Alpha Natural Resources`s Roman C. Lawson and Rick Nida

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A Publication Dedicated to Coal People Worldwide
JULY 2011 Vol. 33 No. 5
Surface Mining and Reclamation
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Chris Stanley with
Knight Hawk Coal
Alpha Natural Resources’s Roman
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Alpha’s Hawk’s Nest Project near
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Alpha Takes the High Road
Featuring Roman C. Lawson .........................30
By Bill Archer
Photos by Tim Cox and Bill Archer
Coal People Magazine 2011 JULY Issue
Magazine
On the cover...:
Alpha Natural
Resources’s
Roman C. Lawson
and Rick Nida,
manager of external
communications,
overlooking
Arch’s Hawk’s
Nest Project near
Grundy, Virginia.
JULY 2011 Vol. 33 No. 5
Surface Mining and Reclamation
Buyer’s Guide Issue
Magazine
Chris Stanley with
Knight Hawk Coal
photo by Bill Archer.
Alpha Natural Resources’s Roman C. Lawson
and Rick Nida overlook Arch’s Hawk’s Nest
Project near Grundy, Virginia.
The Value of Any System Is Not in the
Owning of It, It’s in the Using of it
Nigel Nugent of Enviance
By Art Sanda
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A Right-on Reclamation Project that Really Zips
Along ................................................................16
By Lynn Seldon
Deepwater Drilling: Offshore Oil Progress
Delayed Under “Slowmatorium” ....................................................... 19
By Michael Gray, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP.
Knight Hawk Coal Steams Forward
Through Devastating Mississippi River Flooding............................. 20
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By Christine Pietryla
Coal Land Reclamation in Pennsylvania County..............................28
By James Stevens
Reclamation News
Patriot Coal Wins IMCC Reclamation Award...................................12
Peabody’s Farmersburg Mine Recognized for
Stream Restoration........................................................................13
Arch Coal’s Coal-Mac Cited for Excellence in Reforestation...........14
Reclamation is a Serious Business in North Dakota .......................14
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THE PRIDE OF RECLAMATION
When we speak of reclamation in the coal industry, we speak of a pride of accomplishment where
the positives far outnumber the negatives. As a matter of fact, one would be hard-pressed to find a
negative when looking at all the great reclamation work that has been done.
Within these pages, Coal People has gathered reclamation stories that would make anti-coal
people blush with shame. Outstanding is the superlative that immediately comes to mind when
one reviews the pictures and stories that tell of these great works. Actually, what CPM presents
here is a mere sampling of the thousands of acres of land that has been restored to usable levels,
everything from cow pastures and rolling meadows to shopping centers, housing developments,
airports, golf courses, and many, many more works of greatness.
Here’s a Readers-Digest version of beneficial use of post-mountaintop mining, the most controversial
subject in the coal industry:
A short drive up a side road through dense Appalachian forest ends at a vast, flat clearing where
a mountaintop used to be. The peak that stood for an eon is gone, replaced by a giant recreation
area that was built after a COAL COMPANY scraped away thousands of tons of earth, lowering
the mountain by 200 feet. Coal industry supporters say the Knott County Sportsplex in eastern
Kentucky is one of many examples of economic opportunity created by strip mining techniques
that include the often-vilified method known as mountaintop removal. But data obtained by The
Associated Press indicates that just a small percentage of the leveled Appalachian mountain
landscape has been transformed into new developments such as businesses, prisons, golf courses
and subdivisions.
Because of the extreme mountainous areas of West Virginia and Kentucky, Appalachia has become
“land poor.” The WV Dept. of Commerce points out that developments on former mining sites have
created more than 13,000 jobs in 12 counties.
In reality, this barely touches the full impact that post mining reclamation has had on remote areas
that would never have been accessible.
Read the stories inside these pages and if you’re not impressed, you’re from the EPA!
POETIC JUSTICE?
ENVIRONmental groups continue to fight the construction of new coal-fired power plants, advocating
the construction of alternative forms of energy such as solar and wind farms.
The construction of 100 wind turbines over 20,000 acres in Florida has created a stir among various
environmental groups seeking to minimize the ecological cost of “green power.” The National
Audubon Society’s Florida affiliate is clamoring over the size of the turbines and its potential
detrimental effect to the native wild birds that could be harmed by the large turbines. Each wind
turbine can be as large as the Statue of Liberty.
Environmental groups are quickly finding out that no matter what is chosen to provide energy,
everything has an economic and environmental cost associated with its development.
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coal people comments
“We all want a clean and
healthy environment.
But the EPA’s inflexible
approach that is driving
our Nation’s energy
policy is wrong, and
it
will
permanently
damage
industries,
businesses, and cause
significant
negative
impacts on consumers and workers. It
needs to Stop”
– WV Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
“Mining is socially
responsible.
While
it’s true that we have
legacy issues from
the past, mining has
made great strides
forward.
We have
reclamation excellence
that
continues
to
reform disturbed land
into productive habitats. We have close
to 200 metal and non-metal mines in
Canada, but cumulative emissions are
less than 1 percent of Canada’s total
emissions. Canadian mining firms have
implemented a number of reclamation
schemes that have won awards for
excellence in their efforts. Mining is
looking to minimize its environmental
impact while, at the same time, asserting
that it is a necessary and important part
of our industrial landscape.”
– Gord Winkel, chairperson of the
Surface Mining Association for Research
and Technology (SMART) industry
association.
“Increased emphasis on renewable
energy poses a threat to coal in the longterm, but for now, coal is still the number
one source for electricity in the world.
Coal may still be able to compete with
renewable energy as more companies
invest in “clean coal” technologies.
Greater steel demand is helping
companies that produce metallurgical
coal. Coal is still used in roughly 70
percent of all steel production.”
–StockCall.com
HELP REIN IN THE EPA!
The EPA has been rewriting the rules for
far too long, and it’s time to return primary
responsibility over Appalachian land and
water resources – to Appalachia!
“What EPA is doing is
outside the scope of
its authority and the
law, and it represents
a
fundamental
departure from the
permitting process as
originally envisioned
by Congress. And it’s
time for Congress to
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the rules in the middle of the game
with a burdensome permitting process
designed to stymie the industry.“
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McConnell.
The Obama administration’s anti-coal
EPA has made it quite clear that it does
not consider the importance of coal jobs,
coal communities or even states’ rights in
their decision making process.
Over the past two years the EPA has
issued onerous and unreachable
guidance, held dozens of permits in
regulatory limbo and revoked a permit
that was already-approved on the state
and federal level.
It’s time to rein in the EPA – and we need
your help!
Last
week,
Transportation
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Ranking Member Nick Rahall (D-WV),
along with cosponsors Rep. Bob Gibbs
(R-OH) and Rep. Shelley Moore Capito
(R-WV) introduced H.R. 2018, the “Clean
Water Cooperative Federalism Act of
2011,” to rein in the EPA by amending
the Clean Water Act (CWA) with a host
of needed provisions designed to return
a balance to the relationship between the
federal government and the states.
- The bill includes common sense
protections for states’ already EPAapproved water quality standards and
permitting authority under the CWA.
The EPA would be unable to withdraw an
existing permit like the unprecedented
revocation of the Spruce No. 1 mine
permit.
- The bill includes reasonable time
limits for agency comments and helps
reduce pointless bureaucratic delays
in the section 404 permitting process.
Putting an end to the nearly two-year hold
of dozens of mining permits.
- The bill places limits on EPA’s ability
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Reclamation.” The airport’s manager,
Gary Cox, said the general aviation
facility that handles mostly coal industryrelated private aircraft and a nearby state
prison with 400 employees wouldn’t have
been built if mining companies hadn’t
flattened the ills. Post-mining lands
have provided places for elk herds to
roam in eastern Kentucky. The animals
were reintroduced in 1997 after being
gone from the state for 150 years. State
official say they now number 11,000”
– Phil Osborne, FACES of Coal.
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“A home in Prestonsburg, KY, stands
near a manicured, 18-hole Stone Crest
Golf Course, built on top of a reclaimed
mine. It’s the same golf course where
coal supporters posted a sign in July
mocking actress Ashley Judd for her
outspoken opposition to mountaintop
mining. About 20 miles northeast of the
course is the Big Sandy Regional Airport,
which was built after the removal of a 10foot high coal seam. In mid-August, a
private jet owned by Massey Energy, was
docked on the runway near an airport
sign that reads “Made Possible By Coal
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PATRIOT COAL Wins IMCC
Reclamation Award
Patriot Coal Company, LP, Patriot Surface
Mine near Henderson County, Henderson,
KY, is the 2011 recipient of the Interstate
Mining Compact Commission (IMCC)
national reclamation award.
The reclamation includes acreage that is
part of the land being developed into Sandy
Lee Watkins County Park near Hebbardsville
and nearly 800 acres of prime farmland.
“Patriot is committed to
restoring land to benefit
neighboring communities for
future generations,” Patriot
President and CEO Richard
M. Whiting said.
The new county park will be
located on a former surface
mine reclaimed by Patriot on the south side
of Kentucky 351. The approximately 500acre park consists of reclaimed mine land
sold to the county for $1 by Penn-Virginia
Operating Company, along with some road
frontage owned by another landowner.
Atkins Park eventually will include hiking,
bicycling and horseback riding trails, fishing
lakes and an outdoor archery range.
The county hopes to develop a specialneeds playground area to be named after
Brittany Hubiak – the late daughter of County
Engineer Bill Hubiak – as well as a fishing
lake that will be accessible for disabled or
elderly persons. Boy and Girl Scouts as
well as environmental science classes from
Henderson County High School will develop
areas for use.
At one time, the Patriot permit totaled 1,013
acres divided into eight separate bond
increments. All reclamation of the disturbed
area has been completed and all reclamation
bonds released, with the exception of one
increment covering 97.37 acres, which
remains active. After two previous permit
holders declared bankruptcy, the permit area
was transferred to Patriot Coal Company,
Ltd in 2001. Patriot purchased the property
as part of a larger acquisition to increase
its coal reserves at nearby sites. Patriot
finished the major reclamation projects
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left behind by the bankrupt companies,
thereby saving valuable abandoned land
reclamation fees. The post-mining land
uses for the permit included cropland,
pastureland, and ”fish and wildlife.”
A notable feature of the reclamation work
completed by Patriot is the amount of
prime farmland that has been restored on
the permit. Of the 841.3 prime farmland
acres, all but around 63 acres have been
completely reclaimed.
A highlighted
feature of the area is a 32-acre final pit
impoundment that Patriot Coal reclaimed
from the final pit left behind.
The Vigo Coal operating Co., Inc.,
Friendsville Mine in Wabash County, Mt.
Carmel, IL, received honorable mention
by the IMCC.
PEABODY’S Farmersburg
Mine Recognized for Stream
Restoration
By Meg Gallagher, Peabody Energy
A flourishing watershed at Peabody
Energy’s Farmersburg Mine has earned
the 2010 Indiana Excellence in Mining
and Reclamation award for Natural
Stream Restoration from the Indiana
Society of Mining and Reclamation.
The award honors the company’s
successful work to reconstruct a nearly
6,000-foot section of the West Fork
Busseron Creek, in Sullivan County, IN.
Forrest Crowe, environmental engineer
at Peabody Energy’s Bear Run Mine
in Indiana, also was recognized with
the 2010 Vance “Pat” Wiram Award for
innovation in land restoration.
“Watersheds are vital to
the environmental health
of any community, and
the Peabody team’s work
at West Fork Busseron
Creek is a model for
the Midwest. The team
restored a stream and
floodplain that sustains
wildlife, enhances water quality and
provides excellent habitat for fish and
other species,” said Peabody Energy
Executive VP/Chief Operating Officer
Eric Ford. “This recognition reinforces
our enduring commitment to stewardship,
innovation and sustainability.”
Peabody
employed
state-of-the-art
techniques in natural stream restoration,
designing and constructing a stream
channel that improves stability while
providing essential biological habitat.
Natural rock and wood materials
promote in-stream stability, while an
adjacent floodplain stores water during
peak flow events. Construction was
initiated in 2005. Since then, the creek
has flourished amid multiple natural
challenges, including nearly 15 inches of
rainfall during a 24-hour period in 2008.
Many local roads, levees and flood
control structures failed at the time, but
the stream required no repair.
The stream and watershed are improving
water quality and contributing to a
flourishing ecosystem.
Similarly, the
team’s work to embed rock in the
channel bottom and install structures
including log vanes, root wads and large
boulders created vital habitat. In many
instances, the restored section of West
Fork Busseron Creek is more stable and
enjoys a higher density of aquatic life
then in nearby sections of the stream that
were not part of the mining operation.
“Modern coal mining and restoration is
truly a sustainable process,” said Mark
Yingling, Peabody Energy’s Vice President
of Environment and Conservancy.
“The
prevalence
of
sensitive
species
in
the restored West Fork
Busseron Creek further
demonstrates
that
mining is a temporary
use of the land, and that
energy resources can be
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recovered while creating superior postmine habitat.”
Peabody’s Farmersburg Mine has
previously been recognized for its prime
farmland restoration and Good Neighbor
practices by the US Department of the
Interior.
The honor is the fourth major award
Peabody received in 2010 for excellence
in safety, environmental practices and
social responsibility in Indiana. During
the Year, the company has earned more
than a dozen environmental and safety
honors nationwide while restoring nearly
3,700 acres of mine lands, often to a
condition that is better than before mining
occurred.
Arch Coal’s Coal-Mac
Cited for Excellence in
Reforestation
Arch Coal, Inc., Charleston, WV, has
earned the Excellence in Reforestation
in West Virginia Award at its Coal-Mac,
Inc. operation, presented by OSM and
the WV Department of Environmental
Protection. Coal-Mac planted more than
100,000 trees in 2010.
“The re-establishment of forests ensures
the availability of nesting sites for
countless birds; provides food and shelter
for our native wildlife; and can provide
wood products to meet our future needs,”
said OSM Branch Chief Rick Buckley.
“We are deeply committed to workplace
safety and environmental care,” said
Chris Sykes, Coal-Mac’s general
manager. “We are honored to receive
statewide recognition for our surface
mining reclamation practices.”
Coal-Mac, Inc. is a subsidiary of Arch
Coal, Inc., near Holden, WV, and employs
approximately 300 people.
Earlier
this year, Coal-Mac earned the state’s
top safety and environmental awards
among West Virginia coal mines for the
calendar year 2010. In the past five
years, the employees of Coal-Mac have
received 11 national and state awards for
environmental excellence, including a US
Department of Interior National Award for
excellence in surface mine reclamation
and a National Good Neighbor Award.
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Recently respread subsoil (to the left) and topsoil (to the right) on land
being reclaimed at BNI Coal, Ltd’s Center Mine
Reclamation is a Serious Business in
“People traveling will not notice land
has been mined when fully reclaimed,”
says Steve Van Dyke, Director of
Communications for the Lignite Energy
Council, a coalition that supports coalbased electricity. “The feeling I get from
mining companies is that long after it is
gone, reclaimed land is going to stand as
a testament as to how well they did. I
think they take that job very seriously.”
Jim Deutsch, Director of Reclamation
and Abandoned Mine Lands divisions for
the State of North Dakota Public Service
Commission, agrees that the mining
companies take reclamation seriously.
“This speaks highly of the mining industry
and the work that they do,” he explains.
David Straley, Manager of Government
and Public Affairs for North American
Coal, adds, “We reclaim in a manner that
is safest and maximizes our return to the
state. There is a financial interest for
us to reclaim more. We treat it with the
highest priority.”
Straley estimates his companies in North
Dakota disturb 2,000 acres a year and
they touch with equipment approximately
1,500 to 2,000 acres per year. It is
estimated that more than three full-time
employees do nothing but reclaim land
that has been disturbed.
BNI Coal does not view reclamation as
simply a regulatory requirement, but
more importantly, a commitment to the
environment, landowners, neighbors,
county, and customers, explains Jay
Volk, environmental manager for the
company. “BNI strives to reclaim land
that is functional, stable, diverse, and
productive,” he says. “BNI values the
wildlife (game and non-game species)
and does many enhancements to
promote a diversified habitat for a large
range of species. Additionally, BNI is
constantly looking for a way of better
reclaiming land.”
BNI Coal started mining southeast of
Center, ND, in 1970. Today, BNI Coal
mines between 4 and 4.5 million tons of
coal each year, which consists of slightly
more than 200 acres per year. BNI Coal
Reclaimed cropland being disked at the Falkirk Mining Company’s
Falkirk Mine
Cattle grazing on reclaimed native grasslands at the Coteau
Properties Company’s Freedom Mine
North Dakota
reclaims the same amount each year.
Currently there are four active mines in
North Dakota. The largest surface mine
in North Dakota, as well as the US, is
the Freedom Mine, which produces 15
million tons per year, followed by the
Falkirk Mine, 8 million tons per year. BNI
Mine at Center, ND, 4 to 4.5 million tons
per year, and the Beulah Mine, 3 million
tons per year. Eighty percent of the coal
produced is used to make electricity,
while 20 percent of coal produced at
the Freedom Mine is used for a synfuels
plant.
The North Dakota coal mining reclamation
program has aspects that go beyond
federal standards. The program has
two main components. The first involves
mine permitting including the approval of
detailed mining and reclamation plans.
The second is inspection enforcement,
which requires the state to monitor the
mining and reclamation operations.
The key is that the land must be restored
back to productivity to pre-mine levels. An
estimated 95 percent of the reclamation
has been returned to agriculture. In
addition, land has been reclaimed for
other purposes. For example, the city
of Underwood turned 150 acres into a
golf course. Others have been turned
into industrial uses, as well as recreation
areas. Since 1986, mining companies
have received 15 national reclamation
awards.
Straley sees reclamation having a positive
light on the land in the state. “We have
been able to correct Mother Nature’s
harsher moments,” he says.
“With
equipment, we can design topography to
curtail erosion. We mine and have kept
in natural tree features, as well as habitat
for wildlife. We believe we have a very
positive impact on the land.”
Jay Volk, BNI environmental manager,
adds that one of the largest impacts
reclamation has on the land is the
reduction of steep contours. “Post mine
topography usually has gentler slopes
than the pre-mine land,” he says. “The
reason for this is the post mine topography
is directly related to the landowner’s
preference statements which dictate
how land should be reclaimed after
mining. For example, the landowners
may request cropland or hay land to be
returned, which could require a gentler
slope than was there pre-mine. Likewise,
state regulation does not promote slopes
greater than nine percent.”
In addition, Volk explains that if the soil
resources are available a landowner can
change the land use from the pre-mine
use to a different post mine land use.
One example he uses is if a landowner
has a rocky steep sloped, shallow soiled
pasture, they could, resource dependent,
change the land use to a more productive
land use.
“In return, reclamation could provide a
gentler slope, uniform soil re-spread,
and minimal rocks, which would support
a variety of different land uses including
cropland and hay land, pastureland, or
native grassland,” he says. “This could
add value to the land and make it more
profitable to the producer.”
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A Right-on Reclamation Project that Really Zips Along
By Lynn Seldon
C
oal country reclamation has included golf courses, ATV trails, a soccer complex, and The
Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, but West Virginia’s Fayette County can claim
to contain the first zipline tour that takes place on and over a former working surface mine.
Quite simply, it’s a zipping right-on reclamation.
Open last fall, the Adventures on the Gorge “Gravity” open-air zipline tour zigzags across the ridgeline
and crosses a scenic mountain landscape, bringing economic benefit and tourism use to lands that
once brought dollars to the area through mining. Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal
Association, says, “There is a special synergy between the tourism and coal mining industries in West
Virginia. This is an exceptional example of how reclaimed land can continue to bring economic vitality
to an area when it is repurposed for tourism.” The land is owned by Neil Redman, a former coal miner
and local entrepreneur who built Gravity.
“The property was a working surface mine in the 1970s and was reclaimed in the 1980s,” says
Dave Arnold, director of public relations for Adventures on the Gorge. “It has been restored to its
natural contours and is a good example of how quickly nature heals itself.” Elevated above the trees,
participants have unspoiled views of the ever-changing reclaimed mountainside land during their twohour ride in the sky.
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The Gravity tour takes riders soaring 200 feet above the
ground at its highest point. Riders start from a platform
on one of the highest points above the valley on two
consecutive “warm-up” zips—each about 500 feet long.
The third zip crosses a distance of 1,800 feet over the
bowl of the mountain, while the fourth and fifth zips
stretch 1,600 and 1,300 feet respectively—reaching
heights of 200 feet and speeds up to 45 miles an
hour!
“The valley drops out below quicker than the
cables are descending the ridge, so you keep
getting higher and further away from the
mountainside,” says Brian Campbell, vice
president of marketing for Adventures on
the Gorge. “I’m not afraid of heights and
even I was surprised at my adrenaline
rush.”
Gravity tours are typically available
on the hour. They can also be paired
with the original Adventures on the
Gorge TreeTops Canopy tour to create a fullday outing in the sky. The TreeTops Canopy Tour
remains the state’s longest zipline tour, with ten zips
running through the forest canopy crossing
the Mill Creek gorge landscape—which
features rhododendron, old-growth
Eastern Hemlock, and numerous other
hardwood species.
The Gravity tour is open to those 12 and
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100-250 pounds, while the TreeTops option is
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All-inclusive packages are available to those who
book both zipline tours, as well as packages that
include other adventures, accommodations, dining,
and more with Adventures on the Gorge.
Located high above the New River in Lansing and
bordering three miles of the New River Gorge
National River, Adventures on the Gorge features
a diverse selection of activities, including: the
aforementioned zipline tours; whitewater rafting
on the New and Gauley Rivers; a Bridge Walk;
kayaking; fishing; mountain biking; hiking;
mountain climbing; disc golf; and paintball.
Lodging options include tent and cabin
selections ranging from rustic to luxury. The
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restaurants.
To experience ziplining on reclaimed
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adventures, contact Adventures on
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www.adventurewestvirginia.com.
Lynn Seldon, a Virginia native grew up in Winchester near the
West Virginia line in the Shenandoah Valley and has pursued many
feature stories about the Mountain State. He loves West Virginia’s
varied adventures—including the new one in coal country.
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Deepwater Drilling: Offshore Oil Progress Delayed Under “Slowmatorium
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ust over a year ago, in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon accident, the future of offshore oil exploration looked
bleak. With the nation fixated on video of crude oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama quickly
instituted a six-month deepwater drilling moratorium. Obama lifted the moratorium last October; however,
many claim that the moratorium has not gone away, but was replaced by a de facto moratorium, colorfully called
the “permitorium” or “slowmatorium.” While the Obama Administration no longer blocks all deepwater drilling
permits, new permits are still rare.
The Administration denies that it is purposefully delaying the issuance of deepwater drilling permits. Instead,
Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (“BOEMRE”), Michael
Bromwich, claims the delays result from the enforcement of new strict environmental and safety rules. These
new rules have sent companies scrambling to comply, while at the same time attempting to anticipate what new
rules are coming. Critics also claim that BOEMRE is taking too long to issue permits. According to Bromwich,
the delays “may be frustrating to some in the industry, but the additional rules and heightened scrutiny are
completely appropriate and in the best interests of the nation.”
With gas prices hovering around $4 per gallon and 30 percent of the United State’s domestic oil production
coming from offshore sites, many political leaders have began to question the wisdom of further delays.
Congressman Darrell Issa, believes that because of “President Obama’s ban and subsequent ‘permitorium’
against all drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, American production has dropped, and our country’s energy needs have
become increasingly dependent on foreign governments . . . .”
On May 11th, The House of Representatives passed two bills aimed at speeding up the deepwater drilling permit
process and increasing offshore production. The first gives BOEMRE a maximum of 60 days to decide whether
to approve or reject a deepwater permit application. The second bill would open up the Atlantic and California
Coasts for drilling. Prior to the Deepwater Horizon accident, Obama pledged to expand offshore drilling to
Atlantic Coast from Delaware down to and including the Eastern Coast of Florida. Obama reversed his position
after the accident. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is pushing to open his state’s coast up to drilling, so Virginia
can become “the energy capital of the East Coast . . . .”
