations, Joy has been an industry leader in the
development of new technologies for underground mining
equipment,” said Chris Stewart, Joy’s Senior Engineer / Project
Manager. “As the steels, heat treatments, gear technologies,
bearings, etc. are pushed to their maximum performance levels,
it becomes apparent that the weakest link is now the fluid in
which these components operate.
“The fluids that had been available covered a broad spectrum
of quality and performance characteristics,” Stewart added. “It
became increasingly clear to Joy that the only way to meet the
specific lubricating needs of its equipment was to offer a line
of lubricants that address the higher standards needed for our
designs.”
“Additionally,” offered Mark Ziegler, Principal Engineer, “the
varieties of lubricating fluids that traditionally have been on the
market have a wide range of performance, from mineral oils to
high performance synthetics. Joy made the decision to develop
a line of lubricants that would allow our engineers to maximize
machine gearcase performance and reliability.”
After a strict test regimen, the first in the line of Joy lubricants—
JOY SEP320J gear lubricant—was introduced to the coal
industry at the Longwall USA 2009 Conference and Exhibition
held on June 16-18 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Complementing the Joy family line of gear fluids are the JOY
S150J, S460J, and the SEP680J. Bringing the JOY gear
lubricant to market was a joint effort of Joy’s engineering
department and Service Products initiative. As explained by
Dave Jenks, Joy’s Product Director - Service, “Our Service
Products have the objective of providing a range of products
and services that outperform what is available today, enabling
customers to achieve the lowest cost per ton over the life of the
equipment.
Numerous ISO (International Standard Organization), DIN
(Deutsche Normin) and ASTM (American Society for Testing
and Materials) tests of scuffing resistance, wear and friction,
and elastomer compatibility were independently conducted.
Additionally, Joy developed and performed its own elastomer
compression set tests.
According to Ziegler, “The final proof was in the form of
accelerated load tests performed in an actual cutter head
gearcase. Because ours is a API Group IV Polyalphaolefin fluid,
it has all the advantages of a full, synthetic oil, including good
oxidation resistance, lower coefficients of resistance, higher
thermal conductivity to help shed heat and lowering internal
temperatures, excellent cold start-up properties, and resistance
to thinning at higher temperatures.
“One of the important things customers overlook is that this can
relate directly to some power savings,” Ziegler continued. “Our
own independent tests have concluded that a machine using
SEP320J can save several percent in electrical power losses.
This can result in up to 20 degrees Fahrenheit (-7 degrees
Celsius) cooler running temperatures.
“In addition,” he said, “the Joy fluids have particularly effective
wear protection characteristics and are benign to the seal
elastomers found within JOY gearcases. As a synthetic-based
fluid with EP additives and made to a specific formulation, this
line of fluids makes it possible for our gearcases to achieve
their maximum design potential without fear of film thickness
breakdown thus resulting in a premature failure.”
The Joy line of gear fluids, now used by Joy in all original and
rebuilt equipment, also is available directly from Joy Service
Products. Among their advantages, according to Stewart, is
that the Joy fluids allow customers to participate in Joy’s oil
analysis program at no cost to them. “Free oil sampling allows
customers to better track how their fluid is standing up to wear
and contamination,” he said. “This can lead to a better judgment
of determining when to make an oil change, while at the same
time eliminating the possibility of changing out oil before it’s
necessary,” Stewart noted.
“At the outset of this project, we took a look at our general
lubrication specification and set that as our benchmark,”
Stewart recalled. “However, because those specifications were
generically written to allow for a wide range of available fluids, it
was quite easy for most suppliers to meet those requirements.
We know from experience that not every lubricant on the market
is the same and we also know from experience that some are
very good and some are not so good.
“The cost to maintain, repair and rebuild equipment over its
operating life is two-to-three times the initial costs,” Jenks said.
“Basic to managing those costs is ensuring that the mining
equipment is not only being properly lubricated, but that the
equipment is provided with the very best lubricating oils possible.
“We began to see a correlation between gear fluids used and
warranty costs,” Stewart said. “When customers used certain
fluids in one of our gearboxes, it reduced the life of that gearbox
when the equipment was pushed to its design limit; under high
load situations the oil failed to protect the system. For this
reason, we wanted to have better control of the fluids within the
gearcases, and the only way to do that was to develop our own.
“We tested fluids until we achieved the level of performance
for which we were striving,” Jenks continued. “We undertook
a lengthy and involved seal compatibility and wear protection
testing process within our reliability engineering department,
as well as at several third party laboratories. Joy’s reliability
engineering department managed these tests and evaluated
the results.”
“Important as that is,” Stewart noted, “not only does the
development of the Joy line of lubricating oils ensure that these
fluids will meet the extreme demands placed on them, it gives
us the opportunity to develop products that could ‘raise the bar’
over what we now can do mechanically. In other words, not only
does the JOY gear fluid meet an immediate need, it opens the
door to even greater possibilities.”
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ENERGY
news
Coal & Nuclear Power are Keys to
Obama’s Energy Plan
President Obama pledged $150 billion
for the development of biofuels, solar
and wind power, other alternative energy
sources during his first term.
But what might the new administration
mean for more traditional – and more reliable – energy sources?
Oil is always the first energy source to
spring to mind. But it’s hardly a solo act,
coal and nuclear make up the other twothirds of the top fuel trio. Coal delivers
50 percent of U.S. electricity needs, and
nuclear power brings another 20 percent
to the table.
The demand for energy of all types – and
especially electricity – is going to keep
advancing, domestically and worldwide.
Developing alternatives to coal and nuclear will take time. For instance, tying
wind and solar into the existing power
grid will be enormously expensive and is
likely to pose massive technical and engineering problems.
In fact, according to the International Energy Agency, renewable energy isn’t likely to make a meaningful dent in helping
to meet the world’s energy needs before
2030, if then.
And regardless where the power comes
from, our appetite for electricity will continue to skyrocket. Across the planet,
overall electricity consumption is expected to double by 2030, increasing by
17 trillion kilowatt hours. While electricity
demand will only increase by 50 percent
in the U.S. market by 2030, demand will
increase 400 percent in China and sixfold in India.
Research indicates that Obama will have
very little flexibility in solving our shortterm energy problems. While he may
prefer the alternatives, most of those replacements are far from fully developed.
The bottom line: Obama’s apparent preference for renewable energy aside, coal
and nuclear power are fully deployed,
and in widespread use, meaning they’ll
remain the backbone of our energy sector now, and for years to come.
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King Coal Reigns Supreme
and Enforcement and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
When it comes to future energy profits for
investors, coal and nuclear will continue
to be the “dream team” for years to
come. Coal will provide the answer to
our short-term and intermediate energy
needs. It’s plentiful, it’s less expensive
than other available alternatives, and
a big percentage of the world’s power
plants burn it.
Nuclear power offers a long-term solution
to energy shortages and a clean solution
to global warming, as well. Uraniumfueled nuclear plants are cheap to
operate, can run for long periods without
refueling, and cause little pollution.
There’s no doubt coal will continue to
be the dominant player in the electricity
game for some time to come.
A full 50 percent of the electricity U.S.
consumers use is generated by coal,
and coal is king in the rest of the world,
as well. According to the IEA, coal
accounted for 42 percent of all worldwide
electricity consumption in 2005.
It is predicted that coal use will explode
by 73 percent over the next 20 years.
That’s the largest projected percentage
increase of all energy sources.
While U.S. utilities may eventually be
forced to tighten emissions rules and
increase rates, Obama’s renewable
energy plans will have very little impact
on U.S. coal producers in the near future.
The world needs coal. We have it. And
we’re going to sell it.
Lately, coal prices, along with the prices
of other fossil fuels, have suffered from
the global economic crisis, and from a
resurgent U.S. dollar.
As a result, the price of Appalachian
Coal has fallen.
This will have a negative impact on coal
producers until the world economy is
able to gather itself back up and build up
a new head of steam.
But don’t expect the slump to last long.