Some in Congress also blame the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for blocking permits. According
to Rep. Fred Upton, “bureaucratic uncertainty and confusion under current federal law” has made the EPA’s
permitting processes for deepwater drilling permits unmanageable. Over the last five years, Shell Oil has spent
over $3.5 billion attempting to obtain permits to drill in the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea, north of Alaska. On
June 2nd, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted in favor of a bill that will give the EPA six months
to approve or deny a permit. The bill would also mandate that the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board would
no longer hear permit appeals. Critics accuse the Environmental Appeals Board of needlessly delaying the
issuance of permits.
The conflict over deepwater drilling permits has spilled over to the courts. In New Orleans, U.S. District Judge
Martin Feldman gave the Administration until June 20th to act on six deepwater drilling permit applications
that Ensco Oil claims were unreasonably delayed by regulators. Feldman describes the Administrations
pace of issuing permits as “unreasonable, unacceptable, and unjustified.” Earlier, Judge Feldman found the
Obama Administration in contempt of court for failing to issue the permits. Judge Feldman also chastised the
Administration for its handling of the deepwater moratoriums because “an important White House official had
changed the Safety Report before its public release, which created the misleading appearance of scientific peer
review.”
The controversy surrounding the issuance of deepwater permits will not go away soon. In late February, the
Obama Administration approved its first permit since the Deepwater Horizon accident. The Administrations
action on permits is unlikely to placate critics. Senate Democrats have voiced opposition to the bills passed in
the House. In April, Bromwich announced that major new offshore drilling safety rules are in the works. Bromwich
recently reiterated that BOEMRE “will continue to search for additional ways to improve our processes without
in any way modifying or relaxing the more stringent safety and environmental rules we have implemented over
the past year.”
Michael Gray is an environmental attorney with Dinsmore & Shohl LLP. He is an Iraq veteran and former Air Force officer. Mike
can be reached at (513) 977-8361 or [email protected].
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Knight hawK Coal
SteamS Forward
through devastating
mississippi river Flooding
By Christine Pietryla
t
hroughout May 2011, severe weather and snow melting pelted the
Mississippi River regions of Southeastern Iowa, Illinois and Northern
Missouri. The flooding slowed US coal exports as both upstream
and downstream operations were affected. On May 24, Reuters
reported anywhere from 300,000 to 600,000 tons had been delayed
between May 2 and May 24, and the number was expected to climb if the
weather did not hold back before the water reached New Orleans.
The flooding continued into June when record rainfalls in Iowa and Illinois
pushed the river’s crest back up over 25 feet. Throughout the ordeal,
many residents along the river bank lost their homes, the US Army Corp
of Engineers had to destroy a levee in Cairo, IL, and another in Missouri
to protect the surrounding areas from flooding, and several industries from
Minnesota to Louisiana suffered terribly as a result of the high water.
The last time the Mississippi River flooded to this extent was in 1993,
which created more than $20 billion in losses but did not have much of an
effect on our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The economic impact of the
2011 flood is also expected to be in the billions. Unlike its predecessor in
1993, this flood could potentially hit GDP expenditures, which rely heavily
on crude, as the flooding threatens refineries in Louisiana accounting for
nearly 14 percent of the country’s operating capacity.
Still, Wells Fargo economist Mark Vitner estimated in an April 28, 2011,
Associated Press article that the disasters might knock 0.1 percentage
point off US economic growth during the second quarter, with the majority
of the damage occurring in local economies.
Less than 100 miles north of the levee destroyed in Cairo, IL is Chester,
IL, where Knight Hawk Coal’s Lone Eagle Dock is located. Lone Eagle
features a mile of barge docking cells and has a capacity of 2.7 million tons
a year. The operation employs nine people, including river pilots and is
overseen by Chris Stanley, who also runs Knight Hawk’s three preparation
plants and two loading facilities.
In May 2011, loading at the dock was suspended for seven days as the
company waited for the water to recede. Making up for this delay has
required extra shifts on Saturdays for more than a month.
Stanley said the biggest problem having to do with flooding was not on the
river, but the road, Route 3, next to the dock that supplies the barges with
coal. It floods out on the north end of the dock at approximately 38.3 feet
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Chris Stanley has worked with Knight Hawk
Coal for six years of his 22-year career in the
Southeastern Illinois coal industry. He is pictured
here at the Lone Eagle loading dock.
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of water, and on the south end at about
37.2 feet of water, stopping truck traffic.
He says the Coast Guard, Corps of
Engineers and weather services usually
keep him and his crews well informed,
and these services are pretty good about
controlling the river levels as needed.
The surveillance provides Stanley and
his crew with advance warning enough
to take action.
“We typically get about five days
warning if something is working its
way to us,” he explained. “But, when
Route 3 gets flooded it stops all truck
traffic. They won’t close the road until
the water gets up half-way across each
lane. However, they will not open the
road back up until it’s about a foot and a
half off of the pavement.
Knight Hawk Coal’s Lone Eagle facility features a mile-long stretch
of barge docking cells. A 1,200 horsepower tugboat and a 500
horsepower tugboat are used to maneuver 50 barges a week.
“So, this time, we had to wait for about
three and a half feet to go down for the
road to open up. It may take the water
a day or two to get to that level, but it
takes two to five days for it to go down.
We lost seven full days of shipping and
the road was closed for a total of nine
days including the weekend.”
Stanley says they do not ship on
weekends but since the flood have
added Saturday shifts to make up for the
delay. Still he says it was not the worst
they have seen. In 1993, the water level
reached 49 feet three inches, relative to
this year where it was highest at 40 feet six inches. While he
says the river gets high enough to reach the road maybe once
every year, this year’s delay was the longest.
“It seems like some years are worse than others. This year’s
seven days lost was large in comparison to others,” he said.
The fluctuating water levels also challenge the dock crews.
“It also means we have to do a lot more inspection of our docks,
our equipment, and the barges in our fleet—our empty fleet
and our loaded fleet. We have to monitor them more closely
because as the river fluctuates, we have to readjust the rigging
including the wires connecting the barges, the shore wires that
connect the fleet to the shore and the rigging that connects the
barges to the steel and concrete cells in the river.”
In 2010, Knight Hawk’s Lone Eagle loading facility shipped
approximately 2.7 million tons of its more than three million ton annual
production via the Mississippi River. Its customers are spread across
the country, from Minnesota to Tampa, Fla.
They constantly update the river stages and, he said, can
deploy another shift or have people on-call if they anticipate the
river level changing.
Throughout the flooding, the dock shifts continued to protect the
equipment with regular inspections and adjustments made to
the rigging. However, because the coal couldn’t make it to the
dock, the loading crew’s work was washed out with the roads.
The dock will rise with the water but the barges need to be
readjusted to follow suit. This is manually done, usually in two
shifts by a pilot and a deck hand from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and
then 1:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. But Stanley says when there is an
emergency, the shifts change.
“Day shift, while we’re loading barges, we have two crews
on—a loading crew and a maintenance crew. Generally, the
loading crew takes care of barges in and out of the load-out
facility. As we’re loading coal, the maintenance crew takes care
of repairs and/or they will service mainline boats that bring in
empty barges dropped off for us to load, or they will pick up
loaded barges to take down river or up river. Depending on how
busy we are, both boats may be running all day long until we
quit loading at the facility then there will just be one boat and
one crew working throughout the night.”
“We monitor the river stages at, pretty much, every hour and rely
on reports from the Coast Guard and NAOO—they generally
update the river levels three or four times a day,” he explained.
As the Knight Hawk team recovers from the delays and
operations challenges, Stanley says it is all in a day’s work.
“You have mother nature issues on the surface. A lot of old
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NASA satellite shots of the flooding
timers might tell you that they prefer underground because of
the constant temperatures year-round, whereas at the surface
and on the dock you have to deal with the whole range of
the thermometer. I prefer surface mining. A lot of it, for me,
is mentality. There were months at a time I seldom saw the
sunshine except on my days off.”
Stanley has been with Knight Hawk Coal for six years, beginning
as a plant manager at the company’s Creek Paum facility. He
has been manager of preparation and load out facilities since
September 2010. His career spans over 22 years, beginning
with a job as a general underground laborer.
He says of his mining experience, “Pretty much through
the years, I progressed through every facet of the job, from
underground to surface. I shoveled on belts, built ventilation
stopping, did belt maintenance, roof bolted, ran a continuous
miner, was on a long-wall section for three and a half years,
ran a stage loader advancing shields and running sheer and
got my examiners papers and mine managers papers—all
underground. Then, I was transferred to a prep plant. There I
went from loading trains, to running the floor, to running the plant
in the control room. I then went on to serve as shift supervisor
and, from there I took the operations manager position at that
plant.”
The operations manager role lead him to a job at Knight
Hawk, where he started at Creek Paum and recently worked
his way up to supervising Knight Hawk’s preparation plants
and two load-out facilities—one that is a rail load-out located
north of Carbondale, IL, and the other Lone Eagle Dock on
the Mississippi River. He relies on Rodney Kribs as his dock
manager and says he looks to him to help manage the day-today operations at Lone Eagle. It is not a small operation.
“In 2010, we shipped approximately 2,788,000 tons through
Lone Eagle,” he confirmed, and says that other than a very large
transport facility just south of them on the river, Knight Hawk is
probably among the largest privately-owned coal companies in
the area using the river for its own coal transport.
He says of the dock’s activity, “All of our shipments at the Lone
Eagle dock are for our customers. We don’t contract anything
for other producers, all the coal that comes to the dock is from
our facilities being shipped to our customers.”
Stanley credits his team for helping make sure the elements of
the situation that they could control were handled well. “Rodney
Kribs and Rodney Gendron, our dock manager and assistant
dock manager, were invaluable as we worked through this
situation.”
Knight Hawk Coal is headquartered in Percy, IL, and employs
approximately 350 people producing more than 3.6 million tons
of coal each year. The company has three surface mines,
two underground mines, three prep plants and two load-out
facilities.
Christine Pietryla is a Chicagobased freelance energy writer and
communications consultant.
Sources:
Josh Carter, Operations Manager at Knight Hawk Coal 618-426-3662
Chris Stanley, Site Manager at Knight Hawk Coal 618-426-3662
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Impact of Mississippi River Floods on the Economy
http://useconomy.about.com/od/criticalssues/a/Mississippi-River-Floods.htm
Mississippi River flood slows US coal exports
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/24/usa-flooding-coal-idUSN2427405920110524
Disasters Make Small Economic Dent
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_3f8fb01c-e834-50d9-a422-67049d89c4d0.
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The Value of Any System
Is not in the Owning of It
It’s in the using of it
N
ot exactly a better mouse trap and those marketing it still
are knocking on doors rather than having others knocking
theirs down, but it’s an idea that certainly has caught on in
the utility industry, as well as other fields, and now is being
tried by some of the country’s largest coal companies.
“What we have,” offered Nigel Nugent (left), vice president
worldwide sales for Enviance, Inc., “is an automated
process of making sure you comply with a permit or specific regulation or
rule in ways your business effects the environment and, perhaps of greater
application within the mining industry, health and safety.”
Enviance—derived from “environment” and “compliance”—describes
itself as the leading provider of environmental ERP (Enterprise Resource
Planning) software with more than 20,000 users worldwide involved in
electric generation, chemicals, manufacturing, commercial activities and
government agencies.
“Closer to home,” Nugent offered, “47 percent of all North American utilities
now are using our system, along with many other industries and agencies.
It’s a fact of life for any organization; part of doing business today is the need
for permits. In manufacturing, use water, make it dirty, have to discharge;
emissions in the air; just plain waste disposal. And you’re okay if you handle
those correctly, that you do what is required and report to the appropriate
agencies in timely manner, and you can prove it; the necessity of which
almost is inevitable.
Nigel Nugent
Vice President Worldwide Sales
By Art Sanda
“What we offer,” he continued, is a complete automated solution to dealing
with rules and regulations across an operation, from environmental concerns
to health and safety which, for a coal operator, would include unique things
such as mandatory training, mine inspections and monitoring; anything that
requires action by an individual or individuals, one time or repetitively.
“The capability of the system is unlike any other,” Nugent said, “and how
it does it also is one of a kind. We don’t sell hardware; we employ it. What
we sell is software. Let me explain. There are two ways of buying software,
the old way and the new way. The old way is to go to a provider and buy
a package in a box and then buy hardware and the people to run it, as
well as the operating systems that have to be put together so they can
operate it. Companies buy, install, operate, and maintain systems, spending
millions and millions of dollars, including millions of dollars for software. It’s
disgraceful.
“The new way,” he continued, “is what we do; we sell software as a service
using cloud computing, which is the term used for the next generation of
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Environmental ERP Dashboard—a comprehensive overview of compliance
tasks, and graphs that shows supply chain emissions, electricity usage, carbon
emissions and greenhouse gas emissions against regulatory allowance caps.
SaaS (software as a service). The value of any system is in
the using of it, not in the owning of it. A company has to ask
itself: ‘Why buy one when you can contract with a company
who can do that for me and, with the Internet, simply access
it at a monthly fee?’ Software as a service, rather than at an
exorbitant price, where we do all the updates, provide disaster
recovery, manage all hardware and operating systems—all the
customer does is use the system. Twelve years ago we were
one of the first, or the first, to adopt this new method.
“The Enviance system is tailored to each companies particular
needs, whether that is conforming to EPA regulations or
consent agreements, Federal or state mining regulations, even
local ordinances, whatever strictures a company is required
to meet. Once those parameters are established, our system
incorporates what needs to be done, exactly what step-by-step
actions are required, by whom, and exactly when.”
As explained by Nugent, prior to that scheduled time, the system
initiates alerts to those of whom action is required, together with
the sequential steps to be followed in completing the action.
“The system,” he said, “automatically records what was done
and by whom, all of which is time stamped.
“Further,” he said, “the system has an escalation feature
whereby the next designated person up the line is notified
of failure to act at the time needed or that the action was not
appropriate or complete, resulting in an auditable report on the
steps taken to reach compliance, which can prove invaluable
when that compliance or the methods used are challenged.
“This is proving to be of extreme interest in the mining sector.
With the Government paying more and more attention to what
is being done in the areas of water and emission issues, not to
mention the constant pressure in the area of health and safety.
“As the mining industry knows all too well, the Government’s
mantra is: ‘If you don’t adhere to the restrictions and comply to
them, we’ll fine you and, working with the Justice Department,
will hand you a consent decree under which you will have to
show you are addressing issues impacting the environment.
“What our system does,” he said, “and why we are having the
level of traction we are experiencing in mining, is that first it
alerts the people responsible —as well those to whom they are
responsible—what has to be done when and how to do it, then
it tracks and monitors those things until they are accomplished,
records those results and, finally, reports them in a format
everybody can see and is defensible not only in environmental
hearings but in courts of law.
“Anyone within a company with access to the system can
obtain status reports at any time, confirming what has or has
not been completed up to that point on whatever action is of
concern to that person. And,” he added, “access also can be
continue
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had in real time from anywhere a person
has Internet access—using anything that
runs Microsoft Windows—with the report
appearing on a dashboard, or window,
“One major coal producer currently is
working with our system and a hardware
supplier using ruggedized tablets
underground. The concept is to record
data in real time and then transfer it once
they are on the surface at a computer
station or anywhere where there is
access to WIFI. Both the military and
heavy industrials have been using this
partnering successfully.
“A second major coal operator,” Nugent
related, “has been under an order with
obligations and requirements put on
them by the EPA. When the EPA received
the company’s report, they supposedly
told the company: ‘That’s exactly what
we wanted, just as it is. Where did you
get it?’ The company told them it was a
system they bought, our system. We saw
immediately that there had to be value
here to other mining organizations.
“As a result, we went to other mining
companies, asking if they were
interested. Most assuredly, we were told,
because what was needed was a means
of generating very precise reports giving
precisely the actions taken to attain
mitigation, auditable reporting,” Nugent
said. “Additionally, we stressed the value
of these reports when applied to risk
management, as well as the importance
of demonstrating to the community the
steps being taken to mitigate as much
as possible the effects of mining on the
environment; it shows the company’s
social responsiveness. In all, we’ve
met with some 20 mining companies.
Three now are using our system and
with another six we are in significant
communications.
“One area typically of interest are training
records,” Nugent said. “Already in the
utility area our system interfaces with
their human resources systems. It is
programmed to red flag anyone coming
up for training, automatically emailing
that person and his or her supervisor
for scheduling. If they fail to schedule,
it’s escalated and the system continues
reminders and escalations further up
the ladder until the training has been
scheduled, then completed, then
recorded. I don’t know if that’s being done
in mining yet, but is the system capable
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of it? Absolutely. Anything that needs to
be tracked and recorded can be tracked
and recorded with the Enviance system.
“Operationally
of
course,
mining
companies constantly are dealing
with mine health and safety rules and
regulations,” Nugent continued. “Here
again, our system has the ability to alert,
to direct, track and monitor everything
with which a mining company must
comply; anything that requires recording,
anything that currently is put on a
spreadsheet, our system can handle.
Two major problems with spreadsheets
are that first, get one cell wrong on a
spreadsheet, the error is compounded
and the data worthless and two, and
more importantly, a spreadsheet is not
sufficient evidence of something required
of permit having been done if challenged.
With our system the data is time stamped
and auditable, it stands up to challenge.
Going beyond working with what
is required by permits or rules and
regulations, Nugent said the Enviance
system is an invaluable tool in the
general management of the business.
“The system provides checks and
balances; that whatever was to be
done was scheduled by whomever
was responsible to accomplish it, that
it was accomplished, and when it was
accomplished. Or, conversely, wasn’t
accomplished, in which case the system
sends out reminders and then kicks in
the escalation ever higher up the chain of
command until it is reported back that the
situation had been resolved and again,
by whom, how, and when. And it’s all
time-stamped recorded.
“Coal is our first entrance into mining,”
Nugent said. “We wanted to start there
because, in coal mining, there are so
many more requirements, it’s so much
more involved, but certainly our system
is applicable to all mining.”
According to Nugent, cost depends on
the number of users within a company.
“Depending on the number of users
involved, our service carries a $150 to
$200 monthly charge per user. But again,
there’s nothing to buy—no software
packages, no hardware—and nothing
to maintain; we handle all the system
maintenance, all the upgrades. It’s the
same principle as using Google Mail or
Yahoo email.
“With 20-25,000 users around the
world, our system is 99.7 percent up all
the time,” he said, “outside of planned
outages for upgrades every six months
or so, and that’s usually around midnight.
That’s higher than any in-house system
ever has attained. Two data back-ups
are made daily, some even hourly, with
two secure back-up systems, one in our
Carlsbad, CA, headquarters, the other
in a secret location and, of course, a
company can maintain its own backup as
well.
“Finally,” he added, “the Enviance system
is 100 percent secure. In the 12 years
we have been in business, we never
have crashed, never lost any data, and
never, not once, have we been hacked
into. I wonder how many other systems
can make that claim? Not even the U.S.
Government. We’re proud of that, very
proud.”
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Working Past
the Locusts
Mine’ing Our Business
about as natural as one would expect.
An island formed by highwalls was at
the very top of the mountain, and I can
remember saying, “I wonder how many
animals are trapped on that forsaken
island.” Actually, none.
We left that area without too much of a
liking for the works. Firstly, in our view,
locusts are no more than giant weeds
with nasty, sticky burrs.
At that time, I was as green and new to
this environment as the very saplings
that were being planted.
Ben Greene was featured on the
1982 August issue cover.
“....a chip off the old ‘reclamation block.’
A country boy who spent his boyhood days
on the farm in scenic Jackson County, WV,
Ben’s involvement in reclamation didn’t come
by accident. It was almost pre-destined!”
– Al Skinner, excerpts, Aug. ‘82 editorial.
Way back when locust trees were the
main staple for reclamation efforts
and the venerable Ben Greene was
overseeing these operations for the
state, we were working as editor of the
state conservation magazine and we had
the good fortune to take many trips with
Ben during that time.
Our very first trip was to a reclamation
site near Buckhannon, West Virginia.
Frankly, it was a mess and we were
not impressed. Huge mounds of dirt
and rock lined along a dirt road cut a
crude path to the top of the hill, where
we could oversee the entire operation.
Men with sacks of black locust saplings
were punching the little fellows into the
ground at intervals of every two to three
feet. This covered acres of ground, and,
eventually, gave it the typical ornamental
look of a white -flowered locust forest a
year or so down the road.
As we all know, one could sit on a stump
and watch a locust tree grow. They
mature that fast. The idea back then
was a “quick fix” that stabilized the bank
and stopped any erosion problems. It
worked, but locusts aren’t the prettiest
trees to look at. Still, as we drove over
the terrain, we viewed trees that were
a few years older and the area looked
The awakening to good reclamation
came about a year later, when Ben and
I made our second trip to the very same
site. It was amazing. The highwalls
had been sloped to give passage to
roaming wildlife, and the black locusts
were flourishing along the hillside. The
gawdawful hills of dirt and rock were
gone, and the old, dirt road was a grassy
wide spot through a freshly sprouting
new forest.
asked the great question: “When I look
at this beautiful site, I wonder why you
would want to come in here and tear all
this up to mine your coal?”
Wow! And as comedian Howie Mandell
of America’s Got Talent might say this is
the “wow factor.”
My reclamationist friend jumped at this
opportunity.
His answer: “Ma’am, you are standing
on reclaimed land.”
Does that not say a lot? You could say,
ignorance is bliss, or some other cliché
that might fit the situation. But we’ve
often wondered if that very same teacher
ever came to realize and/or appreciate
good reclamation.
I, for one, am impressed with today’s
reclamation. And so are the prideful
reclamationists!
Ben was happy and I was happy. And
from that point on, I had a special feeling
of confidence for reclamationists.
*****
One story on reclamation that we
keep repeating is worth repeating.
It’s the most beautiful remark we’ve
ever heard and it tells a big story within
the story.
This time around, we were up
in northern West Virginia at a
reclamation site that featured a manmade lake where beaver had built
their own quarters, and an expanse
of greenery that was worthy of a
postcard.
Oh yeah, back to the remark.
Our reclamationist friend was
leading a tour of schoolteachers,
expounding on the worthiness of
good reclamation. As they walked
through the green meadows, one
of the teachers stopped the guide
to ask a question. She looked
out over the greenery, framed by
a forest of tall, scenic trees, she
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Coal Land Reclamation
N
orthumberland County in Northeastern Pennsylvania
was one of the first counties established in that state.
It is where Joseph Priestly discovered the existence of
oxygen during colonial times. It is also the site of one
of the first findings of thick veins of anthracite in what
is called the Western end of the Middle Anthracite Coal Field.
The mines and collieries that made the County a major producer
of coal that fueled the Industrial Revolution, and two world wars,
have long gone, and just a few traces remain of old workings.
But, there are still sites needing to be reclaimed and the
land restored. Those locations fall under the office of Mr. Pat
Mack, Director of Planning, Northumberland County Planning
Department, Sunbury, PA.
Mack explains, “We are always concerned with reclamation of
coal lands and the economic benefits of the program. We work
closely with the PA Department of Environmental Protection and
the companies that acquire permits for the reclamation work.
Although the pace of reclamation has slowed recently, we still
have some interesting success stories.”
One notable example of successful land renewal happened at
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the site of the now abandoned Richard’s Colliery on Natalie
Mountain near the small city of Mt. Carmel. The rocky debris
left behind so covered the soil that nothing would grow on the
slopes. The solution to reinvigorating the land came from the
owners of J&E Trucking Enterprises. Ed Linkus of J&E arranged
to truck in yard waste from New York transit stations on Long
Island.
After a vigorous cleaning of waste, like pieces of fences and
discarded trash, the soil from some high-end estates, along
with a seeding mixture from the PA DEP, was spread over
the leveled ground. Several months later, passing motorists
noticed significant greenery emerging from the hillside. Soon
residents of the area were picking tomatoes, cucumbers, even
watermelons. At one point, 15 foot sunflowers appeared, along
with the thickest grass in the area. In the fall, the hillside was a
free pumpkin patch.
´The area on the green pictures includes the areas up to any
higher tree line that you see,” said Linkus. “Take notice to the
locust trees that are flourishing. One concern presented to me
by some Bucknell agricultural students and a professor that I
was giving a tour to, was the life of the vegetation. They were
Senator John Gordner (green jacket) was on site
for a tour of the proposed Outdoor Adventure
Area. Pat Mack shows him the plans.
in Pennsylvania County
By James Stevens
wondering if the acidity of the rock below the mulch would
eventually kill the plant life once the roots got deep enough. As
you can see, this is not a concern. The area is abundant with
deer, bear, grouse, pheasant, fox and just about any other little
one of God’s creatures you can think of.”
“We also had some teachers and students from Penn State
come down to study this very fertile ground,” said Linkus. “After
a few years, the vegetables disappeared, but the land is still
thick with growth. It looks great.”
A more recent project involved the extinguishing and removal
of an underground fire that began in dumped compost near the
village of Excelsior east of the city of Shamokin. After the fire
debris was removed, a mixture of lime and water was sprayed
on the land, which was then reseeded from material supplied
by the DEP.
Ken Snyder, Inc. was responsible for the final cleanup at the
Excelsior site, and is now working on a three year project at
an abandoned mine near Burnside, south of Shamokin. Coal
is currently being removed to a Co-Gen plant prior to the
environmental cleaning and reseeding, which is expected to
take another year.
“We’re taking out the coal now, but later we’ll be doing a big
project involving reclamation and water relocation,” Snyder
said.
“These projects aren’t major in size,” said Mack,” but they’re all
important to our county. Our contractors follow stringent rules,
with many legal complications. They are all locals, with much
coal industry experience. We remember coal built this county,
and it’s a major part of our Mission Statement.”
The Northumberland County Planning Commission was
formed to provide quality planning services that balance the
desire to preserve the uniqueness of the county with the need
to improve the economy, ecology, and environment, while
protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the citizenry. This
is accomplished through the dissemination of information,
preparation of plans, development of programs, and providing
technical services that support and promote the implementation
of the Northumberland County Comprehensive Plan.
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Alpha Takes the
By Bill Archer
W
hen Roman C. Lawson, P.E.(left), looks out from his
office high atop the Cumberland Plateau near Grundy,
Virginia, he can envision a world of possibilities.
“When we started working on this Hawks Nest Project, people
couldn’t really see what it was going to become,” Lawson said.
Lawson, 33, senior mining engineer/Coalfields Expressway project
manager for Alpha Natural Resources joined Alpha in May 2006
when he first heard that Alpha was going to be involved in one of the
most unique surface mine reclamation projects in a century. Alpha
is the private sector partner in a private-public partnership with
the Virginia Department of Transportation to build the Coalfields
Expressway through some of the most geographically challenging
terrain in the Appalachian Mountain Range, and unlock the beauty
and potential of Southwest Virginia.
“When we first came up here to Lovers’ Gap – Hold that, the
Buchanan County (Virginia) Industrial Development Authority calls
it Southern Gap now -- it was a mess,” Lawson said. “You had
the surface mine lease where we (Alpha) were permitted to mine
the coal and leave the roadbed for the Coalfields Expressway.
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High Road
But there were also several pre-law strip line jobs up here left
untouched.”
The “pre-law” surface mines that Lawson talked about are strip
mine operations that were worked prior to passage of the Surface
Mine Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977. Prior to
that time, strip mine operators could work a mine to extract coal
right up to the high wall and simply leave the mining site without
completing any reclamation at all. SMCRA in 1977, as well as
additional amendments through the years, has placed new
imperatives on surface mine companies to return the mining site to
its approximate original contour, to be sensitive to the mined area’s
ecological balance and to include a post-mining use component in
the initial planning stages.
The surface coal mining industry hasn’t been stagnant since 1977
in terms of mine reclamation efforts. Virginia Tech’s showcase
Powell River Project has been demonstrating since 1980 how
surface mining can be done in a responsible manner, leaving the
land in a productive state when the coal is gone. Powell River’s
continue
Photos by Tim Cox
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Hawk’s Nest Project map
scholars have led the way in reforestation
methods for mine reclamation, but
Alpha’s partnerships with VDOT and
the Buchanan County IDA transcends
returning land to forest.
Alpha is in the process of building a 30mile section of the Coalfields Expressway
that will extend from the initial two-mile
section that is now completed to Pound,
Virginia where it will connect with another
four-lane highway, U.S. Route 23. The
U.S. Congress designated the Coalfields
Expressway through southern West
Virginia and southwestern Virginia as a
“Congressional High Priority Highway”
in 1995, at a time when the late U.S.
Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-West Virginia
was nearing the peak of his political
influence. Owing to Byrd’s clout and
the work of U.S. Representative Nick
Rahall, D-West Virginia, construction of
the highway got underway early in West
Virginia in Sophia, near Beckley, West
Virginia and near Welch, West Virginia,
where Byrd lent his support to a federal
prison project.
Early on, Virginia’s section of the
Coalfields Expressway didn’t fare as well
in terms of start-up construction funding.
With major highway transportation
challenges in the gridlocked northern
Virginia area as well as in the Virginia
Beach bottleneck and the jammed
I-81 corridor through the Valley of the
Virginias, VDOT faced and still faces
major transportation issues statewide. A
new highway project through the sparsely
populated region of Virginia’s coalfields
wasn’t ready for prime time until Alpha
and the Pioneer Group Inc., entered the
field in 2006 with the idea of mining a little
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coal and leaving a pavement-ready – not
shovel-ready – highway as part of it’s
post mining land use.
“When Alpha got involved, it really
enhanced our position,” Virginia State
Senator Phillip P. Puckett, D-Russell
County said. “We couldn’t have done
it just from a dollar prospective. This is
such a great project. It will benefit future
generations of Southwest Virginians.”
Due to the illness of State Senator
Yvonne Miller, D-Norfolk, Virginia, chair
of the Senate Transportation Committee,
Puckett, the next ranking Democrat on
the committee served as Interim Chair
of Transportation during most of the
2011 session of the Virginia General
Assembly. As a result, Puckett worked
closely with Virginia Governor Robert
(Bob) McDonnell, a Republican, as
McDonnell crafted an ambitious $4 billion
transportation program -- a package
that includes about $450 million for the
Coalfields Expressway.
That $450 million wouldn’t mean a great
deal in a project that VDOT estimates
will cost $2.3 billion alone, except for
the coal companies that can mine the
available coal reserves and build a fourlane highway reclamation project.
“We know that not every section is going
to have the same savings as the Hawks
Nest section, but there, we are saying
our savings are $90 million as a result
of the coal synergy program,” Michelle
Earl, public affairs spokesperson for
VDOT’s Abingdon, Virginia-based Bristol
District said. “We projected the cost of
that section at $100 million and now, it
will cost us just $10 million to complete
the work we need to complete the road..
“We have multiple public-projects through
the Commonwealth, but I have to say
that this one is unique,” Earl said. “This is
advantageous to both the coal company
and to VDOT. They’re doing what they do
and we’re doing what we do.”
“We have some of the best equipment
operators in the world,” Lawson said of
Alpha’s heavy equipment operators.
“After 30 years of doing what they do,
the machines appear to become an
extension of themselves. It is amazing to
watch them work. When we were cutting
through a new access road on Route
718, people from all around here came
to watch them work. People were lined
up on the old road taking pictures or just
watching. It’s an amazing thing to see.”
As he tours the project that is nearing
completion, Lawson can’t help from
pausing along the way to admire the
incredible vistas that travelers along the
Coalfields Expressway will witness as
they travel along the completed highway.
“When I designed all of this, I did it with
the concept of looking out on the tops of
the mountains to see what few people
have ever seen before,” Lawson said.
“I’ve always thought of it as a scenic ride.
It is beautiful, but nobody knew it was
up here because people travel along the
river beds.”
The Coalfields Expressway at Grundy is
about 1,000 feet higher in elevation than
U.S. Route 460 that shadows the course
of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River.
The narrow Levisa Fork valley has a
long history of flooding
-- a reality that the
U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and VDOT
have tried to address
by relocating several
town
businesses
above the flood plain and carving out a
spot on the side of a mountain that is big
enough for commercial development.
Buchanan County had too few level
acres to recruit any industrial prospects.
“We were able to reclaim several prelaw strip mine sites up here at Southern
Gap,” Lawson said. “Now the Industrial
Development Authority has over 1,000
acres of developable land here.”
Craig Horn, executive director of the
county IDA said he has been working with
Alpha to open up new potential economic
development sites for about eight years.
“We’re happy with the relationship,” he
said. “It’s fantastic.”
Horn said he had spent 21 years looking
for a surface mining company that would
work with the IDA to develop sites at
Southern Gap, but they couldn’t get any
takers due to the regulatory challenges.
However, when the IDA found a partner in
Alpha, it enabled the authority to connect
with funds from the Coalfields Economic
Development Authority, the Virginia
Tobacco Indemnification Commission,
the Appalachian Region Commission
and others to prepare sites, bring public
water and sewer services to the industrial
park, and start bringing businesses to the
location.
Sykes has a customer contact center that
employs about 200 people. The Russell
Prater Volunteer Fire Department is now
located in the heart of the development
area. Several lots have already been
sold at auction for a relatively large
development while wild turkey, deer and
black bears have been seen. At Poplar
Gap Park (above), the county now has
two first class baseball fields and a large
football-soccer-track field for local sports
teams. For the first time in the county’s
history, Buchanan County had fields to
host a baseball tournament in late June
2011.
“I can’t say enough good things about
Alpha,” Horn said.
Lawson was born and raised in Yukon,
McDowell County, West Virginia, not
far from the Buchanan County, Virginia
line. He graduated from Big Creek High
School at War, West Virginia in 1996,
earned an undergraduate degree in civil
engineering from Bluefield State College
and a master’s degree in the same field
from Virginia Tech. He and his wife,
Roxie, a dental hygienist, have one son,
Charlie, 2, named for Lawson’s father.
They live in Hansonville, Virginia.
Lawson is a fourth generation coal
man. His father and his father’s family
worked in the U.S. Steel coal mines in
Gary, while his mother’s family worked
in the Olga Coal and Bartley mines. His
father, the late Charlie Lawson, even
operated his own mine up Carswell
Hollow near Kimball, West Virginia prior
to his death. Roman Lawson has been
in and around coal mining all of his life.
When he graduated from BSC, he spent
three years working for the West Virginia
Department of Highways, and was with
Massey prior to joining Alpha in 2006.
“If you come in on the front end of a
project, you can really make a difference
as you’re going out,” Lawson said. “I can
tell you about every rock on this project.
The exciting part of this project has been
taking old coal miners and making them
into road builders, but these guys are
the best in the business. I am blessed to
have been able to visualize this project
and to see it through to completion.”
Lawson said Alpha mined the Clintwood,
two Eagle, two Blair and Dorchester
seams at Hawks Nest -- about 70 percent
thermal and 30 percent metallurgical
coal. VDOT had a ribbon cutting event at
Hawks Nest on July 19, 2011. From here,
Alpha will keep moving west into the
Doe Branch section of the expressway.
Hawks Nest is ready for the construction
of a connector road from U.S. Route 460
coming in from Kentucky.
“Yukon’s on Route 83 in McDowell
County,” Lawson said. “I tease the guys
here about coming to see me when they
get the Yukon exit done.” The Coalfields
Expressway will be a limited access, 60
miles-per-hour four-lane highway when it
is completed.
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CAPSULE
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around the world to test and evaluate pre
– and post-combustion carbon capture
technologies, Using realistic conditions,
the work is helping to make CO2 capture
technologies more affordable as quickly
as possible.
Denbury Resources is working with a
number of companies to transport carbon
dioxide once it is captured, and currently
working on a 320-mile 24” pipeline,
Green Pipeline, from Donaldsville, LA, to
Hastings Field, south of Houston, TX.
Pictured from left to right: Ray Scites, TVMI Treasurer; Courtney Blackburn, Belfry; Aimee
Williamson, Belfry; Sara Mullins, Belfry; Alexandria Workman, Belfry; Amber Hopkins,
Tug Valley; Dr. Stephen J. Kopp, Marshall University President; and Andy Ashurst, TVMI
President (not pictured, Logan Bartley, Pike Central High)
TVMI Awards $15,000 In Scholarships
Tug Valley Mining Institute has awarded six scholarships at its last meeting. The
two top $6,000 scholarship awards went to Aimee Williamson, Belfry High School
and Alexandria Workman, Belfry High School. Four $750 scholarship awards
went to Logan Bartley, Pike Central High School; Courtney Blackburn, Belfry High
School; Amber Hopkins, Tug Valley High School; and Sara Mullins, Belfry High
School.
Over the last fifteen years, TVMI has awarded 90 students $198,250 in scholarship
monies. The TVMI scholarship is open to students from Mingo, Logan, Wayne,
Pike, and Martin counties. The applications are available in November of each
year and may be obtained from Marsha Williams at the First National Bank of
Williamson (WV) or from the TVMI website at www.tugvalleymi.org.
Coal Use And Production In
US Rose In 2010
Coal production in the US increased
to 1,085.3 million short tons in 2010,
according to data from the US Energy
Information Administration (EIA). Overall
coal production increased by 1 percent in
2010. The Interior and Western regions
increased production by 7.4 percent
and 1.1 percent, respectively, while the
Appalachian Region decreased 2.1
percent.
Improvements in the US economy led
to an increase in the use of coal, along
with a cold winter and warm summer
in coal-consuming regions. Total coal
consumption increased by 5.1 percent
from 2009 levels to 1,048.3 million short
tons. Coal-fired generation increased by
42 million short tons in the electric power
sector and by 13.9 percent in all other
sectors.
Total US exports of coal in 2010 increased
by 38.3 percent to 81.7 million short tons,
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largely due to heavy rains and flooding in
Australia, Indonesia and Colombia and a
shortage of coal in China and India. The
average price of coal exports increased
to $120.41 per short ton.
CO2 Storage Beginning to Emerge
Southern Company’s Plant Barry, near
Mobile, AL, a 25-megawatt carbon
capture and storage facility has begun
capturing carbon dioxide. It is the world’s
largest coal-fired generating power plant
with carbon capture and storage.
The plant will capture some 150,000
tons of CO2 annually for permanent
underground storage in a deep saline
geologic formation – the equivalent
of emissions from 25 megawatts of
electricity generation.
Skelly and Loy, Harrisburg, PA,
has been awarded two open-end
contracts with West Virginia Division
of Highways, one for natural resources
services and one for cultural resources
services. Both are two-year, $1.5 million
contracts.
Freedom Energy Diesel LLC is
proposing a $400 million coal
liquifaction plant in Cumberland
County’s Plateau Partnership Park
in Knoxville, TN. The company would
convert coal into clean-burning fuels.
The company is asking the Industrial
Development Board of Cumberland,
Morgan and Roane counties to donate
120 acres in the industrial park, which
is off Interstate 40 near Westel Road
in Cumberland County. Freedom also
wants a railroad spur to be built for the
plant and an option to buy an additional
20 acres for future expansion. The
Cumberland County plant would be the
first of a number for the company it is
reported, adding that the process is 99.5
percent pollution-free. Freedom plans a
550,000 square-foot facility and wants to
have it operational by August 2012.
Joy Global Inc. has acquired a drillingand-mining equipment business from
Rowan Cos. Inc. for $1.1 billion. The
business, LeTourneau Technologies,
makes large wheel loaders for surface
mining operations and equipment for oil
and gas drilling. It reported $815 million
in revenue last year. Joy Global had $3.5
billion in revenue in its latest full fiscal
year. Rowan said it expected about $875
million in after-tax proceeds from selling
LeTourneau.
Southern Company is managing the US
Department of Energy’s National Carbon
Capture Center in Alabama, testing
the next generation of technologies to The Rocky Mountain Coal Mining
capture carbon dioxide emissions. The Institute announces a new website,
center works with technology developers easier to use and full of valuable
information.
Additional information/
improvements will be added in the future.
Visit the “Whole New Look” at www.
rmcmi.org and enjoy the new site.
United Coal Company, Blountville, TN,
a subsidiary of Ukrainian integrated
mining and steel holding company
Metinvest Holding LLC, Donetsk,
Ukraine, is developing $350 million in coal
mine projects in the eastern US. United
Coal plans to add at least 4 million tons
per year of coal mining capacity for use at
US locations and for export to Metinvest’s
steel mills in Europe and Ukraine.
Southern West Virginia Community and
Technical College’s Academy for Mine
Training and Energy Technologies
received the H.L. Boling Above and
Beyond the Call of Duty Award at the 2011
Critical Issues Conference in Daytona
Beach, FL, sponsored by the International
Society of Mine Safety Professionals. The
award recognizes institutions of higher
learning for leadership, vision, integrity
and trust. The award is given to only
one organization each year, from among
many that are nominated throughout
the world, and the academy has
demonstrated an outstanding dedication
to safety and health, said H.L. Boling.
Since the Academy established the
program in 2006, over 18,000 individuals
have received training including surface
mining, underground mining and oil and
gas. The Academy has developed and
maintained professional relationships
and/or partnerships with more than 60
countries, federal, state and academic
representatives including 13 states and
10 foreign countries.
Friends of Coal license plates are
now available from the West Virginia
Division of Motor Vehicles. To order
a new plate or for more information
call Sandi at the West Virginia Coal
Association office at 304/342-4153 or
email at [email protected].
For
an application call 800/642-9066 or visit
www.dmv.wv.gov. or go to WVCA web
page. Complete the form and submit it
with a $70 check payable to the West
Virginia Coal Foundation, PO Box 3923,
Charleston, WV 25330.
Global Earth Energy, Inc. and joint
venture partner Modern Coal, LLC have
completed the first payment to acquire
Samuel Coal, Inc. of Kentucky. The
www.carrolltechnologiesgroup.com
Carroll Technologies Roars Ahead in 2011
New Proposed Safety Legislation Spurring Investments
Carroll Technologies Group has reported significant year-over-year growth in its
business operations at the close of the first calendar quarter of 2011.
According to Mike Hastings, President of Carroll Technologies, “We have seen
over across-the board growth in our product line sales. All of our safety related
products have really taken off, particularly our Mine Central Communications
Control Room product line and our line of Safe Refuge safety chambers. Customers
are telling us that they want to get ahead of the new safety regulations being
proposed. It’s good business and good for the people working underground.”
Carroll Technologies Group and its two operating companies—Carroll Engineering
Co. and Delta Electric Inc.—bring a wide variety of safety-related products to
mine operators in addition to their electrical and electronic component product
lines. Recently, the company has expanded its safety product lines to include an
integrated communications command and control room that ties together voice
and data communications, location tracking and atmospheric monitoring systems.
The product architecture provides a fully redundant set of command posts capable
of acting independently in the event of an emergency or catastrophe.
The companies also provide location tracking to find miners in the event of
an underground incident while also protecting and securing the investment in
underground equipment. A line of safe refuge safety chambers provides shelter,
food, water and clothing for up to 96 hours. All of the products provided by the
companies are backed by Carroll’s industry-leading MinerCare 24/7™ service
team.
Carroll CEO Mike Hastings commented, “To us, our business growth early this
year is reflecting industry-wide confidence in the prospects looking down the
line. We are very optimistic about the business going forward and are looking to
expand both our product lines and geographic markets served. We think 2011 is
going to a great year.”
Carroll Technologies Group consisting of Delta Electric, Inc. and Carroll Engineering
Co. has been servicing the mining industry in North America for over 30 years.
From its early history in the coalfields of West Virginia and Kentucky, Carroll
Technologies Group has expanded to become the largest privately held and best
electronic services group in the U.S.A., providing over 800 mines with advanced
technology communications, employee and equipment tracking systems, safety
monitoring systems, and a broad range of other safety equipment. Today Carroll
Technologies Group and its two operating subsidiaries – Carroll Engineering Co.
and Delta Electric Inc.—service the needs of mining companies with a network of
12 distribution centers and Miner Care 24/7™ support offices strategically located
in 7 states.
For more information about our companies you can refer to our web sites:
Carroll Technologies Group Corporate Site: www.carrolltechnologiesgroup.com/
Carroll Engineering Co. Site: www.carrollengineeringco.com/
Delta Electric Inc. Site:www.deltaelectricwv.com/
purchase includes all of Samuel Coal’s
existing properties, multiple permits,
operations and mineral resources. The
acquisition will enable Abundance Coal
to fulfill its mining contract agreement
with Samuel Coal. The joint venture
will now be able to ramp up production.
The mines are located on approximately
5,000 acres near Hindman, in the eastern
part of Kentucky.
Alpha Natural Resources has donated
$250,000 toward construction of a
memorial to the 29 men who died in
an explosion last year at the UBB
mine. Alpha said its leadership saw
plans for the memorial project while
visiting Whitesville, WV, before it sealed
the Massey deal and found it to be a
deserving project. Alpha hopes to raise
visibility for the fund-raising efforts. The
Upper Big Branch mining Memorial
Group still needs about $225,000. Martin
Engineering was the first corporate donor
with a $25,000 gift.
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Bank of America Spends Billions on
Solar
The Bank of America has helped finance
up to $2.6 billion in commercial and
industrial rooftop solar arrays through a
partnership with Merrill Lynch, Prologis
and NRG.
The investment represents a significant
boost to the renewable energy industry in
the US, as installations are expected to
provide approximately 733 megawatts of
distributed solar energy, which is enough
to power approximately 100,000 homes.
The deal is part of Bank of America’s 10year, $20 billion Environmental Business
Initiative, launched in 2007, and adds
to a growing list of recent commitments
including a newly established goal by
the company to reduce its global green
house gas emissions 15 percent by
2015, and the launch of a $55 million
energy efficiency finance program.
This distributed solar project will generate
employment across 28 states and the
equivalent of more than 10,000 full-year
jobs, giving a huge boost to the amount
of grid-connect solar online in the US
today.
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Most new electric power generators
built between 1950 and 1990 were
coal-fired. Seventy-three percent of
coal-fired electric generators existing at
the end of 2010 were at least 30 years
old. Nearly half of U.S. electric power
generation comes from coal.
Some older coal-fired generators were
retrofitted with various environmental
controls. In 2009, 53 percent of the
operating coal-fired capacity (or 27
percent of coal-fired generators) had
scrubbers. www.eia.gov/todayinenergy
Global solar thermal cumulative
installed capacity has grown from
354 MW in 2001 to 697 MW in 2009 at
a CAGR of 9$ per annum. In 2020, the
solar thermal power capacity is expected
to reach 122,252 MW from 2,715 MW in
2010, a 46 percent increase per annum.
Suzlon Energy has signed a
contract with African Clean Energy
Developments (ACED) for an initial
76 turbines for the Cookhouse project
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proposed for South Africa’s eastern cape
province. An engineering, procurement
and construction contract, as well as an
option for an additional 124 turbines for
Cookhouse, has also been concluded.
Based on current expectations for the
satisfaction of the main conditions, ACED
and Suzlon believe that installation could
commence in late 2011 or early 2012.
U.S. coal exports rose 49 percent
during the first quarter of 2011
compared to the same quarter a year
ago, reaching 26.6 million short tons,
double the first-quarter 2009 levels.
This is the highest level of quarterly
coal exports since 1992, when exports
were 27 million short tons. While coking
coal remains the primary coal export,
comprising 64 percent of exports, the
main driver of growth has been a surge in
steam coal, which increased 160 percent
in the first quarter of 2011 compared to
the same period in 2010. Coking coal
exports increased 21 percent over that
same period. www.eia.gov/todayinenergy
The City of Johannesburg has
commissioned its first landfill gasto-energy project, with a further four
sites to follow over the next 12 months.
Through the Infrastructure and Services
Department
(ISD),
Johannesburg
initiated the landfill gas-to-energy Clean
Development Mechanism project in
2007.