China’s economy has gotten a shot in the
arm from a gigantic $586 billion stimulus
package, cementing growth expectations
for this year. Expect U.S.exports to
accelerate when that kicks in, probably
in the second half of this year.
Outlook 2009 and Beyond
China and India use 45 percent of
world’s coal and will be responsible for
80 percent of that increase. China, alone,
uses more coal than the United States,
Japan and Europe combined. China
is utterly dependent on coal to run its
factories and assembly plants, with coal
supplying 80 percent of its electricity.
The Red Dragon also is the world’s top
producer of steel, a process that’s also a
big burner of coal.
Coal is still the 800-pound gorilla in the
energy world. In the United States, it’s
unlikely coal will be regulated out of
existence anytime soon. That’s especially
true overseas, where coal is playing a
crucial role, fueling the transformation
of such countries as China and India
from “emerging markets” into first-order
powerhouse economies. Given that, the
world market simply can’t replace coal
anytime soon, either.
But while China is coal’s largest
consumer and producer, the United
States controls 27 percent of the world’s
proven reserves, the biggest-single
percentage on the planet. That puts this
country front and center on the worldwide
coal stage, and President-elect Obama’s
energy policy in the spotlight.
As for nuclear power, safety improvements and other technological solutions
make nuclear energy a viable energy
source for the long term, eventually
grabbing a bigger piece of the energy
pie – especially overseas.
The president plays a pivotal role in
shaping the nation’s energy policy,
naming top officials at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
The bottom line: The economic outlook
for both coal and nuclear power is
upbeat.
Excerpts from article written by R. Shah Gilani, a
retired hedge fund manager and a nationally known
expert on the U.S. credit crisis . source-zoon.com.
In order to achieve proposed targets,
India is likely to make investments of
approximately $18 to $22 billion over
a period of 30 years. An estimated investment of about $1.06 billion to $1.27
billion will be required during the current
Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, 20072012, while an investment of $2.54 billion to $3.18 billion will be required during
the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, 2012-2017.
The Mission envisages 20,000 MW of
solar power generation capacity to be installed across five application segments
by 2020. About 20 million households
are envisaged to have access to solar
lighting, while solar heating applications
would be set up over 20 million square
meters of collector area by 2020.
NRG Energy plans to build a solar
power plant in southern New Mexico
that could be the beginning of a string
of solar plants from Texas to California. New Jersey’s NRG, the secondlargest power generator in Texas, will
sell all of the power from the new plant to
El Paso Electric. NRG plans to develop
up to 500 megawatts of solar power in
California and the Southwest, while exploring power technology that doesn’t
emit greenhouse gases. NRG’s plant
will use a different technology, solar thermal that utilizes sunlight to heat water to
create steam to turn a turbine and make
electricity. The 92-megawatt plant would
make enough electricity, total, to power
around 16,790 homes.
Northwest Biogas, Boardman, OR,
is seeking a permit from the Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) for a facility on the Columbia
River that would harness methane
gas for energy by collecting it from decomposing old tires and cow manure.
Biogas proposes an anaerobic digester
project at a large dairy farm and is seeking the permit to store 40,000 waste tires
to be used for growing microorganisms
for producing the methane. Threemile
Canyon Farms has 16,000 cows that
produce about 120 pounds of waste a
day each. Threemile flushes the manure
along cement alleys and pipes to a lined
lagoon, where it releases methane. DEQ
said the methane offers an alternative to
natural gas. Generators also use methane to produce electricity and using the
tires eliminates the potential for tire fires
or the breeding of mosquitoes. Oregon
has similar digesters. In 2003, the Port
of Tillamook Bay constructed a centralized methane digester to biologically proJULY Surface Mining & Reclamation Issue
cess the manure from 4,000 of Tillamook
County’s 30,000 dairy cows. It is working
and producing energy.
Texas is a leading player in the cleanenergy economy, according to a study.