The Robinson Deep landfill
project, which was to be fully operational
by June, was the first to be completed,
followed by the commissioning of Marie
Louise landfill in August and the rest
by June 2012. An estimated 19 MW
of power would be generated from the
project, comparable to electricity usage
by about 12,500 households.
New
Zealand
Blenheim’s
Carbonscape has developed a onestep process to turn sawmill waste
into pure coal and other valuable
materials.
Carbonscape’s industrial
microwave heats waste at up to 3000C,
creating a process called pyrolysisation.
Carbonscape’s
pyrolysis
basically
creates three product sets – charcoal or
carbon, bio oil and syngas. One of the
products – activated carbon – could be
used to filter water or soak up polluting
industrial waste gases, and sold for up
to $5000 a ton. The process could also
turn pine sawdust into anthracite coal,
a pure form of the mineral used in steel
production. The company hopes to be
making sales within the next 12 to 15
months, depending on access to capital.
Freedom Energy Diesel has chosen
Morristown, TN, as the site for a new
coal gasification plant that is expected
to be operational late next year. The
$405 million plant will employ about 450
people when completed and add another
150 jobs in a second phase 18 months
later. The plant will use new plasma
technology to create extremely high
temperatures to turn coal into gas, which
will then be converted to diesel fuel. The
process removes harmful byproducts
such as mercury and sulfur. It retains
valuable ones such as zinc, platinum,
iridium, etcetera, which will be sold. The
new plant will be 570,000 square feet on
115-plus acres in the East Tennessee
Progress Center near Interstate 81.
The construction of 100 wind turbines
over 20,000 acres in Florida has created
a stir among various environmental
groups seeking to minimize the ecological
cost of “green power.” The National
Audubon Society’s Florida affiliate is
clamoring over the size of the turbines
and its potential detrimental effect to the
native wild birds that could be harmed by
the large turbines. Each wind turbine can
be as large as the Statue of Liberty.
DTE Energy Services has approval
from the San Joaquin Valley Air
Pollution Control District to modify its
coal-using power facility at the Port of
Stockton into a biomass fuel-powered
plant.
The company had a similar
conversion at its plant in Cassville,
WI, and its plant in Bakersfield, CA, is
undergoing conversion.
It operates
biomass powered plants in Mobile, AL
and Woodland, CA. The Stockton plant
will be redesigned to use 100 percent
biomass, mainly wood fuel obtained
from agricultural residues, tree trimmings
and urban wood waste. It will generate
around 45 MW of clean power.
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L&L Energy has established a
wholesale operation, the Yunnan L&L
Tai Fung Coal Company, in China’s
Yunnan province. Tai Fung includes
a newly established coal wholesale
operation as well as its existing Hong
Xing washing facility. The wholesale
operation will move 100,000 tons of coal
per year. L&L has contracts that total
700,000 tons of coal. It will be made of
300,000 tons from a China operation and
400,000 of US coal when it is available.
PHI Energy Corp., Los Angeles, CA,
and Jakarta, Indonesia, have closed
a coal asset purchase agreement
with PT Dian Anugah Pratama, an
Indonesian corporation in Jakarta. The
purchase includes estimate mineable
coal reserves of 33,000,000 metric
tons located in West Sumatra, Kampar,
and South Kalimantan, Indonesia. The
pre-production estimated value of the
reserves is approximately $85,000,000,
whereas current market price of steam
coal GCV6300-6100 FOB Indonesia is
approximately $80 per metric ton.
China may more than double thermal
coal imports to 200 million metric
tons by 2015 from 90 million last year,
said Executive VP Neil Dhar of Noble
Group. India’s overseas purchases may
increase to 67 million tons this year and
100 million by 2015, from 58 million in
2010. China’s domestic consumption
will be 3.5 billion tons and India may
use 1 billion tons by 2015. Australia and
Indonesia will mainly supply China and
India.
ESCO Corporation has established a
sales and service base at Rutherford
to target Australia’s Hunter Valley
coal industry.
ESCO Asia Pacific
managing director Jeff Kershaw reports
the equipment maker will supply a range
of gear for open cut mines in the region,
including its full line of ground engaging
tools featuring its tooth systems,
along with buckets and related wear
parts. ESCO Rutherford will also host
a complete range of manganese-rich
steel crusher products, bi-metallic wear
buttons and blocks, plus sell new ESCO
truck bodies.
While plans for 150 new coal plants
have been abandoned in the US since
2004, India approved a coal plant every
other day in 2010 alone – 173 coal
projects. The demand for coal-fired
power in China is even larger. Much
of that coal is exported from Australia
and Indonesia, which have established
mining industries. But new mines also
are being developed in countries like
Mozambique and Mongolia. Years of
organized opposition in pushing coalfired power generation out of the US and
Europe has been successful, but the
coal industry is not dying, it’s moving to
developing countries.
Stanmore Coal has been granted
another tenement for its Kerlong
underground coking coal project
in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, with
the expanded project area within 5
kilometers of a lease held by Vale’s
Carborough Downs longwall mine. The
Kerlong project is surrounded by mines
and projects within a 15km radius due to
the Rangal Coal Measures in the region.
Sable Mining, Johannesburg, has
acquired a 49 percent stake in
Liberation Mining, which owns the
Lubimbi coal project in Zimbabwe.
The Lubimbi project had shown on site
coal tonnage in excess of one billion
tons. Drilling is also underway on an
existing 786-million-tons resource, which
could bring the total resource to over two
billion tons between the two projects.
China’s Meijin Energy is planning a
multi-billion-dollar thermal coal mine
in Queensland’s frontier Galilee Basin.
Operating as Macmines AustAsia,
Meijin outlined its first coal resource at
what it is calling the China Stone Project.
Studies show it has a resource of 3.7
billion tons of thermal coal. Meijin has
plans to add to the resource as it aims
to build a mining operation that would
export between 30 million and 60 million
tons a year of coal from 2014 or 2015.
The Jammu and Kashmir government
plans to develop a new coal mine in
Rajouri district as part of efforts to
achieve self-sufficiency in the state.
The new coal mine will be developed
at Badhog in the Kalakota area, where
initial production is estimated to be 4,000
to 6,000 metric tons a year.
Compliance Energy Corporation has
completed a feasibility study for the
construction and operation of the
Raven Underground Coal project in
the Comox coal basin on Vancouver
Island. The project life is about 17 years,
with a 12-month construction phase,
expected to cost $250 million, followed
by a 15.5-year mining period and a site
reclamation in the final year. The report
says infrastructure construction should
start in 2012 after all necessary permits
are obtained.
Mongolian Mining Corporation has
signed an agreement with QGX
Holdings to buy the Baruun Naran
coking coal mine in Southern Mongolia for
$464.5 million. QGX is 90 percent owned
indirectly by Kerry Mining (Mongolia)
and 10 percent by MCS Minerals LLC.
According to pre-feasibility studies, the
Baruum Naran mine has approximately
253 million tons of measured and
indicated coal resources and 193 mt of
potentail mineable coal.
Continental Coal has approval from
the South African Department of
Minerals and Resources to acquire the
Vlakplaats coal project in South Africa.
Continental and its project partners,
Korea’s State Mining and Exploration
Company and Masawu Investments
completed the financial settlement last
year.
Steel Authority of India Limited
(SAIL) has started development of
two coking coal reserves Tasra and
Sitanalla, which form part of the Jharia
coalfields in the eastern Indian province
of Jharkhand. The company will invest
$379 million to produce four-million
tons of coking coal a year from Tasra
and 50,000 t/y from Sitanalla, including
a pithead beneficiation plant a Tasra.
SAIL consumes some 14 million tons of
coking coal a year to produce 16 million
tons of hot metal, and coal consumption
is forecast to increase to 21 million tons
by 2013.
China’s total coal consumption
reached 1,310,000,000 billion tons,
making it the world’s biggest coal
consumer.
According to the World
Nuclear Organization, 68.7 percent of
China’s electric energy is produced from
coal. A review done by BP in 2007 shows
China with 62 billion tons of anthracite
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and 52 billion tons of lignite coal, third
behind the US and Russia in terms of
total coal reserves. At current level of
production, the reserves are forecasted
to be able to sustain China’s needs for
the net 48 years.
Dingo has a multi-year, multi-site
contract with Anglo American’s
Metallurgical
Coal
business
to
provide Dingo’s Condition Based Asset
Management (CBAM) program to all of the
company’s Queensland coal mine sites.
In addition to the CBAM program, three
Dingo program managers will be focused
full-time on Anglo American programs
and will reside at the Metallurgical Coal
Brisbane head office.
GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd,
New Delhi, plans to purchase two
of Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd.’s
thermal coal mines in Australia for
around $2.4 billion. GVK Group plans
to expand its power-generation capacity
of 901 megawatts to 10,000 megawatts
by 2013. The two coal mines, Tad’s
Corner and Kevin’s Corner, are owned
by Hancock Coal and Hancock Galilee
and are located in Queensland. The
two mines have a capacity of 30 million
tons per year each and Tad’s Corner
and Kevin’s Corner have recoverable
resource bases of 3.6 billion tons and
4.27 billion tons, respectively.
Australia’s Central Petroleum Limited
reports a coal field discovered in the
Simpson Desert could be the biggest
in the world. The coal seam stretches
across 400 kilometers. The company
has signed an agreement with Allied
Resource Partners (ARP) to work towards
setting up a coal production plant in the
Great Artesian Basin area. ARP say the
plan is to make liquid fuel without mining,
by heating the coal underground, turning
it into a gas, and then turning that gas
into a liquid. The operations could last
for 100 years because the field is so big.
Mercator Lines Ltd. plans to raise
$150 million by January via an initial
share sale of its Singapore-based
coal exploration and mining unit, the
managing director of the Indian shipping
and logistics company said. “We will not
look at divesting more than 30 percent
of the company’s shareholding to the
public,” Atul Agarwal said recently. The
unit, called Oorja HoldingsPte. Ltd.,
owns coal mines in Mozambique and
Indonesia.
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in the news 2011
Michael Culbert promoted to chief
financial officer of United Central
Industrial Supply, Bristol, TN. Culbert
will be responsible for
company-wide financial
interests
including
the
accounting,
information technology
and credit departments
for United Central’s
North
American
mining and industrial
business
and
its
two subsidiary companies, National
Mine Service of Canada and Gooding
Rubber, Inc. Culbert has served UC
for the past four years, most recently as
controller. He has a BBA in accounting
from East Tennessee State University.
He is a Certified Public Accountant and
a member of the Tennessee Society of
Certified Public Accountants.
marketing for BHP Billiton in Singapore
and also served as vice president of
marketing at Fording Coal Limited.
Jerry Fitzgerald has joined ElectroMechanical Corporation as a field service
representative based
out of Morgantown,
WV.
His
primary
coverage area will be
northeast Appalachian
Region
with
assignments to other
geographic regions as
needed.
Fitzgerald
began his career as a
mine electrician in 1977 and has been
maintenance supervisor or maintenance
superintendent at several major coal
companies including Dana Mining,
International Coal, Eastern Associated
and Island Creek. He has 25 years
experience in troubleshooting and
maintaining mining electrical equipment
and has extensive knowledge and
experience in the maintenance of Line
Power equipment. He is a certified
electrician and mine foreman in Virginia.
In West Virginia, he is a certified mine
foreman, certified electrician for both
surface and underground and a certified
EMT.
Arch Coal, Inc., St. Louis, MO, has
named three group presidents: Ken
Cochran, Gary Bennett and Charles
Snavely, as well as Samuel Kitts to
director of operational development.
Cochran named group president with
responsibility for Thunder Basin Coal
Company, the Arch Western Bituminous
Group, Arch of Wyoming and the Otter
Creek development. Cochran served
as president of Thunder Basin for six
years and previously worked 20 years
for TXU. Bennett is group president
with responsibility for the Mountain
Laurel, Beckley, Coal-Mac, Cumberland
River, Lone Mountain/Powell Mountain
and Eastern mining complexes. He will
also have responsibility for the eastern
engineering, environmental and coal
preparation groups at the company’s
office in Teays Valley, WV. Snavely named
group president with responsibility for the
Vindex, Patriot, Wolf Run, Flint Ridge,
Knott County, Hazard, East Kentucky,
and Viper mining complexes as well as
the ADDCAR business unit and the Tygart
Valley longwall development.
Most
recently, he served as ICG’s executive
vice president of mining operations. Kitts
served as ICG’s senior vice president
of business development and asset
management and previously served as
senior VP, planning and organizational
development.
Boyd Payne appointed to the Dingo
board of directors. Boyd recently retired
as CEO/President of Teck Coal Limited
and brings over 35 years of expertise
in the coal business. Boyd has been
president of Fording ULC and Fording
Canadian Coal Trust since January 2007,
and, prior to that, was vice president
Ray
Kranzusch
appointed
product
manager, oil and
gas drills, for Atlas
Copco Construction
& Mining, Commerce
City, CO. Kranzusch’s
primary focus will be
the RD20, RD20 XC
and Predator rigs, and
related Atlas Copco drilling consumables
in the US oil and gas industry. He will
be involved in sales support, technical
training, the product development and
engineering process, and new product
launches. He will also assist in sales
efforts in the western territory, and will be
based in Sacramento, CA.
Murilo Pinto de Oliveira Ferreira named
chief executive officer of Brazil’s Vale,
succeeding Roger Agnelli.
Ferreira
has more than 30 years of experience in
the mining industry. He began working
for Vale in 1998 as director of Vale do
Rio Doce Aluminio-Aluvale, serving in
several senior management positions. In
2008, he became CEO of Vale Inco and
executive director of Vale’s Nickel and
Base Metals Sales.
on the job, with no explanation. Golsby,
who was part of the team developing the
4FCT as a continuous haulage system
at Clarence and who led an emergency
response, and rescue group exercise
at the Mine Rescue and Emergency
Management conference in Brisbane,
is leaving Australia’s most productive
longwall mine.
John Liperote, Daniel Geiger, John
Sabine, Peter Mordaunt, Richard
Liperote and David Warner re-elected
to the board of directors of Lipari Energy,
Inc., Toronto, Canada. John Liperote had
more than 30 years experience in the
coal industry, while Richard Liperote has
over 15 years of coal industry experience.
Geiger and Mordaunt have over 35 years
and 25 years of experience in mining,
respectively. Sabine is recognized as a
leading mining practitioner in Canada.
Warner was a partner of KPMG LLP
from 1980 to 2010, and will serve as an
independent director.
Elmer Whitaker of Whitaker Coal
Corporation, Don Duff (posthumously) of
Pine Branch Coal, and J.C. Lewis, a coal
miner from Leslie County, KY, have been
named to the newly-created Appalachian
Mountain Coalfields Hall of Fame, during
a Coal Appreciation Dinner at Hazard
Community and Technical College,
Hazard, KY.
Sipho Maseko named MD of Vodacom
South Africa, beginning in September.
Maseko has been at the helm of BP
Southern Africa since 2008, and held a
number of senior executive positions in
the past 14 years at BP. He will also be
a member of the Vodacom Group Board.
Maseko replaces Shameel Joosub, who
took a position as CEO of Vodafone in
Spain.
Doug White, former Pike River Coal
general manager, has joined Centennial
Coal as mine manager of its new Airly
underground mine in New South Wales.
Steve Bracken has been promoted
to chief operating officer, and will be
replaced by Andy Myors, who previously
was GM of business support and GM
of Centennial Coal’s west operations.
Mark Levy named general manager of
business support while Mick Cairney
becomes general manager of health,
safety, environment and community.
Terry O’Brien is now mine/project
manager of Newstan Lochiel, while
Graham Pryor has been appointed
temporary mine manager of Springvale.
Allison Golsby has resigned from
her position as technical services
manager at Xstrata’s Oaky North mine in
Queensland after less than eight months
Frederick Chi Ming Yu appointed to
the board of directors of Endocoal as a
non-executive director. Yu is president
of Hidili Asset Management, which is
Endocoal’s 15 percent shareholder. Yu
has worked for a number of investment
banks and was investment director for
Microsoft in the Greater China region.
named director of accounting in April
2008, Previously, he worked for nine
years in public accounting.
Eriez, Erie, PA, has combined its US
and Canadian sales organization into
a consolidated North American sales
team: Dave Huebel promoted to the
newly-created position of director –
North American sales, responsible for
managing all sales efforts for the light
and heavy industry markets in the US
and Canada; Darrell Milton promoted
to market manager – metals recycling,
and will lead Eriez efforts in the metals
recycling market for all of the US and
Canada; Dan Zimmerman, director of
business development, will manage all
Eriez sales efforts for the metalworking
market in both the US and Canada.
Thomas H. Stoner Jr., chief executive
of Evergreen Energy Inc., has resigned –
almost two years in the job – as he said
the clean-energy-technology company
needs to build a management team with
more credentials in coal upgrading and
beneficiation.
Tonya Skinner appointed president
of Hydroflo Pumps USA, Fairview,
TN, and will manage the day-today responsibilities of the company,
as well as expanding the sales and
distribution of Hydroflo’s pumps across
the country. Skinner has more than 25
years of experience working in various
sales and marketing roles for different
organizations.
She has established
a strong background in international
business, business sourcing, joint
venture partnerships and logistics.
Wesley
Nichols
named
general
manager of exploration for Stanmore
Coal, responsible for progressing the
exploration and evaluation of Stanmore’s
key development and exploration
projects.
He will play a key role in
implementing and overseeing Stanmore
Coal’s safety program. Nichols has 22
years of senior exploration and mining
experience, mostly at Anglo Coal. Since
2008 Nichols was geology manager at
New Hope Coal and, before that, spent
18 years at Anglo Coal.
Joseph Micheletti, former mine manager
of Westmoreland Coal Company’s
Jewitt Mine, promoted to senior vice
president-coal operations overseeing
mining operations; and Russell Werner,
former director of accounting, promoted
to corporate controller. Micheletti joined
Westmoreland in August 1998 and
has held several key positions at the
company’s mining projects. He has
worked in production, maintenance,
processing, and engineering disciplines
of the mining industry for 24 years
and is director of the Rocky Mountain
Coal Mining Institute. Werner joined
Westmoreland in June 2006 and was
Shelby Docken promoted to customer
service manager for Sioux Corporation,
Beresford, SD. Docken began his career
with Sioux in 1988 as an inside sales
manager, and later to concrete market
segment manager and product manager
as the position developed. He has 23
years of experience and extensive
knowledge of Sioux equipment.
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National Mining Hall of Fame Names 2011 Inductees & Prazen Award Winner
The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum (NMHFM) announced the 2011 National Mining Hall Of Fame
inductees. Representing the coal, metallurgical/processing R&D, marble, and lead industries, this year’s
inductees cover a diverse cross-section of the mining industry.
William Diamond, Wayne Hazen, Redfield Proctor and Jeffrey Zelms will join 210 other mining industry pioneers
when they are formally inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame at the 24th Annual Induction Banquet &
Ceremony on Sept. 10 of this year. They were selected for being visionaries, leaders and ambassadors both
within their own sectors and across the industry at large.
2011 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees:
William Francis Diamond (1914 - )
Had an illustrious engineering and
managerial career that spanned
four decades with Island Creek Coal
Company. During that time, he was
responsible for the engineering and
construction of the deepest coal
mines producing in North America at
the time.
Wayne Colby Hazen (1917 - 2009)
Founded Hazen Research, Inc. in
Golden, Colorado. He served as
President and CEO of the company
for 22 years and grew it from a onebuilding laboratory to the largest
private metallurgical and processing
R&D contractor in the United States.
Redfield Proctor (1831 - 1903)
Founded the Vermont Marble
Company, which became the
world’s largest marble company by
the beginning of the 20th century.
He also had a notable career as a
public servant, serving as Governor
of Vermont, Secretary of War in the
cabinet of President Harrison, and
Senator from Vermont.
Jeffrey L. Zelms (1944 - )
Helped keep the US lead industry
alive during the most volatile period
in its modern history. As CEO of
The Doe Run Company, he guided
the company through the collapse
of the lead market in the 1980s and
the recession in the 1990s, ensuring
that lead mining remained a viable
industry in the United States.
NMHFM Executive Director, Bob Hartzell said: “We are very
proud to have the opportunity to honor these luminaries of the
mining industry by inducting them into our Hall of Fame. Each
has made an indelible contribution to mining, and they join the
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company of some legendary mining figures in the Hall of Fame.”
“The Hall of Fame Induction Banquet and Ceremony is a
marquee event for the NMHFM each year and is not only a
celebration of the inductees, but of the mining industry as
a whole,” said Hartzell. “It is a real thrill to see people from
all corners of the industry and the country come together to
recognize the outstanding achievements of the inductees.”The
2011 Prazen Living Legend of Mining Award will also be
presented at the September event. This year’s recipient is
the Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association, which
undertakes a wide variety of programs and projects all designed
to educate the public about the minerals industry. The Prazen
Award recognizes organizations and individuals who excel
in informing the public of the vital importance of mining and
minerals.
2011 Prazen Award Recipient:
Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association
A primary example of OAIMA’s commitment to educating
the public on the importance of the minerals industry is
its Project STONE (Science Teaching for Ohio’s New
Economy) program, developed in partnership with
Wright State University. Project STONE is an earth and
space science inquiry-based professional development
program for Ohio earth science teachers that is based
on real-world situations, while also informing teachers
about science careers available to their students. During
this two-week program, teachers learn of the critical role
that mining plays in the civic, cultural, environmental and
economic life of our communities.
An exciting addition to Project STONE program has
been the OAIMA Scholarship Program, which to date
has awarded more than $20,000 to students taking
courses relating to exploration, excavation, engineering,
acquisition, production or other areas of the industrial
minerals industry, for use in pursuit of their degree.
“It is through the excellent work of organizations such as OAIMA
that the industry can continue to increase public awareness,
perception and understanding of the impact that mining has on
everyday life,” said Hartzell.
The National Mining Hall of Fame inductees and Prazen Award
recipient will be honored at the 24th Annual Hall of Fame
Induction Banquet and Ceremony to be held on September 10,
2011 at the historic NMHFM campus in Leadville, Colorado.
2011 Surface Mining / Reclamation Buyer’s Guide
Big Wirtgen 4200
SM helps coal
surface mines attain
high productivity.
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American Mine Research (AMR)
Ph: 276/928-1712
Fax: 276/928-1814
12187 North Scenic Highway
PO Box 234
Rocky Gap, VA 24366
Web site: www.americanmineresearch.com
Founded in 1975, American Mine Research,
Inc. is the leading manufacturer of monitoring
and control electronics for the underground
and surface mining industries. From ground
monitors to electronic circuit breakers and
atmospheric gas sensors, improving both
mine safety and productivity is foremost in
the development of all AMR’s product lines.
AMR’s MC-4000 Ethernet Mine Monitoring
System utilizes a fiber optic backbone and
Modbus Gateway Remote stations to make
gas/belt monitoring easier and faster than
ever. AMR’s latest product line, Mine NetTM,
is a tagging, tracking, and communication
system that tracks miners underground
and provides two-way communication to
the surface through text messaging. By
combining the latest technology with a mine’s
needs, AMR is the source for all of your
operation’s monitoring and control needs.
American Pulverizer Company
Ph: 314/781-6100
Fax: 314/781-9209
1319 Macklind Ave.
St Louis, MO 63110
Web site: www.ampulverizer.com
Since 1908, American Pulverizer
manufactures and sells crushers including:
ring granulators, double roll crushers, sample
crushers, hammermills, trommels and frozen
coal crushers.
American Utility Metals
Ph: 225/343-4219
Fax: 225/343-6033
341 Third St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
Web site: www.aum1.com
American Utility Metals is the premier
supplier of Cromgard utility stainless steel
in both North and South America. Unlike
traditional stainless steel, this 12 percent
Chromium-grade product is both low cost
and price stable, and can be easily welded
and fabricated. With sales offices and
stocking locations throughout the country, we
consistently provide our customers a high
quality product and timely service.
ASGCO Manufacturing, Inc.