Texas is ranked second to California in
both number of jobs and clean-energy
business, fourth in patents and third in
venture capital tied to clean energy, the
survey says. Texas has 55,646 jobs and
4,802 businesses in the clean-energy
sector. Wind energy is a big factor in
the state’s rankings, sixth in the world for
annual wind-energy production, behind
German, Spain, China, India and the remainder of the U.S. Clean-energy jobs
in the U.S. grew by 9.1 percent between
1998 and 2007, compared with overall
job growth of 3.7 percent in the same
period. “The clean-energy economy is
poised for explosive growth,” the report
adds.
American Electric Power, through the
AEP Ohio unit, has signed a long-term
power purchase agreement to purchase
all the output of a 10.08-megawatt (MW)
solar energy facility to be built in Ohio.
Through the 20-year agreement signed
with Wyandot Solar LLC, a subsidiary of
Juwi solar Inc., AEP Ohio will purchase
all of the output and renewable energy
credits from the Wyandot Solar facility
to be built in Salem Township, Wyandot
County, Ohio. Construction of the solar
facility is expected to begin in November,
and commercial operation is expected
by mid-summer 2010. The agreement is
AEP’s first for commercial solar energy in
the company’s growing renewable portfolio. AEP’s wind energy portfolio currently is 1,783 MW, including 310 MW of
wind generation owned and operated by
AEP in Texas and 1,473 MW of wind energy acquired through long-term power
purchase agreements. On June 1, AEP
issued a request for proposals seeking
long-term purchases of up to 1,100 MW
of new wind or other renewable energy
by the end of 2011.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in its monthly
report cut its demand forecast to a contraction of 1.62 million barrels per day.
The group added that demand seems to
have settled down after months of downward revisions due to the economic crisis. Oil prices have had a turbulent year,
hitting an all-time high of over $147 per
barrel in July 2008 before plunging toward $32 in December.
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and
Ohio Air Quality Development Authority Executive Director Mark Shanahan
announce that a Perrysburg solar panel
manufacturer and a clean coal power
plant to be built along the Ohio River in
Meigs County have been selected to receive the first two funding awards from
the $150 million advanced energy portion of the Ohio Bipartisan Job Stimulus
Plan. The funding will be awarded to
Willard & Kelsey Solar Group LLC and
AMP-Ohio. Willard & Kelsey will receive a $10 million loan over two years
to assist in the planned expansion of its
Perrysburg manufacturing facility which
manufactures photovoltaic solar panels
that will be distributed around the nation
and world. AMP-Ohio will receive a $30
million bridge loan to assist in the construction of the 1,000-megawatt American Municipal Power Generating Station
in Letart Falls in southern Meigs County.
Construction starts this year and will employ 1,600 workers.
Biofuel executives see a turn from
corn-based ethanol into more efficient
cellulosic feedstocks such as sugarcane, switchgrass, and wood waste
– spurred on by capital from big oil companies and timber and farming concerns.
Wind power developers say their future
depends on tax credits and government
efforts to encourage investment. Overall
renewable energy companies are more
concerned about intensifying competition between alternative-energy technologies, and less on oil and gas. New
Energy Finance has reported that alternative-energy sources attracted more investment than fossil fuels, netting $155
billion in net capital in flows against $110
billion of new investment in oil, natural
gas and coal. That figure includes money for large-and-small-scale hydropower,
but more than $100 billion in new funding
last year went to biofuels, wind and solar
companies globally.
Italian constructor Impregilo SpA’s
German unit, Fisia Babcock Environment, has won an order worth more
than $139 million to build a waste-toenergy plant on the bank of the River
Spree in Berlin. It will comprise a single
incinerator and energy recovery line capable of burning 40 tons of municipal
waste every hour and with a 90 MW thermal capacity.
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Bucyrus presented a complete highly
integrated and automated longwall
mining solutions under the motto
“Bucyrus safeguards your business”
at the Longwall show in June at the David
L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Exhibits included the cuttingedge PMC family of mining controllers,
the revolutionary PF 6 line pan, the Power Chain, and Innovative Belt Systems
products. Bucyrus provides a complete
modular family of controllers that integrate fully with Bucyrus longwall equipment: the Bucyrus PMC family of programmable mining controls, designed to
meet the control needs of a whole range
of applications in underground mining
and explosion-hazard areas. Offers features for advanced networking, visualization and automation. All subsystems are
linked via a high-speed network connected to a computer with logging, analysis
and visualization capability. Networking,
control and monitoring tools can also be
integrated into the system, giving the operator a clear picture of current and past
activity, and identifying problems before
serious damage occurs and facilitating
troubleshooting.