Ph: 800/344-4000
Fax: 610/778-8991
301 Gordon Street
Allentown, PA 18102
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Web site: www.asgco.com
Engineered Conveyor Products for Bulk
Material Handling Systems
Becker Wholesale Mine Supply, LLC
Ph: 724/515-4993
Fax: 724/864-7582
358 Main St
North Huntingdon, PA 15642
E-mail:
[email protected]
Web site: www.beckerWMS.com
Becker Wholesale Mine Supply, LLC is
the world leader in sales and service of
underground and surface communication
systems. We supply the industry with Becker
and Varis Leaky Feeder Systems, Tagging
and Tracking Systems, Proximity Detection
Systems, Two-Way Portable Radios and
Waterproof Radios.
Borton, LC
Ph: 620/669-8211
Fax: 620/662-3225
200 East First Ave.
Hutchinson, KS 67501
Web site: www.borton.biz
Design and engineering firm, since 1926,
specializing in slip form construction.
Expertise in barge, rail, and truck loadouts,
large conveying systems, coal, cement and
grain facilities. Chimneys, stacks, mechanical
and structural installation. Continental United
States, international experience.
Brookville Equipment Corp.
Ph: 814/849-2000
Fax: 814/849-2010
175 Evans Street
Brookville, PA 15825
E-mail:
[email protected]
Web site: www.BrookvilleEquipment.com
Brookville Equipment Corporation
manufactures a wide variety of rail-mounted
and rubber-tired haulage equipment for
underground coal mining, hard rock and
precious metal mining, tunnel construction,
industrial rail car switching, and mass transit
applications worldwide. Our rail-mounted
locomotives, personnel carriers, combination
units, and specialty vehicles are available
in diesel, battery, trolley, or battery/trolley.
Rubber-tired equipment, rigid or articulated,
is available in diesel or battery powered.
BECs personnel carriers have a 4-18 person
capacity, haulage tractors weigh 8-50 tons,
rail-mounted locomotives weigh 4-45 tons,
and scoops have a 4.5 yd (heaped) bucket
capacity.
Bucyrus
Ph: 414/768-4000
1100 Milwaukee Ave.
South Milwaukee, WI 53172
Web site: www.bucyrus.com
Bucyrus is a world leader in the design and
manufacture of high-productivity surface
and underground mining equipment used for
mining coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands and
other minerals. Bucyrus also manufactures
high-quality OE parts and provides worldclass support services for their machines.
CBP Engineering Corp.
Ph: 800/468-1180
Fax: 724/229-1185
185 Plumpton Ave.
Washington, PA 15301
Web site: www.cbpengineering.com
CBP’s abrasion resistant lining materials
are custom designed and installed in
pipe, chutes and other material handling
equipment. Linings include, basalt, ceramic,
silicon carbide, rubber/ceramic composites,
and Aluma-Plate trowelables. CBP provides
design/build controlled flow chutes through
our new materials handling division.
CTB Wireless, Inc.
Toll Free: 888/345-9705
Ph: 626/345-9705
Fax: 626/345-9709
1668 E. Washington Blvd. Suite 203
Pasadena, CA 91104-2757
Web site: www.ctbwireless.com
CTB Wireless, Inc. is a Wholesale distributor
of cellular phones, accessories and parts
since 1998. Global leaders in Bluetooth and
install hands free car kits. Leading distributor
of SmoothTalker and Bury Technologies
hands free car kits. Leading distributor of
ProClip in-vehicle device mounting solutions
in the United States. Specializing in new,
as well as hard to find and obsolete OEM
accessories and parts. GPS car navigation
systems and two way radios. Special order
requests. All major brands.
CW Electric, Inc.
Ph: 606/928-2074
Fax: 606/928-0093
279 CW Ave.
Ashland, KY
Web site: www.cwelectricinc.com
Leader in industrial electrical design &
installation that constantly exceeds customer
expectations in quality and performance.
Camber Corporation
Ph: 724/933-6040
Fax: 724/933-6058
2559 Brandt School Road
Wexford, PA 15090
Web site: www.cambergroup.com
Serving the mining industry since 1982,
Camber is a recognized leader in innovative
solutions to difficult roof support problems.
Products include arch supports, lagging,
overcasts, retaining walls, monorail systems,
and fabricated products from steel and
concrete.
Carroll Engineering Co.
Ph: 606/573-1000
Fax: 606/573-4444
131 Carroll Dr.
Harlan, KY 40831
Web site: www.carrollengineeringco.com
Providing Mining Companies a One-Stop
Shop for Safety, Communications, Network
Design, Power and Electrical Needs.
Ceramic Technology, Inc.
Ph: 276/964-6724
Fax: 276/964-2936
606 Wardell Industrial Park
Cedar Bluff, VA 24609
Web site: www.ceramictech.net
Ceramic Technology Inc. is the manufacturer
of ceramic lined process equipment! Rely on
its engineering and manufacturing team to
deliver innovative products to make future
upgrades or capital expansions greater
successes!
Cincinnati Mine Machinery Company
Ph: 800/543-4607
Fax: 513/728-4041
2950 Jonrose Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45239
Web site: www.cinmine.com
Cincinnati Mine Machinery Co. has served
the mining industry for more than 80 years
and is recognized world wide for products
that combine high performance and reliability
for cutting and conveying solutions.
Ph: 276/228-3167
Fax: 276/228-7912
2942 Peppers Ferry Road
Wytheville, VA 24382
Web site: www.coalfieldservices.com
Industrial contractor since 1977, specializing
in steel erection, crane and rigging work with
cranes to 120 tons, elevators, emergency
escape hoists, ventilation fans, material
handling systems, prep plant maintenance,
and rebuilding various mining equipment.
Cowin & Company, Inc.
Ph: 205/945-1300
Fax: 205/945-1441
P.O. Box 19009
Birmingham, AL 35219
Web site: www.cowin-co.com
Providing the mining industry with contracting
services for drilling shafts, slopes & tunnels.
DSI Underground Systems
Ph: 801/973-7169
Fax: 801/973-7172
3900 West 700 S.
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
E-mail:[email protected]
Web site: www.dsiunderground.com
DSI Underground Systems Inc. is a leading
manufacturer & supplier of specialist ground
support products to the underground
industry. With customers in 95 countries it
is a leader in the development, production
and application of underground products
including bolts, mesh, steel arches and resin
cartridges. North American headquarters are
in Salt Lake City, Utah with six manufacturing
facilities, as well as heavy fabrication
facilities, and distribution centers in the U.S.
DSI is close by to deliver quality products,
superior customer service, advanced
technology, and real solutions to the mining
and tunneling industry.
Duraline, LLC.
Ph: 412/429-0335
Fax: 412/429-0336
P.O. Box 13130
Pittsburgh, PA 15243
Web site: www.Duralinellc.com
Duraline has been producing abrasion and
corrosion resistant lining materials for mining
and industrial applications for 40 years. The
largest coal preparation plant in the USA
used Duraline Z-100 Heavy Duty Wear Lining
in the sumps and underflow bed pans of
its recent major plant expansion. Duraline
also produces a complete line of “trowel-on”
Ceramic Beaded Epoxy Resins including a
revolutionary (15/30 min) Fast Set.
Elgin Equipment Group
Ph: 314/776-2848
Fax: 314/776-2918
201 President St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
Web site: www.elginindustries.com
For nearly 75 years you’ve trusted your coal
prep needs to the Elgin Equipment Group.
EEG is committed to delivering performance
excellence and earning your trust on every
project. The EEG consists of CMI, CSI, MCI,
Tabor Machine, Norris Screen and Clinch
River.
EnerSys
Ph: 800/443-9433
Fax: 610/372-8457
2366 Bernville Road
Reading, PA 19605
Web site: www.enersys.com
EnerSys® offers a complete line of MSHA
certified batteries, chargers and accessories
and supports them with the largest companybacked service and support team in the
industry.
ERIEZ Minerals Flotation Group, Canada,
Inc.
Ph: 604/952-2300
Unit 1 – 7168 Honeymoon Street
Delta, BC, Canada V4G-1G1
Web site: www.ERIEZ.com/Flotation
Ask the experts at Eriez | Flotation Group.
Eriez HydroFloat hybrid density separation
technology combines the advantages of
density-based separators with the flexibility
and selectivity of the flotation process.
Benefits include high capacity, low operating
costs and low maintenance.
Farnham & Pfile Construction
Ph: 724/653-1010
Fax: 724/653-1020
Monessen Riverfront Industrial Park
1200 Maronda Way, Suite 301
Monessen, PA 15062
Web site: www.farnham-pfile.com
Farnham & Pfile is an industrial construction
firm specializing in the design/build of coal
processing facilities. It’s engineering and
construction division is focused on turnkey
negotiated design-build projects in the
mineral processing and energy production
industry. A full scope of work is performed
including new construction, retrofitting, and
existing facility upgrades. Online digital plant
maintenance support is offered as a portion
of its approach to state-of-the-art industry
technology.
Flexco
Ph: 630/971-0150
2525 Wisconsin Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Web site: www.flexco.com
Flexco, the global leader in belt splice
technology, featuring its Mineline® Belt
Cleaners, specifically designed to work in
demanding mining applications along with
an array of tools to make conveyor belt
maintenance easy and safe. We can make
your conveyors more productive at a lower
cost per ton!
FKC-Lake Shore
A Division of Frontier-Kemper Constructors,
Inc.
Ph: 877/554-8600
Fax: 812/402-5075
1695 Allen Road
Evansville, IN 47710
Web site: www.fkc-lakeshore.com
Frontier-Kemper’s FKC-Lake Shore Division
is the premier U.S. supplier of hoists, hoist
ancillary equipment, man and material
elevators, and vertical conveyance systems.
Ford Steel Co.
Ph: 800/325-4012
Fax: 314/567-5762
P.O. Box 54
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
Web site: www.fordsteel.com
Providing high quality wear resistant steel
products.
Formsprag Clutch
Ph: 586/758-5000
Fax: 586/758-5204
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23601 Hoover Rd.
Warren, MI 48089
Web site: www.formsprag.com
Formsprag Clutch is the world leader in
overrunning, indexing and holdback clutches
by offering the largest number of designs
with torque capacities from 0.5 to 700,000
lb.ft. and bore ranges up to 20.0 inches.
Formsprag offers both sprag and ramp/roller
technology in one way driving and holdback
clutches. Holdbacks are used on inclined
conveyors and bucket elevators to prevent
reverse rotation (rollbacks) due to a power or
drive component failure, also on pumps and
fans to prevent reverse rotation. Overrunning
clutches are used in two-speed or creep drive
applications and on dual drive applications
where down time must be minimized.
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc.
Ph: 877/554-8600
Fax: 812/428-0337
1695 Allen Road
Evansville, IN 47710
P.O. Box 6690 47719
Web site: www.frontierkemper.com
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. (FKCI)
is a leader in the underground mining and
heavy civil construction industries. FKCI
constructs tunnels, shafts (conventional, raise
bored, and blind drilled), and slopes.
GIW Industries
Ph: 706/863-1011
Fax: 706/860-5897
5000 Wrightsboro Road
Grovetown, GA 30813
Web site: www.giwindustries.com
GIW, a leading manufacturer of highperformance, low-maintenance slurry pumps,
introduces the MDX (Mill Duty Xtra Heavy)
pump series for mill discharge applications.
GIW pumps have been used to pump
phosphate rock in Florida, oil sands in
Canada and hundreds of different materials
in between -- everywhere in the world. GIW
serves industries such as mining and mineral
beneficiation, industrial process, dredge,
aggregate and coal preparation. Another
innovation is the newly designed GIW rubber
impellers for maximum wear resistance in
heavier slurries. “GIW pumps & impellers –
we are better by design.”
Gardner Paint Services
Ph: 423/928-8351
Fax: 423/928-0322
P.O. Box 5096
Johnson City, TN 37602
Website: www.gardnerpaint.com
Gardner Paint Services, Inc. is a full service
painting and industrial cleaning contractor
serving the coal industry since 1975. Our
services include sandblasting and the
applicaton of paint and special coatings, as
well as a surface preparation service called
ICE CLEANing.
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GUNDLACH Equipment Corporation
Ph: 618/233-7208
Fax: 618/641-6974
One Freedom Drive
Belleville, IL 62226
E-mail: bettercrushers@gundlachcrushers.
com
Web site: www.gundlachcrushers.com
GUNDLACH Crushers manufactures a full
line of crushers specifically designed for
precise product sizing with fewer fines and
maximized yield for the coal industry and
thermal power plants around the world.
coating, parts refurbishing & salvage,
Thermal Spray coatings, Screen coating,
machine shop services, large capacity.
HSC Industrial
Ph: 304/252-1918
Fax: 304/252-6411
300 Rural Acres Drive
Beckley, WV 25801
Web site: www.hscindustrial.com
HSC Industrial offers a variety of services
to the mining industry including: above- and
below-ground communication system design,
installation and repair; electrical distribution
and motor controls; industrial tool pick-up
and repair; and water management or system
design, installation and maintenance. We are
distributors for Tunnel Radio leaky-feeder
systems and Kenwood Communications.
Hansen Transmissions, Inc.
Ph: 540/213-2442
33 Lakeview CT
Verona,VA 24482
Web site: www.hansenamericas.com
Hansen Transmissions North America,
based in Verona, VA., is a world class
manufacturer of gear reducers since
1923. We will be exhibiting our UNIMINER
alignment free conveyor drive. Hansen
supplies drive solutions for a wide range of
applications in the mining, cement, mixing
and grain industries. Gear capacities - Torque
-10,000,000”lbs. and HP to 10,000.
HardSteel, Inc.
Ph: 205/343-9100
Fax: 205/343-0073
P.O. Box 2266
Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Web site: www.hardsteel.com
HardSteel is a manufacturer of chromiumcarbide overlay plate and abrasion resistant
products. Complete line of wear plate
products, complete cutting, forming, and
fabrication services. AR-400 and AR-500
distributor.
Hausner Hard-Chrome, Inc.
Ph: 270/713-8224
Fax: 270/713-8247
3094 Medley Road
Owensboro, KY 42301
Web site: www.hausnerinc.com
Industrial Hard chrome, wear resistant
Industrial Resources, Inc.
Ph: 304/363-4100
Fax: 304/363-0799
P.O. Box 2648
Fairmont, WV 26555-2648
Web site: www.indres.com
INDUSTRIAL has served the coal industry
Since 1946. They continue to be a premier
contractor for complete preparation facilities,
conveyance systems and renovations, with
total in-house capability for engineering,
fabrication and erection with a high level of
flexibility to perform projects on time and
within budget.
Innovative Utility Products Corp.
Ph: 479/410-2098
Fax: 479/410-3260
P.O. Box 1667
Van Buren, AR 72957
Web site: www.iupcorp.com
The Fault Wizard by IUP Corp. locates
failures in HV primary and trailing cable. It
shows an accurate digital distance to the
fault while being compact, full featured and
portable.
Irwin Car and Equipment
Ph: 724/864-8900
Fax: 724/864-8909
9953 Broadway
P.O. Box 409
Irwin, PA 15642
Web site: www.irwincar.com
Irwin Car and Equipment provides:
locomotives; personnel and low boy
equipment carriers; explosive, ballast, pump
and roof support cars; ventilation and safety
products; conveyor equipment; tensioning
products; and Schroeder Filters.
JABO Supply Corporation
Ph: 304/736-8333
Fax: 304/736-8551
P.O. Box 238
Huntington, WV 25707
Web site: [email protected]
JABO Supply is a full-line pipe, valve
and fitting distributor with locations in
Huntington, Parkersburg, and Beckley, WV.
JABO is a master distributor for Poly Pipe®
(polyethylene pipe and fittings) specializing in
custom shop fabrication, field fusion services
and fusion equipment rental.
JADCO Manufacturing
Ph: 724/452-5252
Fax: 724/452-1318
P.O. Box 465
Zelienople, PA 16063
Web site: www.jadcomfg.com
JADCO is an abrasion steel manufacturer/
fabricator specializing in engineered solutions
for abrasion and wear challenges. JADCO’s
proprietary through hardened steel, QTPlus®, offers unparalleled wear life (up to 10
times the industry standard!) and amazing
ductility, even with parts manufactured to
maximum hardness. ChromeWeld 600™ is
an overlay plate manufactured by JADCO to
last in the most severe abrasion applications.
With tight tolerances and a proprietary
chemistry, ChromeWeld 600™ is an industry
leader.
James A. Redding Co.
Ph: 814/444-7200
Fax: 814/445-1320
733 S. Center Ave.
Somerset, PA 15501
Web site: www.jamesaredding.com
For more than 40 years, James A Redding
Co. has been the pioneer in design,
production, and supply of bulk material
handling systems and components.
Jeffrey Rader Corporation
Ph: 800/615-9296
Fax: 864/476-7510
398 Willis Road
Woodruff, SC 29388
Web site: www.jeffreyrader.com
Jeffrey Rader is a leading manufacturer of
Vibratory Feeders, Conveyors and Flextooth®
Crushers for the Coal Mining Industry. Our
line of Electromagnetic, Electromechanical
and Brute Force Feeders are unsurpassed in
quality and output. With unit capacities of up
to 2,500 TPH and one of the quickest delivery
schedules in the industry, we can build and
ship your equipment when you need it and
guarantee it to work.
L-3 Communications / Global Security &
Engineering Solutions
Ph: 877/505-3092
Fax: 703/464-7969
3750 Centerview Dr.
Chantilly, VA 20151
Web site: www.L-3Com.com/mine_safety
The L-3 ACCOLADE Wireless Mesh
Communications System is an
MSHA-approved, integrated wireless
communications and tracking solution
that was developed to enhance safety
and increase operational efficiencies for
underground coal mines.
La Marche Manufacturing
Ph: 847/299-1188
Fax: 847/299-3061
106 Bradrock Dr.
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Web site: www.lamarchemfg.com
Since 1945, La Marche has been designing
and manufacturing reliable power conversion
products, including rectifiers, power
supplies, inverters, etc. for a wide variety of
applications and markets.
Lee Supply Company, Inc.
Ph: 800/353-3747
Fax: 724/483-0577
305 1st Street
Charleroi, PA 15022
Web site: www.leesupply.com
Since 1954, Lee Supply is proud to offer the
mining industry the best engineered products
for improving productivity, safety, and cost.
Lee Supply remains committed to quality
solutions, supply, and service.
Lincoln Contracting & Equipment Co.
Ph: 800/229-5205
Fax: 814/629-6588
P.O. Box 96
Boswell, PA 15531
Web site: www.lceci.com
Lincoln Contracting provides complete
turnkey construction of coal preparation
plants, engineering and design, materialhandling systems, and piping and electrical
work.
Marland Clutch
Ph: 630/455-1752
Fax: 630/455-1794
485 S. Frontage Rd., Suite 330
Burr Ridge, IL 60521
Web site: www.marland.com
Marland Clutch is the recognized world
leader in backstopping and overrunning
clutches. Marland has optimized Ramp
and Roller technology to make the most
robust Backstops in the market with over
70 years of experience and torque capacity
up to 1,200,00 lb.ft. and bore sizes up to 23
inches. In addition to Backstops, Marland
manufactures the CECON clutches which
provide an overrunning function in a protected
housing for uninterrupted, continuous
operatios and other applications needing:
complete disconnect capability, higher speed
requirements, extremely wet, dusty, abrasive
or other adverse environments.
Mine Radio Systems, Inc.
Ph: 905/640-1839
Fax: 905/640-1649
394 Highway 47, R.R.1
Goodwood, Ontario L0C 1A0
Canada
Web site: www.mineradio.com
Mine Radio Systems, Inc. (MRS) is the
world leader in design, development
and installation of mining and tunneling
communication technologies for confined
spaces. An industry leader, MRS has
perfected “Underground Intelligence” through
state-of-the-art components and customized
integrated systems, which are manufactured
to the highest quality standards. MRS is ISO
9001-2000-registered.
Minesafe Electronics, Inc.
Ph: 800-523-1579 or 270-333-5581
P.O. Box 281
501 N. Adams Street
Sturgis, KY 42459
Web site: www.minesafe-electronics.com
Minesafe Electronics has been providing
electronic and electo-mechanical sales and
services to the Coal Mining Industry for 36
Years! Minesafe sells and services Two Way
Radios, and is an authorized distributor for
Kenwood and Motorola.
Mohler Technology
Ph: 812/897-2900
Fax: 812/897-2686
P.O. Box 669
Boonville, IN 47601
Web site: www.mohler.com
Mohler Technology manufactures longwall
mining water cooled electric motors through
1650 HP. Services include: electric motor
repair; rewinding; electric motor design; and
predictive maintenance services. Mohler
Technology repairs longwall power units.
This includes reconditioning the water cooled
electric motors, tunnel housings and the
fluid couplings. It also offers Dyne testing,
vibration testing, and laser alignment.
PEMCO Corporation
Ph: 276/326-2611
Fax: 276/326-2616
P.O. Box 1319
Bluefield, VA 24605
Web site: www.pemco.net
PEMCO produces a quality line of mining
and tunneling products. Using durable
components and materials, our products
provide superior performance at reasonable
cost.
Peterson Filters Corporation
Ph: 801/487-7761
Fax: 801/487-1904
1949 South 300 West Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115
Web site: www.petersonfilters.com
Design, Manufacture and Service “Viking
Mark” state of the art continuous rotary
vacuum filtration equipment and specialize in
design and development of equipment for fine
coal dewatering and recovery applications.
Polydeck Screen Corporation
Ph: 864/579-4594
1790 Dewberry Road
Spartanburg SC 29307
Web site: www.polydeckscreen.com
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Surface and underground mining operations
in the U.S. produce more than one billion tons
of coal and, in recent years, have become
safer and much more efficient, thanks in
part to the screening products and systems
offered by Polydeck. Mining producers trust
Polydeck to provide them with solutions that
keep their screening operation running at
peak efficiency. We offer a complete line of
screening products and systems in a variety
of stock and custom designs and sizes.
Powerscreen Mid-Atlantic, Inc
Ph: 1/800-797-7276
715 Indeneer Drive
Kernersville, NC 27284
E mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.powerscreenmidatl.com
Powerscreen Mid-Atlantic, Inc. is your local
Powerscreen dealer for West Virginia,
Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
We sell, rent and lease mobile crushing,
screening & washing equipment. NEW and
USED available.
Precision Samplers, Inc.
Ph: 304/744-5534
Fax: 304/744-3113
147 Eleventh Avenue
South Charleston, WV 25303
Web site: www.precisionsamplers.com
PSI specializes in the design and turnkey
installation of custom designed automated
mechanical sampling systems including
truck augers and belt samplers. PSI
services include sampling system operation,
maintenance, and inspections.
Phillips Machine Service
Ph: 970/874-9900
Fax: 970/874-9912
1440 Highway 50
Delta, CO 81416
Ph: 304/255-0537
Fax: 304/255-0565
367 George Street
Beckley, WV 25801
Web site: www.phillipsmachine.com
Phillips Machine is involved in nearly all
phases of mining equipment including
rebuilding of miners, roof bolters, scoops and
feeder breakers; manufacture of the Freedom
Car shuttle coal hauler and remanufacture of
shuttle cars; and repair and remanufacturing
of cutter drums. Phillips is equipped with
a precision machine shop and component
exchange program, and welding and
fabrication services. Phillips has offices in
China and South Africa and has built a facility
in Delta, Colorado to better serve our western
and mid-western United States customers.
Pioneer Conveyor
Ph: 301/334-8186
Fax: 301/334-8698
242 Resource Avenue
Mountain Lake Park, MD 21550
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Web site: www.pioneerconveyor.com
Pioneer Conveyor is a leading bulk material
conveyor manufacturing firm serving
customers throughout North America. Pioneer
has designed and manufactured thousands of
standard and custom conveyor systems for a
multitude of applications.
PrepTech, Inc.
Ph: 724/727-3439
Fax: 724/727-2532
4412 Route 66
Apollo, PA 15613
Web site: www.preptech.com
PrepTech offers coal cleaning engineering
services and represents Multotec Process
Equipment (cyclones/spirals), PrepQuip
(column flotation/filterpress), CLIMAXx mag
seps, and the SizeTec dewatering screens.
R.M. Wilson Company, Inc.
Ph: 800/624-5460
Fax: 304/232-3642
3434 Market Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
Ph: 800/232-5539
Fax: 304/255-4806
Airport Industrial Park
Beckley, WV 25801
Phone: 435/637-6950 - Price, UT
Phone: 618/997-5060 - Marion IL
Web site: www.rmwilson.com
Raco International, L.P.
Ph: 412/835-5744
Fax: 412/835-0338
3350 Industrial Boulevard
Bethel Park, PA 15102
Web site: www.racointernational.com
RACO manufactures a full line of
environmentally safe Electric Linear Actuators
with Ball screws or ACME screws with thrusts
up to 200,000 lbs., speeds up to 30/sec.
and strokes up to 20 ft. Our fast belt driven
actuators offer speeds to 100/sec.
Renold Inc.
Ph: 716/326-7666
Toll Free: 800/879-2529 Ext. 242
Fax: 716/326-8229
51 Crandall Street
Westfield, NY 14787
Web site: www.renold.com
Renold Couplings and Gears – Sprag Clutch
– Conveyor and Elevator Backstops.
Richwood
Ph: 304/525-5436
Fax: 304/525-8018
P.O. Box 1298
Huntington, WV 25714
Web site: www.richwood.com
Richwood develops and manufactures
premium conveyor accessories for the world’s
busiest material handling companies.
They help customers optimize production,
increase safety, and improve profitability. Rely
on Richwood.
Rock & Coal Construction
Ph: 304/683-5600
Fax: 304/683-5601
P.O. Box 1457
Crab Orchard, WV 25827
Specializing in preparation plant and material
handling design for the coal and aggregate
industries, maintenance and upgrade of
existing systems, emergency projects and
“turnkey” installations.
Rud-Chain, Inc./Erlau
Ph: 319/294-0001
P.O. Box 367
Hiawatha, IA 52233
Web site: www.rudchain.com
Founded in 1828, Erlau, the inventor of
the tire protection chain (tpc) is the world’s
leading manufacturer of tire protection
chains. Erlau, under the banner Rud-Erlau,
is renowned for its expertise and state-ofthe-art manufacturing facilities. Erlau’s tire
protection chains are found in leading mines
and quarries across the globe.
Rulmeca Corporation
Ph: 910/794-9294
Fax: 910/794-9296
6508 Windmill Way, Suite B
Wilmington, NC 28405
Web site: www.rulmecacorp.com
Rulmeca internally-powered motorized
pulleys are now assembled in the US and
available in 48 hrs. These conveyor belt
drives increase conveyor reliability, extend
service life, reduce maintenance expense,
and improve safety because Rulmeca
hermetically seals the motor and gearbox
within the pulley shell. All standard belt widths
and speeds are available in powers up to 180
HP. Pulley sizes range from 8.5” to 31.5” in
diameter.
SafetyWhips.com, LLC
Ph: 602/424-2520
2115 W Mountain View Rd.
Phoenix, Arizona 85021
Web site: www.safetywhips.com
Safety Whips manufactures LED Vehicle
Displays, Steel Whips, Fiberglass Whips,
Heavy Duty Mounts, Flags, LED Lights
San-Con Industries Inc.
Ph: 419/294-5609
Fax: 419/294-6963
320 W Maple St. Suite A
Upper Sandusky, OH 43351
Web site: www.san-con.com
San-Con Industries, Inc. specializes in the
construction of concrete jump-form and
slipform storage silos, foundations, tunnels,
stacking, support tubes and smoke stacks.
It also offers post tensioning, maintenance,
repairs and silo inspections.
Sandvik Mining and Construction
Ph: 404/589-3800
Fax: 404/589-2900
300 Technology Ct
Smyrna, GA 30082
Web site: www.miningandconstruction.
sandvik.com/us
Sandvik Mining and Construction offers a
full assortment of products and services
for mining, construction, and aggregate
industries including crushers, drills,
consumables, cutting, and conveying
systems. Sandvik offers an array of other
services and offerings including after-market
parts as well as service support and finance
programs.
Schurco Slurry Pumps
Ph: 904/356-6840
Fax: 904/356-4401
532 East Seventh Street
Jacksonville, FL 32206
Web site: www.schurcoslurry.com
Schurco Slurry Pumps™ are available
in both horizontal and vertical cantilever
arrangements. They are fully lined and built
for abrasive slurry applications. Available
in both Hi-Chrome and various elastomers.
Our pumps are also interchangeable with the
Warman® AH and SP lines.
Schur and Company does not represent, or is not in any way affiliated with Weir (Warman)
pumps. All names, numbers, symbols and descriptions are used for reference purpose only
and do not imply that any part or pump listed is the product of Weir pumps.
SETCO Solid Tire and Rim
Ph: 800/634-2381
Fax: 580/286-6743
P.O. Box 809
Idabel, OK 74745
Web site: www.setcosolidtire.com
Tires and Rims
Skelly and Loy
Ph: 717/232-0593
Fax: 717/232-1799
2601 N. Front St.
Harrisburg, PA 17710
Web site: www.skellyloy.com
Skelly and Loy has 39 years experience
serving the mining industry. Applying its
engineering and environmental expertise,
Skelly and Loy finds innovative solutions to
the challenges facing its clients today.
Strata Mine Services, LLC.
Ph: 740/695-6880
Fax: 740/695-6883
67925 Bayberry Dr.
St. Clairsville, OH 43950
Web site: www.stratamineservices.com
Strata Mine Services specializes in
contracting services, construction, ventilation
seals, overcasts, rock consolidation injection,
foam rock dust, gunite, concrete pumping and
general labor.
Taggart Global
Ph: 724/754-9800
Fax: 724/754-9801
4000 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 200
Canonsburg, PA 15317
Web site: www.taggartglobal.com
Taggart Global, LLC is an international
engineering company with expertise in
turnkey design, supply, construction and
commissioning of coal processing plants and
material handling systems.
Tapeswitch Corporation
Ph: 631/630-0442
Fax: 631/630-0454
100 Schmitt Blvd
Farmingdale, NY 11735
Web site: www.tapeswitch.com
Tapeswitch has been protecting miners for
over 25 years with our safety edges. We are
now proud to offer Trapped Key Interlocks
through a new partnership with Castell.
Trapped Key Interlocks are a simple, yet
highly effective way to ensure your personnel
will follow a safety system of work flow when
operating dangerous machinery or working
with dangerous process.
The Tractor Company
Ph: 304/252-2401
703 Industrial Park Rd.
Beaver, WV 25813
Web-site: www.thetractorcompany.com
Contact The Tractor Company for all of your
used heavy equipment needs & questions.
Hard work and repeat customers are the
foundation of our business. The used
heavy equipment for sale in our inventory is
described in real terms and in honest terms.
Tunnel Radio of America
Ph: 541/758-5637
6435 NE Hyslop Rd.
Corvallis, OR 97330
E-mail: [email protected],
Web site: www.tunnelradio.com
Tunnel Radio of America provides wireless
underground, two-way radio communication
and tracking systems using world class
technologies. Utilizing Distributed Antenna
Networks (DAS) and leaky feeder cables
we build and install systems worldwide. We
integrate Motorola® Kenwood® and Icom
America® radios over conventional networks
or via IP and utilize RoIP, Broadband, RF
over Fiber Optic, RF over fiber and leaky
feeder technologies to meet the customers
needs. The company’s MSHA approved
and patented products can help your mine
become Miner Act 2006 and WV compliant.
Deployed with its MineAx personnel tracking
system your mine will have a complete
communications and tracking solution.
United Central Industrial Supply Company
Ph: 423/573-7300
Fax: 423/573-7392
1241 Volunteer Parkway
Suite 1000
Bristol, TN 37620
Web site: www.unitedcentral.net
With 25 locations, United Central Industrial
Supply is North America’s largest distributor
of mining supplies. After 25 years of service,
their mission remains: Helping mine operators
meet their production goals.
Wear Services, Inc.
PO Box 164
Bessemer, AL 35021
Ph: 205/425-6868
Fax: 205/425-7511
Web site: www.WearServices.com
Wear Services engineers high quality
solutions for budget conscious maintenance
professionals. We serve the mining industry
as well as fossil fuel generating stations,
cement plants, and pulp and paper plants.
We offer pulverizer grinding table overlay, roll
wheel rebuilds, clad pipe on the O. D. and I.
D. and chromium carbide overlay plate.
Whayne Supply Co., Inc.
Ph: 800/494-2963
PO Box 35900
Louisville, KY 40232
Web site: www.whayne.com
Whayne strives to be the customer-preferred
supplier of quality products and superior
value-added support services in all markets
they serve. Business conduct reflects the
highest ethical standards while enhancing the
professional, economic, and personal growth
of employees, stockholders, suppliers, and
community.
Wirtgen Group, The
Ph: 615/501-0600
Fax: 615/501-7450
6030 Dana Way
Antioch, TN 37013
Web site: www.wirtgenamerica.com
Wirtgen America is the North American
subsidiary of the Wirtgen Group, an
expanding and international group of
companies doing business in the construction
equipment industry. The group includes the
four well-known brands of Wirtgen, Vögele,
Hamm and Kleemann with headquarters and
production facilities in Germany.
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AbrAsion-resistAnt MAteriAls
World leader in the application & fabrication
of abrasion resistant lining materials.
• Increase efficiency
• Reduce downtime
• Extend life of key processing equipment
800-468-1180
www.cbpengineering.com
Steel Nation (7)................................ 724/873-7533
Tricon Metals ................................... 800/633-6054
United Central Industrial Supply (2, 3, 4, 7)............
..........................................................276/466-0511
Wear-Concepts,Inc. ......................... 816/587-1923
Wescott Steel, Inc. (7) ..................... 800/223-3887
ACiD DrAinAGe
Aquafix............................................. 304/329-1056
JRW Bioremediation LLC ................ 913/438-5544
ACtUAtors & sYsteMs
DESIGN • MANUFACTURING • INSTALLATION
AbrAsion-resistAnt MAteriAls
1 basalt
2 ceramic
3 coatings
4 hard-surfacing
5 rubber-urethane
6 stainless steel
7 steel
8 steel piping
A.W. Chesterton Co. ........................ 617/481-2378
Adalet-PLM ...................................... 216/267-9000
ABL Services, Inc. (4) ...................... 903/509-2256
American Utility Metals (6, 7, 8)....... 225/343-4219
Argonics,Inc. (5) .............................. 800/991-2746
Bailey-Parks Urethane..................... 800/238-7638
Beltservice Corp. ............................. 314/344-8500
CBP Engineering ..............................800/468-1180
C.U.E.,Inc. (5) .................................. 800/283-4621
Ceramic Technology Inc. (2, 8) ........ 276/964-6724
Chromium Corporation (3, 4) ........... 972/851-0487
Columbia Steel Casting Co. (7) ....... 800/547-9471
Corrosion Engineering (5) ............... 412/849-0363
Cronatron Welding Sys., Inc. (2, 3, 6, 7) ................
......................................................... 704/598-1225
DEVCON (3) .................................... 800/933-8266
Duraline LLC (2, 3) .......................... 412/429-0335
Elgin Equipment Group (5, 6, 7) ...... 630/434-7200
Ford Steel Co.(4, 7, 8) ..................... 800/325-4012
Garlock Sealing Technologies (4) .... 315/597-7129
GIW Industries Inc ............................706/863-1011
HardSteel, Inc. (4, 7) ....................... 205/343-9100
Hausner Hard-Chrome,Inc. (3, 4, 6, 7, 8) ...............
......................................................... 270/684-2279
Industrial Rubber Products .............. 218/263-8831
Innovative Conveyor Technology, LLC (5) ..............
......................................................... 502/957-1998
Jabo Supply Corp. (8)...................... 304/736-8333
JADCO,Inc. (4, 6, 7) ........................ 724/452-5252
Linatex ............................................. 615/230-2100
Lincoln Contracting & Equipment .... 814/444-3452
Logan Corp. (7) ............................... 304/343-8801
Longwall Services, Inc. .................... 724/228-9898
Ludowici-USA (2, 3, 5, 6, 7) ............. 304/855-7880
Master Bond,Inc. (3) ........................ 201/343-8983
Mechanical & Ceramic Solutions, Inc. ....................
412/429-8991
Naylor Pipe Co. (8) .......................... 773/721-9400
Partsmaster (2-7)............................. 800/336-0450
Richwood (2) ................................... 800/237-6951
S & S Urethane & Ceramics (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
......................................................... 800/237-6336
SSAB Hardox .................................. 412/269-3231
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4 section
5 temperature
American Mine Research ................ 276/928-1712
Carroll Technologies Group (3, 4, 5) 304/252-2381
Conspec Controls ............................ 412/489-8450
Delta Electric Inc. (1-5) .................... 304/752-4625
Electric Motor Service...................... 304/752-6070
Elgin Equipment Group (3) .............. 630/434-7200
Industrial Scientific Corp. ................. 412/788-4353
S & S Urethane & Ceramics ............ 800/237-6336
Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply (3) 724/864-8900
Logi-Tec,Inc. .................................... 724/337-0407
Longwall Services, Inc. (2, 3, 4, 5) .. 724/228-9898
Pyott-Boone Electronics .................. 540/988-5505
RM Wilson Co., Inc. ......................... 304/232-5860
River Consulting (1-5)...................... 614/890-3456
Superior Signals, Inc. (1) ................. 913/780-1440
Taylor Pump & Lift, Inc..................... 704/786-9400
United Central Industrial Supply .......276/466-0511
Wallace Diesel Mining Equipment (1)618/268-4446
AnAlYZers-MAteriAl
James Instruments Inc .................... 773-463-6565
Metso Minerals Industries Inc ......... 262-717-2500
Rigaku Americas Corp .................... 281-363-1033
AUGers-sUrFACe
ACtUAtors AnD sYsteMs
Ceramic Technology, Inc. .................276/964-6724
Innovative Conveyor Technology, LLC ...................
......................................................502/957-1998
Jabo Supply Corp. ............................304/736-8333
Kerry Co., The ..................................412/486-3388
Kraft Power Corp. .............................770/962-6288
Lincoln Contracting & Equipment .....814/444-3452
Logi-Tec,Inc. .....................................724/337-0407
MICO, Inc. ........................................800/477-6426
RM Wilson Co., Inc. ..........................304/232-5860
RACO International, L.P. ..................412/835-5744
Tapeswitch ........................................800/234-8273
United Central Industrial Supply ....... 276/466-0511
Air ConDitioninG-MininG eQUiPMent
Justice Glass & Supply Co.,Inc. ...... 800/624-3420
Pillar Innovations, LLC..................... 301/245-4007
Air ConDitioninG PArts & serViCe
Justice Glass & Supply Co.,Inc. ...... 800/624-3420
Air CoMPressors / ACCessories
Amstom Supply Inc.......................... 262/835-4700
EVAPAR, Inc.................................... 812/867-9900
Irwin Mine & Tunneling Supply ........ 724/864-8900
Jenny Products, Inc. ........................ 814/445-3400
Logan Corp. ..................................... 304/343-8801
McAllister Equipment ....................... 708/297-3523
AlArMs
1 back-up
2 bearing
3 safety
General Kinematics ......................... 815/455-3222
Hausner Hard-Chrome,Inc. ............ 270/684-2279
Jeffrey Machine, Inc. ....................... 205/841-8600
James A. Redding ........................... 814/445-9313
AUtoMAtion
1 bagging
2 bin level indicators
3 computers & terminals
4 controls & panels
5 plant
6 radio control devices
4B Components LTD (2, 4) ...............309/698-5611
AMI Crushers (2, 4, 5) ..................... 765/349-5319
ASI Instruments (4).......................... 713/461-4535
American Mine Research (AMR) (2) 540/928-1712
Bernhard, Inc. (2)............................. 610/444-1949
Besser (4) ........................................ 830/626-7500
CR Technology (5) ........................... 502/561-3459
Cattron Group Intl (6)....................... 724/962-3571
Command Alkon, Inc (6) .................. 205/879-6550
Engineered Software Products (6) .. 770/682-8259
Ensco (1) ......................................... 303/758-4465
Gemcom Software Intl (3)................ 604/684-6550
Hamer LLC (1) ................................. 763/231-0100
Jabo Supply Corp. ........................... 800/334-5226
MARCO North America ................... 304/733-0977
Metso Minerals Industries (4, 5) ...... 262/717-2500
Mine & Process Service (2) ............. 309/852-6529
Packaging Systems Intl. (1) ............. 303/296-4445
PEBCO ............................................ 270/442-1996
RM WIlson Co. Inc. (4) .................... 304/232-5860
Rel Tek Corp. ................................... 800/783-9228
Richwood (2) ................................... 800/237-6951
River Consulting .............................. 614/890-3456
Sandvik Mining & Construction (3, 4)920/734-7600
Stedman (5) ..................................... 812/926-0038
T & N Electric Motor Exchange ....... 800/513-7931
Tapeswitch ....................................... 800/234-8273
Trivaco (2) ....................................... 513/697-9890
United Central Industrial Supply (4)..276/466-0511
BACKHOES
Allmand Brothers, Inc. ..................... 800/562-1373
Liebherr Mining Equipment Co. ....... 757/245-5251
Whayne Supply Co .......................... 800/494-2963
BACKSTOPS
Marland Clutch ................................ 800/216-3515
Renold ............................................. 800/879-2529
BATTERIES / CHARGERS
Batteries & Chargers
for Mining Equipment
Bluefield, WV
1-800-443-9433
www.enersys.com
BATTERIES/CHARGERS
Cableform,Inc ...................................434/589-8224
Carroll Technologies Group ..............304/252-2381
Damascus Corp ................................276/676-2376
Electric Motor Service.......................304/752-6070
EnerSys ............................................800/443-9433
Fairmont Supply Co/Fairmont Rubber Products.....
......................................................800/245-9900
LaMarche.......................................... 847/299-1188
Logi-Tec,Inc. .....................................724/337-0407
Miller Electric Mfg. Co...................... 800-4-A-Miller
NL Technologies ...............................416/425-6559
Pillar Innovations, LLC......................301/245-4007
Saminco Inc. .....................................239/561-1561
Superior Signals, Inc ........................913/780-1440
Wallace Diesel Mining Equipment ....618/268-4446
BATTERIES-SHOTFIRING
Logi-Tec,Inc. .....................................724/337-0407
BATTERIES-STORAGE
NL Technologies ...............................416/425-6559
Saminco Inc. .....................................239/561-1561
Wallace Diesel Mining Equipment ....618/268-4446
BELT-ALIGNMENT DEVICES
Airmatic, Inc. .................................... 215/333-5600
AMI Crushers................................... 765/349-5319
Conveyor Components Co. ..............810/679-4211
FLEXCO .......................................... 630/971-0150
Martin Engineering .......................... 309/852-2384
Vibralign........................................... 800/394-3279
BELT CLEANERS-SKIRTING
Drive Stations / Installation Parts / Switches and
Trippers / Take-Ups / Vulcanizers / Belting
AMI Crushers................................... 765/349-5319
ASGCO Manufacturing, Inc. ............ 610/778-8943
Douglas Manufacturing.................... 205/884-1200
FLEXCO .......................................... 630/971-0150
Logan Corp ...................................... 304/343-8801
Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. ........ 262/717-2500
Precision Pulley & Idler.....................515/628-3115
RM Wilson Co., Inc. ......................... 304/232-5860
Richwood ......................................... 800/237-6951
United Central Industrial Supply .......276/466-0511
BELTING
Concrete Equipment, Inc. ................ 858/775-7800
Conviber, Inc.................................... 724/274-6300
Fenner Dunlop Americas ................. 404/297-3170
Tesco ............................................... 931/788-5698
BLADES
1 belt scraper
2 bulldozer & grader
ASGCO Manufacturing,Inc. (1)........ 610/778-8943
C.U.E. of West Virginia, LLC (1) ...... 304/877-6464
ESCO Corporation (2) ..................... 800/446-3726
FLEXCO (1) ..................................... 630/971-0150
Innovative Conveyor Technology, LLC (1) ..............
......................................................... 502/957-1998
Kennametal Inc (2) .......................... 724/539-5000
Logan Corp. (2) ............................... 304/343-8801
Metalcraft Mining Equipment Rebuilders,Inc. .........
......................................................... 304/872-2950
Rockland Manufacturing .................. 800/458-3773
S & S Urethane & Ceramics (1)....... 800/237-6336
United Central Industrial Supply (1)..276/466-0511
Whayne Supply Co (2) .................... 502/774-4441
BATTERY CHARGING EQUIPMENT
BREAKERS
1 coal, rotary
2 electrical
3 frozen coal
4 lump, mine
5 pick-type
6 preparation
Delta Electric Inc...............................304/752-4625
......................................................800/245-9900
Logi-Tec,Inc. .....................................724/337-0407
Atlas Copco Construction Tools, LLC800/760-4049
American Pulverizer Co. (3) ............ 314/781-6100
B & M Repair, Inc. (2) ...................... 304/752-1651
Ceramic Technology, Inc. (1, 4, 5, 6) 276/964-6724
Combs Group, Inc., The, CBJ (1) .... 423/869-4757
Logi-Tec,Inc. .....................................724/337-0407
Partsmaster ......................................800/336-0450
Saminco Inc ......................................239/561-1561
Elgin Equipment Group (1, 6) .......... 630/434-7200
FFE Minerals (3, 5) .......................... 610/264-6900
Gundlach Equipment Corp .............. 618/233-7208
Hausner Hard-Chrome,Inc. ............ 270/684-2279
Imperial Technologies (1, 2, 3, 4) .... 330/305-2100
Joy Mining Machine/Stamler ........... 859/484-3431
Line Power (2) ................................. 276/466-8200
McLanahan Corp. (1)....................... 814/695-9807
Metalcraft Mining Equipment Rebuilders,Inc. (5)....
......................................................... 304/872-2950
Minesafe Electronics (2) .................. 800/523-1579
Sandvik Mining & Construction........ 920/734-7600
BUCKET PRODUCTS
1 bases
2 bucket & dipper teeth
3 bucket teeth repointers
4 Inserts
5 liners
6 rigging
ABL Services, Inc. (6) ...................... 903/509-2256
Fairmont Supply Co ......................... 800/245-9900
Ford Steel Co. ................................. 800/325-4012
Hard Steel, Inc. (5) .......................... 205/343-9100
SRJ, Inc. .......................................... 630/351-0639
Whayne Supply Co .......................... 800/494-2963
BUCKETS
1 aerial-tramway
2 archless
3 backhoe
4 clamshell
5 dragline
6 dragline-arch
7 elevators
8 excavator
9 tractor & wheel loader
ABL Services, Inc. (5) ...................... 903/509-2256
Combs Group, Inc., The, CBJ (3, 8, 9) ...................
423/869-4757
ESCO Corporation........................... 800/446-3726
......................................................... 800/245-9900
Liebherr Mining Equipment Co.(3, 4)757/245-5251
Metalcraft Mining Equipment Rebuilders,Inc.(3, 5,
9) ............................................................................