J.H. Fletcher & Co., Huntington, WV,
has developed the HV-32 rock drill
designed specifically for roof bolting. The HV-32 percussive drill works
efficiently in hard strata drilling 1 1/8” to
1 ¾” diameter holes. Since the HV-32
measures just 20 ¼” high this permits
the use of longer drill steels in confined
areas. It is available on new bolters, and
in some cases, the drill may be retrofitted
onto existing Fletcher bolting machines.
Fletcher is a leading manufacturer of mobile underground mining equipment, including drill jumbos, scalers, roof bolters
and powder loaders. For more information call the Industrial Minerals Division at
304/525-7811.
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Rulli Rulmeca Spa introduces the new
TOP roller, a totally thermoplastic
roller with the exception of the steel in
the ball bearing and the shaft. Has a
lower weight with respect to a steel roller
(about 50 percent), which means a lower
power consumption during start/stop operation of the belt conveyor and therefore
reduction of power requirements on the
plant, easier mounting/maintenance operations, preventing back injuries of the
operator and guaranteeing a safer intervention, especially in application. The
TOP is belt friendly, since HDPE tube
will not wear the belt. High resistance to
chemical agents doesn’t rust and is suitable for a wide variety of applications.
Low noise emission. The roller
low running resistance sealing
system means a lower motor
torque need in conveyor starts,
a lower motor power size, a reduction of energy consumption
of the belt conveyor and a lower
belt consumption. Call +39 035
4300111 or email at export@
rulmeca.it.
Industrial Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, announces the
theme “Don’t Buy Gas Detectors” in
support of its iNet, a software based
subscription service for gas detector fleets. iNet automatically performs
record-keeping, bump tests, and calibrations. It e-mails real-time alerts, and
when iNet detects a problem; Industrial
Scientific rushes a replacement gas detector to the customer. iNet is an escape
from the original model of buying and
maintaining gas detectors. It eliminates
the costly, up-front purchase. Users
have complete visibility into their gas detection program. Customers do not have
to buy gas detectors. Subscribe to iNet
and receive gas detection as a service.
Call Chris Lange at 800/338-3287.
Fenner Dunlop Americas,
Scottsdale, GA, has received
MSHA 30FR14 B.E.L.T. approval for its underground
Fire Boss conveyor belts, specifically developed to exceed the
new B.E.L.T. standards, making
worksites safer for underground
conveying. The new Fire Boss
compounds were developed as
key ingredients in Fenner Dunlop’s fire retardant belting to
significantly reduce fire propagation and smoke density. The
self-extinguishing properties of Fire Boss
aid in sustaining oxygen levels, in reducing smoke density and in suppressing
carbon monoxide levels in case of a mine
fire. Call Jill Schultz at 404/297-3115.
Falcon Performance Footwear, Lewiston, ME, introduces a new boot for the
mining industry, built on a running shoe
platform. The shoe features Firestorm
leather, Gore-Tex footwear fabric, molded
heel counter, Lenzi puncture protection,
composite shank, contoured cup outsole, flexible poly-cell metatarsal guard,
composite safety toe cap, toe bumper,
3D molded footbed, 30 composite lasting
board and athletic construction. Call Roland Landry at 207/333-8175.
MSA, Pittsburgh, PA, introduces the
Custom TechnaCurv Harness, featuring a patented curvilinear comfort
system that combines curved neck and
torso webbing with an adjustable Y Back
D-Locator pad. This moves the shoulder
webbing away from the neck, preventing
chafing and providing greater comfort.
Additional features include bright orange
webbing for greater visibility, visco-elastic
shoulder padding that automatically adjusts to your body and Sorbek fabric that
wicks moisture away from the body. Call
MSA at 877/MSA-2222.