......................................................... 304/872-2950
River Consulting (7) ......................... 614/890-3456
Rockland Manufacturing .................. 800/458-3773
Whayne Supply Co (3, 8, 9) ............ 502/774-4441
BULK STORAGE
1.Air Cannons
2.Bin Aeration Devices
3.Bin Vibrators
4.Bins, Hoppers and Silos
5.Bucket Elevators and Components
6.Discharge Devices
7.Feeders
8.Rotor Weighfeeders
9.Storage Cleaning Devices
Advantage Precision Products (7) ... 304/872-2448
Airmatic, Inc. (1) .............................. 215/333-5600
Apex Bulk Technologies (4) ............. 270/994-4329
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Borton LC (3, 4) ................................620/669-8211
Ceramic Technology, Inc. (3, 4, 7) ... 276/964-6724
Coalfield Services, Inc (4, 7)............ 276/228-3167
Cogar Manufacturing, Inc (7) ........... 304/252-4435
Elgin Equipment Group (7) .............. 630/434-7200
Eriez Magnetics (7).......................... 800/345-4946
FMC Technologies (3, 4, 7) ..............662/869-5711
Gundlach Equipment Corp (7) ......... 618/233-7208
Kanawha Mfg. Co. ........................... 304/342-6127
Kinergy Corp.................................... 502/366-5685
James A. Redding (7) ...................... 814/445-9313
Jeffrey Rader (7).............................. 864/476-7530
Logan Corp. (7) ............................... 800/340-8801
Ludowici-USA (7) ............................. 304/855-7880
Martin Engineering (1) ................... : 800/544-2947
Material Control Inc. (2) ................... 630/892-4274
Mine & Process Service (2) ............. 309/852-6529
RM Wilson Co Inc (3) ...................... 304/232-5860
River Consulting (3) ......................... 614/890-3456
San-Con Industries Inc. ................... 419/294-5609
Stedman (1) ..................................... 812/926-0038
......................................................800/245-9900
HSC Industrial ..................................304/252-1918
Intermountain Electronics .................435/820-2351
L-3 Communications.........................877/505-3092
Logi-Tec,Inc. .....................................724/337-0407
Longwall Services, Inc. ....................724/228-9898
MARCO North America ....................304/733-0977
Minecom .........................................613 9896 3000
Mine Radio Systems.........................905/640-1839
Mine Site Technologies.....................303/951-0570
MineSafe Electronics ........................270/333-5581
Pillar Innovations, LLC......................301/245-4007
Pyott-Boone Electronics ...................276/988-5505
SMC Electrical ..................................304/736-8933
Tunnel Radio of America ..................541/758-5637
United Central Industrial Supply ...... 276/466-0511
Dover Conveyor............................... 740/922-9390
Ensco............................................... 303/758-4465
Eriez Magnetics ............................... 814/835-6000
FMC Technologies/Material Handling Solutions
..........................................................662/869-5711
Goodman Conveyor Co ................... 864/338-7793
James A. Redding ........................... 814/445-9313
Packaging Systems Intl. .................. 303/296-4445
Pebco, Inc........................................ 270/442-1996
Pioneer Conveyor, LLC ................... 301/334-8186
Rock Systems, Inc. .......................... 916/921-9000
Southern Machinery Co. .................. 615/832-3365
Stedman .......................................... 812/926-0038
CONTRACTORS
COMMUNICATIONS
COAL PREPARATION DESIGN-ERECTION
Lincoln Contracting
& Equipment
SERVING OUR
Co. Inc.
CUSTOMERS FOR
OVER 30 YEARS
√ Turnkey Coal Preparation Plants
(Process, Design & Layout)
√ Bulk Material Handling Systems
√ Engineering Services
√ Fabrication
Phone: 800-229-5205 Fax: (814) 629-7127
www.lceci.com • [email protected]
COAL PREPARATION PLANT/DESIGN &
ERECTION/PREPARATION PLANTS
1 build/erection
2 construction
3 design
4 modular
Borton LC (1, 2) ................................ 620/669-8211
Ceramic Technology, Inc. (3, 4) ........276/964-6724
Coalfield Services, Inc. (1)................276/228-3167
Daniels Co., The (1-4) ......................304/327-8161
Electric Motor Repair & Sales...........276/669-9428
Farnham & Pfile (1, 2, 3) ..................724/653-1010
James A. Redding ............................814/445-9313
Norwest Corporation (3) ...................801/539-0044
PrepTech, Inc.(3) ..............................724/727-3439
River Consulting (3) ..........................614/890-3456
Steel Nation (1, 2, 3, 4).....................724/873-7533
Taggart Global (1, 2, 3, 4) .................724/754-9800
COMMUNICATIONS
American Mine Research (AMR) ......276/928-1712
Austdac.............................................888/254-9155
Becker Wholesale Mine Supply ........724/515-4993
Bradford Stuart Industries.................276/688-4921
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CONSULTING SERVICES / ENGINEERS
COMPUTER SERVICES-SOFTWARE/
HARDWARE/MINE PLANNING
Industrial Scientific Corp. ..................412/788-4353
L-3 Communications.........................877/505-3092
Logi-Tec,Inc. .....................................724/337-0407
River Consulting ...............................614/890-3456
SMC Electrical ..................................304/736-8933
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
......................................................605/394-1973
CONSULTING SERVICES / CONTRACTORSRECLAMATION
CRANE & RIGGING & MILLWRIGHT WORK
Coalfield Services,Inc. ......................276/228-3167
Cowin & Company, Inc. ................... 205/945-1300
Gannett Fleming ...............................727/763-7211
Lexington Mine Reclamation Services ...................
......................................................... 859/246-4220
Marston............................................ 314/984-8800
RMC Consultants, Inc...................... 303/980-4101
Ta Hart Resources ........................... 888/434-1245
Warner Construction, Inc. ................ 208/333-0189
CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
Abco Engineering Corp. .................. 319/283-5652
Aggregate Machinery, Inc. ............... 503/390-6284
Balzer Pacific Equipent Co. ............. 503/232-5141
Carrier Vibrating Equipment ............ 502/969-3171
Coalfield Services, Inc. .................... 276/228-3167
Crisp Industries, Inc. ........................ 940/603-4070
CRANES-MOBILE, TRUCK & CRAWLER
Beitzel Corporation ...........................301/245-4107
Coalfield Services, Inc. .....................276/228-3167
Taylor Pump & Lift, Inc......................704/786-9400
CRANES-SHOP & PLANT
Steel Nation ......................................724/873-7533
CRAWLER CHAIN
Cincinnati Mine Machinery Co. .........513/728-4040
Joy Mining Machinery .......................724/779-4500
Columbia Steel Casting Co. .............800/547-9471
CRAWLER PADS-SHOES
Cincinnati Mine Machinery Co. .........513/728-4040
Columbia Steel Casting Co. .............800/547-9471
CRUSHER REPLACEMENT PARTS
American Pulverizer .........................314/781-6100
Astralloy Wear Technology ...............205/853-0300
Columbia Steel Casting ....................800/547-9471
Ford Steel Co. ..................................800/325-4012
Gundlach Equipment Corp ...............618/233-7208
Hard Steel, Inc. .................................205/343-9100
Jadco Mfg. Co. .................................724/452-5252
Jeffrey Rader ....................................864/476-7530
Joy Mining Machine/Stamler ............859/484-3431
McLanahan Corp. .............................814/695-9807
RTM ..................................................423/245-7786
Rish Equipment Co...........................304/327-5124
Screen Technology Group Inc ..........360/835-8936
Stedman Machine Co .......................812/926-0038
Svedala Industries Inc ......................414/798-6200
Universal Eng. Corp .........................319/365-0441
XTEK Inc ..........................................513/733-7800
CRUSHERS
1.Cage Mills
2.Cone Crushers
3.Gyratory Crushers
4.Hammermills
5.Impactors-Horizontal Shaft
6.Impactors-Vertical Shaft
7.Jaw Crushers
8.Parts and Accessories
9.Pulverizers
10.Repair/Rebuild Services
11.Roll Crushers
12.Wear Parts
A.M. King (1).................................... 800/334-6699
American Pulverizer (1-12) .............. 314/781-6100
Bedeschi America, Inc. .................... 954/602-2175
Ceramic Technology, Inc. ................ 276/964-6724
FLSmidth (4) .................................... 801/871-7000
Ford Steel Co .................................. 800/325-4012
General Kinamatics (4) .................... 815/455-3222
Gundlach Equipment Corp. ............. 618/233-7208
Jeffrey Rader ................................... 864/476-7530
Penn Crusher (1) ............................. 610/544-7200
R.M. Wilson Co., Inc. ....................... 304/232-5860
Sandvik Mining & Construction (1) .. 920/734-7600
Schutte Buffalo (4) ........................... 716/855-1555
Stedman (1, 4, 8) ............................. 800/262-5401
Parker Hannifin Corp. ...................... 216/896-3000
RACO International, LP ................... 412/835-5744
Whayne Supply Co .......................... 502/774-4441
CYLINDERS
Dust Control Technology ................. 309/693-8600
Dustex Corp..................................... 770/429-5575
GE Energy ....................................... 816/356-8400
GeoSonics ....................................... 724/934-2900
Midwest Industrial Supply ................ 330/456-3121
Pebco, Inc........................................ 270/442-1996
Phoenix Process Equipment ........... 636/441-9708
Vibra-Tech Engineers ..................... `314/837-7182
DUST CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
EROSION CONTROL BLANKETS / MATTING
DOZERS - WHEEL
Case Construction Equipment ......... 262/636-6044
Komatsu America Corp.................... 847/437-4019
LeTourneau Inc. ............................... 903/237-7156
DRAGLINES
1 crawler mounted
2 operating controls
3 replacement parts
4 rubber-tired
5 walking
ABL Services, Inc. (3) ...................... 903/509-2256
Bucyrus............................................ 414/768-4000
Columbia Steel Casting ................... 800/547-9471
Hausner Hard-Chrome,Inc. (3) ........ 270/684-2279
P & H Mining Equipment ................. 414/670-4400
R. Bunch Machinery .........................317/508-2118
DRAGLINE RIGGING, CHAIN, TEETH AND
BUCKET COMPONENTS
A.M. Leornard .................................. 800/543-8955
Arkansas Valley Seed...................... 877/957-3337
Enviroscape ..................................... 419/594-3210
Seedmasters, Inc............................. 719/302-4724
Shooting Star Native Seeds ............ 507/498-3944
TENSAR .......................................... 800/772-2040
US Construction Fabrics, Inc. .......... 603/893-5480
Wind River Seed.............................. 800/967-1798
EXCAVATORS-BACKHOE
Caterpillar, Inc.................................. 309/675-8995
Coleman Equipment Inc. ................. 913/422-3040
Construction machinery Co. ............ 270/683-2000
Hitachi Construction & Mining Products .................
866/973-0394
Hoss Equipment .............................. 972/257-1244
Liebherr Mining Equipment Co. ....... 757/245-5251
McAllister Used Equipment ............. 800/323-8761
Whayne Supply Co .......................... 800/494-2963
EXCAVATORS-BUCKET WHEEL
Northern Process Systems .............. 810/714-5200
Siemens........................................... 800/241-4453
EXCAVATORS -HYDRAULIC
DREDGES
Caterpillar Inc. ................................. 309/675-8995
Hitachi Construction ........................ 866/973-0394
Hoss Equipment .............................. 972/257-1244
Liebherr Mining Equipment.............. 757/245-5251
Whayne Supply Co .......................... 800/494-2963
Liquid Waste Technology ................. 715/247-5464
EXCAVATORS-ROPE
DREDGING EQUIPMENT / DREDGE PUMPS
Sennebogen, LLC............................ 704/347-4910
EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING SUPPLIES
McAllister Used Equipment (1) ........ 800/323-8761
Sandvik Mining & Construction (1-6) 920/734-7600
Burch Material & Supplies ............... 610/640-4877
Davidson-Swett Pumps & Supplies, Inc. ................
225/567-5564
Dredge Technology Corp. ................ 615/696-1559
Ellicott Dredges ............................... 410/545-0232
Godwin Pumps ................................ 856/467-3636
Line Power....................................... 276/466-8200
Liquid Waste Technology ................. 715/247-5464
Northern Process Systems, Inc. ...... 810/714-5200
Service Pump & Supply, Inc. ........... 304/429-6731
Twinkle Co. ...................................... 319/627-6655
CYLINDERS
DRILL RIGS AND ROCK DRILLS
Eaton Hydraulics ............................. 952/937-9800
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. . 877/554-8600
CRUSHERS / DEMOLITION TOOLS
1 hydraulic hammers
2 cutter-crusher
3 pulverizers
4 boom systems
5 accessories
6 tools and spare parts
Caterpillar ........................................ 309/675-1000
Columbia Steel ................................ 800/547-9471
HMC, Inc.......................................... 866/990-9462
1 bag filling equipment
2 blast initiation products
3 blast-control plugs
4 blasthole liners
5 blasting agents-anfo and blends
6 blasting machines
7 explosives-dynamites
8 explosives-emulsions and blends
9 explosives-water gels and slurries
10 packaging machinery
11 palletizers
12 roof bolts
13 scaling equipment
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14 seismometers
15 software-blasting & inventory management
16 surveying equipment- borehole deviation
17 surveying equipment-face profiling
18 vibration monitors
American-Newlong Inc. (11) ............ 317/787-9421
Austin Powder (2, 3, 4, 7) ................ 216/464-2400
Davey Bickford USA Inc. (2, 6) ........ 801/562-3045
Dyno Nobel (2, 7) ............................ 800/732-7534
Instantel (14).................................... 613/592-4642
GeoSonics (14)................................ 724/934-2900
Orica USA (2, 7) .............................. 303/268-5205
Houston Vibrator (1) ........................ 713/939-0404
MTI Group LLC (3, 4) ...................... 303/990-2574
Nomis Seismographs (14, 18) ......... 205/592-2488
Packaging Systems Intl. (1, 11) ....... 303/296-4445
Vibra-Tech Engineers, Inc. (14) ....... 314/837-7182
FABRICATION
Camber Corp. ...................................724/933-6040
......................................................502/957-1998
Jabo Supply Corp. ............................304/736-8333
JADCO,Inc........................................724/452-5252
Lee Supply Co. .................................800/353-3747
Logan Corp. ......................................304/343-8801
Longwall Associates,Inc. ..................276/646-2004
Metalcraft Mining Equipment Rebuilders,Inc. ........
......................................................304/872-2950
Petitto Mine Equipment,Inc...............304/292-3936
Philippi-Hagenbuch,Inc.....................309/697-9200
S & S Urethane & Ceramics .............800/237-6336
Talladega Castings & Machine .........800/766-6708
Wear-Concepts,Inc. ..........................816/587-1923
FABRICATORS
1 bin
2 steel & structure
3 tanks & hoppers
ABL Services, Inc. (2) .......................903/509-2256
Advantage Precision Products (2) ....304/872-2448
Apex Bulk Technologies (1, 2, 3) ......270/994-4329
Beitzel Corporation ...........................301/245-4107
CBP Engineering (1, 3)..................... 800/468-1180
Camber Corp. (2)..............................724/933-6040
Ceramic Technology, Inc. (1, 2, 3) ....276/964-6724
Coalfield Services, Inc. (1, 2, 3)........276/228-3167
Combs Group, Inc., The, CBJ (1, 2, 3) ...................
......................................................423/869-4757
Ford Steel Co.(1, 3) ..........................800/325-4012
Industrial Resources, Inc. (2)............304/363-4100
Innovative Conveyor Technology......502/957-1998
Intermountain Electronics (2)............435/820-2351
Jennmar Corp. ..................................412/963-9071
Lee Supply Co. .................................800/353-3747
Logan Corp.(2) .................................800/340-8801
Ludowici-USA (1, 2, 3) .....................304/855-7880
Metalcraft Mining Equipment Rebuilders,Inc. (1, 2,
3) ...................................................304/872-2950
McLanahan Corp. .............................814/695-9807
Peters Equipment .............................276/322-5451
S & S Urethane & Ceramics (1, 2, 3) 800/237-6336
Steel Nation (2).................................724/873-7533
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Wallace Diesel Mining Equipment (2,3)..................
......................................................618/268-4446
GRADERS
FILTERS
1 air-line
2 centrifugal
3 disc
4 drum
5 engine & compressor intake
6 filter presses
7 fuel & lube oils
8 horizontal
9 hydraulic fluids
10 pressure
11 vacuum
12 vacuum belt
13 water
GROuND SuPPORT
Elgin Equipment Group (2) ...............630/434-7200
Fluid Power Solutions .......................604/777-8954
Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply (6, 9, 10, 11, 13)
......................................................724/864-8900
J.K. Hydraulics (9) ............................888/552-6251
Jabo Supply Corp. (1).......................304/736-8333
Logan Corp. (1, 11)...........................800/340-8801
Peterson Filters Corp. (3, 4, 10, 11) .801/487-7761
Pillar Innovations, LLC (5) ................301/245-4007
Service Pump & Supply, Inc. (13) .....304/429-6731
Wallace Diesel Mining Equipment (1, 5, 7, 9, 11) ...
......................................................618/268-4446
WesTech Engineering, Inc. (3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12)
........................................................801/265-1000
Whayne Supply Co (5, 7) .................502/774-4441
Wooster Hydrostatics .......................330/263-6555
FITTINGS
1 aluminum cable
2 chain
3 feeder
4 grease
5 lubricants
6 lubricating fittings
7 tube
8 wire-rope
Whayne Supply Co ...........................502/774-4441
GROuND CONTROL SOLuTIONS / SuPPORT
DSI Underground Systems, Inc. .......801/973-7169
hAMMERS
1 air
2 electric
3 hydraulic
Atlas Copco Construction Tools LLC (3).................
......................................................800/760-4049
Chicago Pneumatic Construction Tools (1) ............
......................................................413/746-0020
Fairmont Supply Co ..........................800/245-9900
Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply (1, 3) .................
......................................................724/864-8900
Sandvik Mining & Construction (3) .. 920/734-7600
Whayne Supply Co (3) .....................502/774-4441
hAuLAGE EQuIPMENT
hOISTING SYSTEMS
......................................................800/245-9900
JABO Supply Corp. ......................... 304/736-8333
Lee Supply Co. .................................800/353-3747
Logan Corp. (4, 5) ............................304/343-8801
Partsmaster ......................................800/336-0450
Wire Rope Corp. of America (8) .......816/233-0287
Victaulic ............................................276/614-5718
FOREST MAChINES
Whayne Supply Co. ......................... 800/494-2963
GEARS & CLuTChES
Formsprag Clutch ............................ 800/927-3262
Marland Clutch ................................ 800/216-3515
Renold ............................................. 800/879-2529
Carroll Engineering ...........................606/573-1000
FKC-Lake Shore ...............................877/554-8600
Harrington Hoists and Cranes ..........800/233-3010
T & N Electric Motor Exchange ........800/513-7931
hOISTING EQuIPMENT
FKC-Lakeshore ................................812/426-2741
Siemag,Inc........................................414/2725-728
hOISTS
Dover Conveyor,Inc. .........................740/922-9390
FKC-Lake Shore ...............................877/554-8600
......................................................800/245-9900
Logi-Tec,Inc. .....................................724/337-0407
Siemag,Inc........................................414/272-5728
IDLERS AND PULLEYS
ASGCO Manufacturing,Inc. ..............610/778-8943
Douglas Manufacturing.....................205/884-1200
Fairmont Supply Co. .........................800/245-9900
Innovative Conveyor Technology, LLC
........................................................502/957-1998
Precismeca Limited ..........................800/661-4065
West River Conveyors & Machinery Co. ................
......................................................276/259-5353
IMPACT BARS/BEDS/BED PROTECTION
Argonics,Inc. .....................................800/991-2746
C.U.E. of West Virginia, LLC ............304/877-6464
Corrosion Engineering ......................412/849-0363
Douglas Manufacturing.....................800/884-0064
......................................................502/957-1998
JADCO,Inc........................................724/452-5252
......................................................276/259-5353
LABORATORIES
1 analytical
2 coal analysis
3 environmental
4 rock mechanics
Agapito Associates, Inc.(4) ...............970/242-4220
Bowser-Morner (1)............................859/233-0250
Cronatron Welding Systems, Inc (1).704/598-1225
Polaris Laboratories (1) ....................877/808-3750
Roberts & Schaefer ..........................312/236-2872
......................................................605/394-1973
LeTourneau Inc. ............................... 903/237-7156
McAllister Used Equipment ............. 800/323-8761
Whayne Supply Co .......................... 800/494-2963
LUBRICANTS
Chevron Global Lubricants ...............800/533-6571
ConocoPhillips, Inc. ............................800/255-955
International Lubricants,Inc. .............800/333-5823
Logan Corp. ......................................800/340-8801
Midwest Industrial Supply Inc ...........330/456-3121
Petronomics Ind. Products Group,Inc.....................
......................................................620/663-8567
Petron Plus Intl.,Inc. .........................620/663-8338
Whayne Supply Co ...........................502/774-4441
LUBRICATING SYSTEMS
......................................................800/245-9900
Farval Lubrication Systems ..............800/227-1063
Logan Corp. ......................................304/343-8801
620/663-8567
Polaris Laboratories, LLC .................317/808-3750
LUBRICATORS
......................................................620/663-8567
MATERIAL HANDLING
Lincoln Contracting
& Equipment
SERVING OUR
Co. Inc.
CUSTOMERS FOR
OVER 30 YEARS
LABORATORY EqUIPMENT
Kanawha Scales & Systems.............800/955-8321
Peterson Filters Corp........................801/487-7761
Romquest Technologies ...................888/742-9068
LABORATORY TESTING
Polaris Laboratories, LLC .................317/808-3750
√ Turnkey Coal Preparation Plants
(Process, Design & Layout)
√ Bulk Material Handling Systems
√ Engineering Services
√ Fabrication
Phone: 800-229-5205 Fax: (814) 629-7127
www.lceci.com • [email protected]
LOADERS-SKID STEER
MATERIAL HANDLING
Coleman Equipment ........................ 913/422-3040
Pewag Chain Inc. ............................ 630/323-4342
Whayne Supply Co .......................... 800/494-2963
ASGCO Manufacturing, Inc. ....................... 800/344-4000
Borton LC ................................................... 620/669-8211
Coalfield Services, Inc. .............................. 276/228-3167
FMC Technologies .......................................662/869-5711
Fairmont Supply Co. ................................... 800/245-9900
Farnham & Pfile Construction..................... 724/929-3151
FLEXCO ..................................................... 630/971-0150
Innovative Processing Solutions, LLC ........ 877/926-0040
Kinergy Corp............................................... 502/366-5685
Lincoln Contracting & Equipment Co.......... 800/229-5205
Metalcraft Mining Equipment Rebuilders, Inc. .................
................................................................ 304/872-2950
Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc.............................. 309/697-9200
Industrial Resources, Inc. ........................... 304/363-4100
Ohio Magnetics, Inc .................................... 800/486-6446
LOADERS-WHEEL
Construction Machinery Inc. ............ 270/683-2000
Honnen Equipment .......................... 303/287-7506
Hoss Equipment Co......................... 972/257-1244
R.M. Wilson Co., Inc ................................... 304/232-5860
Robertson Process & Electrical .................. 304/755-6912
SAS Global Corp. ....................................... 248/414-4470
S & S Urethene........................................... 800/237-6336
Sandvik Mining and Construction ............... 800/826-2900
United Central Industrial Supply Co ............276/466-0511
MATERIAL HANDLERS
Coalfield Services ............................ 276/228-3167
Sennebogen, LLC............................ 704/347-4910
Stedman .......................................... 800/262-5401
Whayne Supply Co .......................... 800/494-2963
MOTORS
Mohler Technology
800-258-5258 Fax: 812-897-2686
www.mohler.com
Longwall Motors
New Electric Motors
Motor Rewinding & Repair
Vibration Analysis Services
One Stop for all
Your Electric
Motor Needs...