Nilfisk-Advance America, Malvern, PA,
introduces the Nilfisk CFM 137, a compact intermittent-duty vacuum designed
with all the features of a larger model.
Ideal for general cleaning and collection
and containment of fine powders and toxic debris. Can be adapted for pick-up of
wet and dry materials. Compatible with
the company’s comprehensive line of accessories, including those for overhead
cleaning, allowing the user to find the
perfect solution for coal dust application.
Call Rachel Brutosky at 610/232-5469.
Puritan Magnetics, Inc., Oxford, MI,
features Head Pulley Magnets that provide continuous self-cleaning on products conveyed by belt. As the product
is conveyed along the belt it reaches the
head pulley and enters the magnetic field
where metal contaminants are attracted
and held tightly to the belt surface. As
the belt is conveyed around the magnetic
pulley, metal contaminants are held in
place until they pass through the magnetic field where they are safely discarded separate from the clean product. Call
Andrea Ezyk at 248/628-3808.
New from Bindicator and KistlerMorse is the ORB 2.2 Inventory Management System that increases supply
chain productivity by integrating both
level and weight data in a single information system. The ORB digitally links with
Bindicator level instruments and KistlerMorse weighing systems, and accepts
additional process data from any 4-20mA
devices. Users can remotely view realtime and historical inventory data for multiple vessels in a browser-based graphical interface. Data can be downloaded
for manipulation in database or materials
planning applications. Also functions as
an information server. Call Michael Purcell. at 864/574-8960.
Eriez, Erie, PA, introduces a new, efficient Magnetic Flocculator that is
helping the iron and steel industries
achieve cleaner water faster and more
economically by increasing the settling
rates in liquids and slurries. Ideally
suited for iron ore processing, blast furnaces, BOP shops, pipe and tube mills—
and any place where ferrous particles are
suspended in water. All contain Erium
25, a magnetic material that enhances
peak recovery and separation. Call Keith
Jones at 888/300-3743.
Micromem Technologies Inc., Toronto, NY, NY, through its subsidiary
Micromem Applied Sensor Technologies, Inc., announce the successful integration of its patented magnetic sensor in
a unique mining application. Designed to
rapidly identify mineral constituents in drill
core samples as they emerge from the
earth, this instrument provides a significant business opportunity for MASTInc to
work with pre-production mineral exploration companies. The MASTInc provides
immediate feedback about the presence
of a specific mineral or compound conJULY Surface Mining & Reclamation Issue
stituent in the core samples. Call Jason
Baun at 416/364-2023.
Trolex Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, has
launched a new version of the Flexiprobe multi-purpose limit switch
which has extensive applications in the
mine, coal and quarry industries. Flexiprobe can be used for position sensing,
movement detection, safety interlocks,
level detection, conveyor detection and
vehicle detection. Can detect and monitor material flow along a conveyor belt,
belt alignment, water flow, spillage, rope
run-out and emergency stoop detection. Built with no electronics. Call Glyn
Pierce-Jones at 0161 483 1435.
Pennsylvania Crusher, Broomall, PA,
introduces the Pennsylvania Crusher
Mountaineer Sizer designed for primary
or secondary sizing of coals, industrial
minerals and ores with minimum fines.
Sizes product accurately while producing low fines and operating at low speed.
Uses relatively low horsepower, resulting
in reduce equipment wear and energy
costs as well as low noise levels. Employs standard drive components. Low
headroom. Built rugged and capable
of high capacities. Crushing chamber
equipped with heavy duty liners. Contact
Theresa Antell at 856/256-3014.
Industrial Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA,
introduces the MX4 iQuad, the latest
edition of the iNet-ready gas detectors..
Able to detect from one to four gases.
iNet offers an alternative to buying and
maintaining gas detectors. A softwarebased service that increases safety
by providing visibility into gas detector
alarms, exposure and usage. Keeps
gas detectors working without costly and
time-consuming maintenance. Customers can subscribe to iNet and receive
Gas Detection as a service. Contact
Chris Lange at 800/338-3287.
material handling jib winch in platform,
30”x40” rotating work platform, 12-month
parts and labor warranty and 5-year limited structural warranty. Call Laurie Hayes
at 402/592-4500.
Argonics Inc., Marquette, MI, introduces the Eraser V6 Profile blade on
its Eraser System. Improvements include the blade insert, ratchet system,
tensioner, mounting position and a new
powder coated finish. The V6 has a more
aggressive attack angle and allows for
more consistent wear over the life of the
blade, eliminating flat spotting. The inner
ratchet catch has been reengineered, replacing the ¼” steel insert with a full width
piece of engineered aluminum. Call
906/226-9747.
Ross Engineering Corp., Campbell,
CA, features the HiZ High Voltage Voltmeters for accurate capacitance voltage
tap test point measuring, phasing, energized line indication, as well as direct HV
line voltage measurement. The VM25
measures very low current high source
impedance voltage in three or more
ranges to 25KV. The VM50 and VM100
models measure up to 50 KV and 100KV
respectively, in four or more ranges. HV
input is high impedance, 85 megohms to
over 1,000 megohms as required. Call
Jim Ross at 408/377-4621.
Elliott Equipment Co., Omaha, NB, introduces a 60 foot
material handling aerial work
platform
designated
the
V60. Features a 63-foot working height and 500 lb. platform
capacity. Mounts on a 19,000
GVWR chassis. Features include class leading 38’ side
reach; narrow outrigger deployment allowing for minimal traffic disruption; 500 lb. capacity
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The sixth Annual Friends of Coal Auto
Fair, sponsored by the West Virginia
Coal Association, Charleston, WV, is set
for July 17-19 in Beckley, WV at the YMCA
Sports Complex. This unique event allows
the coal industry to promote coal mining
and clean coal technology to the general
public in a positive manner, made possible
by contributions from member companies.
All proceeds go toward maintaining
the complex grounds, equipment and
purchasing supplies for activities at
the complex.
Live entertainment and
appearances by former WVU Head
Football Coach Don Nehlen and former
Marshall University Head Football Coach
Bob Pruett and BassMaster Elite Series
fisherman Jeremy Starks will highlight the
show. Randy Owen of Alabama with Abby
Abbondanza and Taylor Made will provide
musical entertainment. Admission is $15
in advance or $20 the day of the show.
Tickets are available at select WV and VA
marquee cinemas and the Beckley Raleigh
County YMCA. Company sponsorships
are being accepted. Contact the BeckleyRaleigh County YMCA at 121 E. Main St.,
Beckley, WV.
The
Association
of
Equipment
Manufacturers (AEM) has set a series
of marketing webinars to provide
equipment manufacturing professionals
with convenient access to quality industryfocused education. The schedule -- July
23: Inspiring Innovation and Creating
Change, with Tom Koulopoulos of Delphi
Group sharing his insights on translating
creativity into action and innovation that
propels companies forward. August 27:
Crisis Management and Communication,
with Gerard Braud identifying strategies
and tips to develop a simple but effective
crisis communications plan. Each webinar
is one hour from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
CST. Schedule for AEM’s Product Safety
and Compliance Webinars: July 9, Tier 4
Emissions Solutions and Designing for
Safety; August 12, The CE Mark: Your
Machine’s Passport to Europe. For more
information and to register go online to
www.aem.org in the Education section or
call Pat Monroe at 414/272-0943.
The
Appalachian
Regional
Reforestation Initiative Conference is
scheduled for August 4-6 at Prestonburg,
KY. The Kentucky Department for Natural
Resources, the University of Kentucky
and the Office of Surface Mining will host
the ARRI conference, which will address
the role of industry in forestry reclamation
by providing permitting and inspections
guidance to coal applicants. More info at
ARRI Conference.
Discover the art and science of
converting Sun’s energy to oil at
the 2nd Algae Biofuel Summit 2009,
September 8-10 in India. The summit is
focused on the next generation of biofuels
using algae as the main feedstock. The
summit offers an opportunity for investors,
entrepreneurs,
biofuel
companies,
renewable fuel experts, associates and
academia to share valuable experiences
and knowledge. Summit is sponsored by
Growdiesel Climate Care Council at +91
11 65803335 or fax at +91 11 42404335.
A Friends of Coal Golf Tournament
and Margaritaville Kick-Off Reception
will highlight the 2009 Bluefield Coal
Show this September 16-18 at the
Brushfork Armory in Bluefield, WV. The
golf tournament will be held at Fincastle
Country Club.
Call Cathy Buzzo at
304/324-2400 for reservations or more
information on the tournament. The
show will also feature media appreciation
breakfast, opening ceremonies, seminars
and a Monte Carlo Night at the Holiday
Inn. Call the Greater Bluefield Chamber
of Commerce for show reservations at
304/327-7184.
A Coal Trade Mission to South
Africa, presented by the Kentucky
World Trade Center and the U.S.
Department of Commerce, will take place
October 23-November 1 at Cape Town,
Johannesburg and Limpopo Province.
The trade mission will allow delegates to
learn about South Africa’s dynamic and
growing coal and mining sectors; gain
an understanding of the opportunities
that exist in the South African market for
U.S. companies; and discover successful
market entry strategies and how to
overcome the associated challenges.
Members will also attend the International
Coal Science and Technology Conference
in Cape Town. Mission fee is $7,800.
Contact Ying Juan Rogers at yingjuan@
kwtc.org or call 859/258-3139.
The Brazilian Mining Show at Belo
Horizonte, Brazil is scheduled for
September 21-24. The U.S. Commercial
Service of the U.S. Embassy in Brazil has
organized a pavilion for U.S. exhibitors for
the show, which is expected to draw more
than 40,000 visitors. More info at Brazilian
Mining Show.
ConBuild Vietnam 2009, 3rd International
Trade Fair for Construction and Building
– Machinery, Equipment, Materials,
Vehicles, Technology & Services, is
scheduled for December 1-4 at the Saigon
Exhibition & Convention Center, at Ho Chi
Minh City. At the last shows, an average
of over 170 exhibitors with 80 percent from
17 countries attended. The show provides
foreign investors and manufacturers of
machinery and new, innovative and green
technology materials a platform to tap the
vast rich lode of business in construction
and building.
For details visit www.
conbuild-vietnam.com.
The American Solar Energy Society
(ASES), Boulder, CO, has launched
an online registration for the National
Solar Tour slated for October 3. Now in its
14th year, the ASES National Solar Tour
provides organizational support, signage
and logistical insights for thousands of
green building, civic and environmental
groups interested in conducting tours
to highlight the solar-powered solutions
benefiting their communities. Last year,
140,000 people in 49 states, Washington,
DC and Puerto Rico participated. Visit
www.nationialsolartour.org
http://www.
nationalsolartour.org or contact Richard
Burns at [email protected].
The International Society of Explosives
Engineers will hold its 36th Annual
Conference on Explosives and Blasting
Technique at Disney’s Coronado Springs
Resort, Orlando, FL, February 7-10,
2010. Exhibit booth space assignments
are underway. Companies are invited
to showcase their latest state of the art
technology, equipment, design, products
and services to the global explosive
marketplace. To reserve exhibit space,
contact the ISEE office or Lynn Mangol at
440/349-4400 or visit www.isee.org. As
many as 1,600 blasters, manufacturers,
government officials, and suppliers gather
for this conference from all over the world.
Exhibit space for the 2009 International
Construction and Utility Equipment
Exposition (ICUEE), also known as The
Demo Expo, has reserved more than
one million net square feet of exhibit
space for the October 6-8 event at the
Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville,
KY. Exhibitors represent a broad range of
equipment, products and services for the
electric, phone and cable, sewer and water,
gas, general construction, landscaping
and public works sectors. A New Product
and Technology Program section at the
website www.icuee.com will feature the
latest exhibitor innovations. The 2009
ICUEE education section encompasses
more than 115 classroom sessions, plus
field trips and a HDD workshop.
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