MOTORS
Davis Electric Co.,Inc .......................304/363-8730
Electro-Mec ......................................800/537-0097
Linde Hydraulics Corp. .....................330/533-6801
Logi-Tec,Inc ......................................724/337-0407
Longwall Services, Inc. .....................724/228-9898
Mohler Technology,Inc. .....................800/258-5258
Ohio Electric Motors,Inc. ..................828/626-2901
Peerless Electric ...............................800/676-3651
Powertec Industrial Motors,Inc .........803/328-1888
Rulmeca Corp...................................910/794-9294
Saminco,Inc ......................................239/561-1561
Service Pump & Supply, Inc .............304/429-6731
......................................................276/259-5353
OIL ANALYSIS
Polaris Laboratories..........................877/808-3750
continue
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PAINTINGS / COATINGS
PAINTING/COATINGS
Fairmont Supply Co. .........................800/245-9900
Gardner Paint Services ....................423/928-8351
PAINTING / SANDBLASTING
Beam Blasting ..................................800/345-3964
PIPE-CERAMIC LINED
• Reduce downtime
800-468-1180
PIPE
1 abrasion resistant
2 aluminum
3 aluminum-plastic
4 aluminum, steam traced
5 asbestos-cement
6 basalt lined
7 bronze, copper, red brass
8 cast-iron, wroughtIron
9 ceramic lined
10 concrete
11 corrosion resistant
12 corrugated
13 drive & driving winches
14 glass fiber reinforcement
15 lined
16 patch
17 plastic
18 polyethylene
19 polyurethane
20 rubber
21 rubber-lined
22 seamless
23 spiral-welded
24 stainless steel
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25 steel, steel-welded
26 steel, plastic-coated
27 wood, wood-stave
American Utility Metals (1, 11, 24) ....225/343-4219
CBP Engineering (1, 6, 9, 15, 22, 23, 24, 26).........
........................................................ 800/468-1180
Camber Corp. (10, 12)......................724/933-6040
Ceramic Technology, Inc. (1, 6, 9, 15, 20, 23)
........................................................276/964-6724
CeramX Products (9) ........................877/465-6155
Certainteed Pipe & Plastics Group (11, 16) ............
........................................................866/284-7473
Chromium Corporation (1) ................972/851-0487
CWS, Inc. (1, 9) ................................412/999-0565
Duraline LLC (1, 9, 10, 11, 15) .........412/429-0335
......................................................800/245-9900
GSE Lining Technology, Inc. (15) .....888/473-2741
HardSteel, Inc. (1) ............................205/343-9100
Hausner Hard-Chrome,Inc. (1, 11) ...270/713-8224
ISCO Industries, LLC (12, 18) ..........919/270-8340
Jabo Supply Corp. (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
......................................................800/334-5226
Jennmar Corp. (12) ..........................412/963-9071
Lee Supply Co. (2, 16, 18, 19, 22, 26)....................
......................................................800/353-3747
Logan Corp. (3, 12, 17, 19) ..............304/343-8801
Ludowici-USA (15) ............................304/855-7880
Metalcraft Mining Equipment Rebuilders,Inc. (26)..
......................................................304/872-2950
Naylor Pipe Co. (1, 6, 9, 21, 23, 26) .773/721-9400
S & S Urethane & Ceramics (1, 6, 9, 11, 15, 16,
18, 19, 20, 21, 24) .........................800/237-6336
Service Pump & Supply, Inc. (16) .....304/429-6731
United Central Industrial Supply (2, 3, 12, 17, 18,
21, 22, 23, 25) ............................... 276/466-0511
PIPE ACCESSORIES/FITTINGS
1 couplings
2 couplings, flexible
3 couplings, grooved
4 fittings, brass & bronze
5 fittings, ceramic-lined
6 fittings, flanges-fabrication, welding
7 fittings, forged steel
8 fittings, malleable-iron
9 fittings, plastic
10 fittings, polyurethane-lined
11 fittings, polyvinyl chloride
12 fittings, rubber
13 fittings, rubber-lined
14 fittings, stainless steel
15 flanges, forged, stainless, alloy
16 groovers
17 hangers
18 pipeInstallation
19 repair, sleeves
20 valves
CWS, Inc. (5) ....................................412/999-0565
Jabo Supply Corp. (1-20) .................800/334-5226
Lee Supply Co.(1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17) ...............
......................................................800/353-3747
Logan Corp. (1) ................................304/343-8801
ISCO Industries, LLC (1, 2, 7, 19, 20) ....................
919/270-8340
Naylor Pipe Co. (1,3, 7) ....................773/721-9400
Partsmaster (4, 6) .............................800/336-0450
Pillar Innovations, LLC (3, 16) ..........301/245-4007
Service Pump & Supply, Inc. (1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 16, 20)
......................................................304/429-6731
PIPE FABRICATION/INSTALLATION
ISCO Industries, LLC........................919/270-8340
Jabo Supply Corp. ............................304/736-8333
Lee Supply Co. .................................800/353-3747
Naylor Pipe Co. ................................773/721-9400
PORTABLE PLANTS
1 concrete and asphalt recycling
2 crushing, screening and sand-processing plants
3 lifting jacks
4 portable plants-track
5 portable plants-wheel
CBMW/Continental Mfg. Co., Inc. ... 713/947-2600
Crisp Industries................................ 940/683-4070
Dews Foundry Co., Inc. ................... 601/582-4427
Eagle Crusher Company, Inc......... 800/25-EAGLE
Exel Machinery, LTD ....................... 800/858-4002
Fraser Mining & Industrial Supply Co., Inc. ............
......................................................... 817/477-2900
G.W. Van Keppel Co........................ 817/996-6333
Gamble Equipment Co., Inc. .......... 210/648-4488
McCourt & Sons Equipment, Inc. ... 979/242-5298
MPS Machinery Co., Inc. ................. 469/586-2900
Plant Fabricators, Inc. ..................... 830/393-3064
Recycled Aggregates, Inc. .............. 940/683-4154
PULLEY LAGGING
FLEXCO ...........................................630/971-0150
......................................................502/957-1998
R.M. Wilson Co.,Inc ..........................304/232-5860
Richwood .........................................800/237-6951
......................................................276/259-5353
Boone Supply (17) ............................ 888/440-2811
CAB (17) .......................................... 814/472-5077
Camber Corp.(6)...............................724/933-6040
CBP Engineering (5)......................... 800/468-1180
Ceramic Technology, Inc. (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14,
15, 17, 18) .......................................276/964-6724
Certainteed Pipe & Plastics Group (3, 9, 11) ..........
........................................................866/284-7473
PULLEYS
1 cast-iron
2 conveyor
3 motorized
4 rubber-covered
5 self-cleaning
6 semi-steel
7 steel
ASGCO Manufacturing,Inc. (2)..............610/778-8943
Emerson Power Transmission (1) .........859/342-7900
Douglas Manufacturing (2, 5) ................800/884-0064
Fairmont Supply Co/Fairmont Rubber Products..........
...........................................................800/245-9900
Innovative Conveyor Technology, LLC (1-7)................
...........................................................502/957-1998
Lincoln Contracting & Equipment ..........814/444-3452
Precismeca Limited (2, 3, 4, 7) ..............800/661-4065
R.M. Wilson Co.,Inc (2) .........................304/232-5860
Rulmeca Corporation (2, 3, 4, 7) ...........910/794-9294
United Central Industrial Supply (2, 5)...276/466-0511
West River Conveyors & Machinery Co. .....................
...........................................................276/259-5353
PUMPS
1 air
2 booster design
3 centrifugal
4 centrifugal horizontal
5 corrosion-resistant
6 diaphragm
7 drum
8 explosion-proof
9 froth-handling
10 fuel injection
11 gear
12 high pressure
13 metering
14 piston & plunger
15 powerHydraulic
16 pressure-testing
17 priming
18 replacement parts
19 sand & abrasive handling
20 slurry, solids-handling
21 submersible
22 sump
23 transfer
24 trash & sludge
25 vacuum
26 vertical centrifugal & turbine
B & M Repair, Inc. (1,2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 14, 18, 20, 21,
22, 26) .............................................304/752-1651
BJM Pumps (19, 20, 21) ...................860/399-5937
Ceramic Technology, Inc. (23) ..........276/964-6724
Cincinnati Mine Machinery Co.(2) ....800/543-4607
Electric Motor Repair & Sales (5, 12, 19, 20, 21,
22, 23, 24) .....................................276/669-9428
Elgin Equipment Group (20, 25) .......630/434-7200
EVAPAR, Inc (24, 25) .......................812/867-9900
......................................................800/245-9900
Farval Lubrication Systems (1) .........800/227-1063
GIW Industries (20) .......................... 706/863-1011
Godwin Pumps (3, 17, 21) ................304/984-0200
Gorman Rupp (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 17, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24) ........................................... 419/755-1011
Grindex (21)............................................................
Hausner Hard-Chrome,Inc. (18) .......270/713-8224
Hydraserve,Inc. (20, 21) ...................812/421-2486
Industrial Service and Electronics, Inc (2, 3, 4, 12,
13) ...................................................270/830-0074
Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply (24) ....................
......................................................724/864-8900
ISCO Industries, LLC (21) ................919/270-8340
ITT Water & Wastewater USA (8, 19, 20, 21, 22,
24) .......................................................................
......................................................203/380-4700
Lee Supply Co.(3, 6, 20, 21, 26).......800/353-3747
Logan Corp. (6, 12, 17, 21, 24, 25) ..304/343-8801
Methane Buster-KSD Enterprises, LLC (25) ..........
......................................................304/624-7452
Minova (1, 3).....................................800/520-6621
SRS Crisafulli,Inc (20, 24) ................800/442-7867
Schurco Slurry (2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25,
26) .................................................904/353-8075
Service Pump & Supply, Inc. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
......................................................304/429-6731
Subaru Industrial Power Products (21)...................
......................................................847/540-7300
T & N Electric Motor Exchange (3, 4, 12, 13, 18,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26) ...................800/513-7931
T and T Pump ...................................304/366-1300
Taylor Pump & Lift, Inc. (1, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18,
23) .................................................704/786-9400
Wallace Diesel Mining Equipment (1, 6, 10, 23).....
......................................................618/268-4446
Weir Minerals North America (20, 21) ....................
......................................................608/221-2261
WILD EMU USA LLC ........................866/476-0323
RAIL ACCESSORIES
1 benders
2 bolts
3 bond terminals
4 bonds
5 braces
6 clamps
7 contact devices
8 derailers
9 dollies
10 drills
11 frogs
12 levelers, spot boards
13 punches
14 signal systems, manual, automatic
15 spike drivers
16 spikes
17 splice bars, plates
18 switch-positionIndicators
19 switchthrowers
20 switchthrowers automatics
21 tie plates & rail anchors
22 ties, treated
23 ties, steel
24 trackwork
25 turnouts, switches, stands
26 welding materials
27 guard rails
28 transition rails
29 thermal rail-welding kits
30 track switchHeaters
31 track cleaners
32 underground ballaster
Appalachian Timber Services (22)....304/765-7393
Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply (19, 20)
......................................................724/864-8900
Minova (23).......................................800/520-6621
Railworks ..........................................866/905-7245
RAIL/TRACK
Appalachian Timber Services ...........304/765-7393
Atlas Railroad Construction Co. .......724/350-5171
Security Locknut, Inc (2, 11) .............847/970-4050
Railworks ..........................................866/905-7245
Steel Nation ......................................724/873-7533
2 cable-reel
3 diesel
4 diesel-electric
5 monorail
6 trolley
A.L. Lee Corp (1, 3) ..........................304/934-5361
Brookville Equipment Corp. (1, 3, 6) 814/849-2000
Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply (1, 3, 6) .............
......................................................724/864-8900
Mountain States Contracting ............623/842-0743
RAILROAD SERVICES
Mountain States Contracting ............623/842-0743
Railworks ..........................................866/905-7245
Tunnel Radio of America ..................541/758-5637
RECLAMATION / LAND MANAGEMENT
Bedeschi America, Inc. .....................954/602-2175
......................................................605/394-1973
SAFETY SIGNS
1 banners
2 markers
3 signs
4 specialty items
Austdac (4) .......................................888/254-9155
CAB (1, 3, 4) .....................................812/472-5077
Safety Whips ....................................602/424-2500
United Central Industrial Supply (2, 3, 4)
...................................................... 276/466-0511
AUTOMATED
SAMPLING SYSTEMS
SAMPLING
SYSTEMS-AUTOMATED
• Tertiary samplers
and three• Belt feeders
stage sampling
• Sample crushing
systems
• Final sample
• Auger sampling
collectors
systems
• Electrical controls
• Primary and
• And more!
secondary
814-445-9313
samplers
Fax: 814-445-1320
• Two
SAMPLING EQUIPMENT
recision
amplers
nc.
THE SOURCE FOR YOUR
MECHANICAL SAMPLING
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Phone: 304-744-5534
Email: [email protected]
RAILROAD CARS/LOCOMOTIVES
1 battery
55
SAMPLING EQUIPMENT
James A. Redding ............................814/445-9313
Jeffrey Specialty Equipment .............864/476-7530
Precision Samplers, Inc. ...................304/744-5534
RTM ..................................................423/245-7786
SAMPLING SYSTEMS
1 automated
2 mechanical
James A. Redding Co (1) .................814/445-9313
JBL Company ...................................865/522-8686
Jeffrey Rader ....................................864/476-7530
McLanahan Corp. (1)........................814/695-9807
RTM (1,2) ........................................ 423/245-7786
SCALE-TRUCKS
Cardinal Scale Mfg. Co.................... 417/673-4631
Fairbanks Scales ............................. 816/471-0231
James Instruments, Inc. .................. 773/463-6565
Rice Lake Weighing Systems .......... 715/234-9171
SCALE & EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE/
SYSTEMS
Cardinal Scale Mfg. Co.....................800/441-4237
Phoenix Scale Technologies.............865/522-8686
Shamrock Scale Co. .........................865/522-8686
SCALE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Cardinal Scale Mfg. Co.....................800/441-4237
SCALES, WEIGHT RECORDERS
1 belt
2 computerized
3 highway vehicle
4 loader
5 mine car weighing
6 rr car weighing
7 truck
8 weight recorders
ASGCO Manufacturing,Inc. (1).........610/778-8943
APEX Bulk Technologies, Inc (6, 7) ..270/395-4121
Brechbuhler Scales, Inc....................330/453-2424
Cardinal Scale Mfg. Co. (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
........................................................800/441-4237
Carroll Technologies Group (1, 3).....304/252-2381
Kanawha Scales & Systems (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) .
........................................................800/955-8321
Phoenix Scale Technologies.............865/522-8686
Ronan Engineering (1) .....................859/342-8500
Shamrock Scale Co. .........................865/522-8686
Thurman Scale .................................800/688-9741
SCREEN-MEDIA
AMI Crushers................................... 765/349-5319
Derrick Corp. ................................... 716/683-9010
Durex Products, Inc. .........................715/472-2111
Extec USA Inc.................................. 610/521-1448
Kemper Equipment .......................... 610/273-2066
Major Wire Industries, LTD .............. 450/659-7681
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Metso Minerals ................................ 412/269-5000
Ohio Wire Cloth ............................... 937/836-3201
Polydeck Screen Corp. .................... 864/579-4594
Quality Product Sales ...................... 717/285-7772
Richwood ......................................... 304/525-5436
Tandem Products, Inc. ......................612/721-2911
APEX Bulk Technologies, Inc ...........270/395-4121
Borton LC ........................................ 620/669-8211
Steel Nation ......................................724/873-7533
SCREEN-MEDIA
STORAGE & RECLAIMING SYSTEMS
STORAGE & LOADING FACILITIES-UNIT TRAIN
APEX Bulk Technologies, Inc ...........270/395-4121
Bedeschi America, Inc. .....................954/602-2175
Borton LC ........................................ 620/669-8211
Camber Corp. ...................................724/933-6040
Cowin & Co., Inc. ..............................205/945-1300
FFE Minerals ....................................610/264-6900
Roberts & Schaefer Co.....................312/236-2872
Rulmeca Corp...................................910/794-9294
Steel Nation ......................................724/873-7533
The industry leader
in modular synthetic
screen media solutions.
1790 Dewberry Rd., Spartanburg, SC 29307
Tel: 1-864-579-4594 Fax: 1-864-579-4173
www.polydeckscreen.com
STRUCTURAL STEEL
SCREENS-DEWATERING
Balzer Pacific Equipment Co. .......... 503/232-5141
Carrier Vibrating Equipment, Inc. .... 502/969-3171
Classification and Flotation Systems, Inc. ..............
......................................................... 810/714-5200
Derrick Corp. ................................... 716/683-9010
Kinergy Corp.................................... 502/366-5685
McLanahan Corp. ............................ 814/695-9807
PHOENIX Process Equipment Co... 502/499-6198
SCREENS-VIBRATING / WASH
Abco Engineering Corp. .................. 319/283-5652
AMI Crushers................................... 765/349-5319
Carrier Vibrating Equip .................... 502/969-3171
Deister Machine Co. ........................ 260/426-7495
Derrick Corp. ................................... 716/683-9010
Eastern Screens & Drives Inc.......... 606/789-6252
Extec USA Inc.................................. 610/521-1448
Houston Vibrator LTD ...................... 713/939-0404
Kemper Equipment .......................... 610/273-2066
Kinergy Corp.................................... 502/366-5685
Rolans Machinery ............................ 314/291-1330
Tandem Products..............................612/721-2911
Telsmith Inc...................................... 262/242-6600
Texas Crusher Systems................... 806/983-2397
Valley Equipment ............................. 503/364-4491
SILOS-ASH, COAL, ROCK-DUST & SAND
STORAGE
1 clean-out
2 construction
Camber Corp ....................................724/933-6040
Ludowici-USA ..................................304/855-7880
Steel Nation ......................................724/873-7533
STRUCTURAL STEEL FABRICATION
Camber Corp ....................................724/933-6040
Ludowici-USA ..................................304/855-7880
Steel Nation ......................................724/873-7533
SUBSTATIONS
Elgin Equipment Group ....................630/434-7200
Line Power........................................276/466-8200
SMC Electrical ..................................304/736-8933
SURFACE MINER
cutting / crushing / loading
Wirtgen America .............................. 615/501-0600
SURFACE MINING, MOVING EQUIPMENT
James A. Redding ............................814/445-9313
Sennebogen, LLC............................ 704/347-4910
Whayne Supply Co ...........................800/494-2963
Wirtgen America .............................. 615/501-0600
SILOS/CONSTRUCTION
SWEEPERS/MAGNETIC TESTERS
1 carbon monoxide
2 circuit breaker
3 electrical-relay
4 electrical tool
5 ground resistant
6 insulation
7 rail-bond
8 voltage
Borton, LC ........................................ 620/669-8211
Marietta Silos ....................................740/373-2822
Bradford Stuart Industries.................276/688-4921
Logi-Tec,Inc. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) ............724/337-0407
Borton, LC ........................................ 620/669-8211
Ceramic Technology, Inc. (1, 2) ........276/964-6724
Duraline LLC (3) ...............................412/429-0335
Preiser Scientific, Inc. .......................304/727-2902
San-Con Industries Inc. (2)...............419/294-5609
United Central Industrial Supply (1-9)276/466-0511
SWITCHBOARDS
Logi-Tec, Inc .....................................724/337-0407
SWITCHGEAR
switch houses-portable
Line Power........................................276/466-8200
Logi-Tec, Inc .....................................724/337-0407
SMC Electrical ..................................304/736-8933
SWITCHES
Elgin Equipment Group (2) ...............630/434-7200
Line Power .......................................276/466-8200
Logi-Tec, Inc .....................................724/337-0407
Material Control, Inc .........................630/892-4274
SMC Electrical ..................................304/736-8933
Tapeswitch ........................................800/234-8273
TIRES
American Industrial Tire Corp ......... 214/638-5555.
Michelin Earthmover Tires ............... 864/458-5000
SETCO Solid Tire ............................ 580/286-6531
Trojan Tire, Inc................................. 905/633-6886
TIRE PROTECTION CHAINS
RUD / Erlau ..................................... 800/553-7993
TRANSFORMERS
Rye Valley Gear................................866/793-6451
SMC Electrical ..................................304/736-8933
......................................................276/259-5353
Whayne Supply Co. ..........................800/494-2963
WELDING MACHINES-ELECTRIC ARC
TRUCK LIGHTS
WELDING SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT/REPAIR
Logi-Tec, Inc .....................................724/337-0407
Metabo..............................................800/638-2264
Partsmaster ......................................800/336-0450
Logi-Tec, Inc .....................................724/337-0407
TRUCKS & TRACTOR-TRAILERS
1 off-highway
2 on-highway
3 parts
4 specialized
5 service
WHEELS
1 locomotive
2 mine car
3 mobile equipment
Liebherr Mining Equipment Co. (1)...757/245-5251
Whayne Supply Co. (1, 3, 5) ............800/494-2963
Advantage Precision Products (1, 2, 3) ..................
......................................................304/872-2448
Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply (1-3) ...................
......................................................724/864-8900
Logan Corp. (1) ................................304/343-8801
......................................................304/872-2950
SETCO Solid Tire (2) ........................580/286-6531
UNLOADERS
1 barge
2 ship
FFE Minerals (1,2) ............................610/264-6900
........................................................502/957-1998
Sennebogen, LLC............................ 704/347-4910
WINCHES
1 bulk material handling
2 car puller
3 constant belt tensioning
4 conventional belt tensioning winches
5 conveyor lift
6 radial stacker
7 rocker arm chute
USED MINING EQUIPMENT-SURFACE
The Tractor Company .......................304/252-2401
Whayne Supply Co .......................... 800/494-2963
WATER-CLARIFICATION & RECLAMATION
SySTEMS
Line Power........................................276/466-8200
Logi-Tec, Inc .....................................724/337-0407
Alfa Laval ..........................................414/947-4700
Megator Corp....................................412/963-9200
WesTech Engineering, Inc. ...............801/265-1000
TRANSMISSIONS
WATER TREATMENT-DRINKING WATER
Hansen Transmission .......................540/337-4846
WesTech Engineering, Inc. ...............801/265-1000
APEX Bulk Technologies, Inc (1, 2, 6) ....................
......................................................270/395-4121
......................................................502/957-1998
Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply (3, 4) ..................
......................................................724/864-8900
MAP Enterprises,Inc .........................336/228-1722
......................................................304/872-2950
WATER TESTING EQUIPMENT
Preiser Scientific, Inc. .......................304/727-2902
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GIW INDUSTRIES
TAGGING
TRACKING
Tunnel
Radio’s&NEW
Eastern location 490 Village Lane • Hazard, KY 41701
PEACE
of MINE
Reliable wireless
communications
and tracking for the
underground miner
Grovetown, GA 30813
VALVES
706-863-1011
1 air
2 air-hydraulic-motor operated
TIRES
6435 NE Hyslop Road, Corvallis, Oregon 97330
Wheeling
Beckley
(800) 624-5460
(800) 232-5539
TAGGING & TRACKING
AMR/American Mine Research .................. 276/928-1712
Carroll Technologies Group ........................ 304/252-2381
HSC Industrial ............................................ 304/252-1918
Tunnel Radio of America ............................ 541/758-5637
THICKENERS
S
LL
CE
R-
AI
SOFT CORES
TUFFIL
TIRES
U.S. Toll Free: 1.866.844.0144
www.trojantire.com
TOILETS
underground/portable
Rezplast Manufacturing .............................. 705/673-3824
United Central Industrial Supply Co ............276/466-0511
TESTERS
1 carbon-monoxide
2 circuit-breaker
3 electrical-relay
4 electrical tool
5 ground resistant
6 insulation
7 rail-bond
8 voltage
Bradford Stuart Industries (2) ..................... 276/688-4921
Fairmont Supply Co. ................................... 800/245-9900
Logi-Tec, Inc. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) ................. 724/337-0407
United Central Industrial Supply (1-8) .........276/466-0511
Overcasts - Metal
THICKENERS
3 ball
4 blow-off
5 butterfly
6 check
7 control
8 diaphragm
9 foot
10 gate
11 globe
12 hydraulic
13 knife gate
14 needle
15 orifice
16 pinch
17 plug
18 pump
19 relief
20 slurry
TIRES
MSHA and West Virginia Safety approved
(541) 758-5637 tunnelradio.com
tion system design, installation and
repair; electrical distribution and motor
controls; industrial tool pick-up and repair; and water management or system
design, installation and maintenance.
We are distributors for Tunnel Radio
leaky-feeder systems and Kenwood
Communications.
See BG ads under: Communications/
Mobile; Electrical/Electronic Repair
Service
• Rugged Slurry Pumps
• Long-Wearing OEM Parts
• Dependable Service
TRANSFORMERS
Line Power.................................................. 276/466-8200
TUNNELS AND RETAINING WALLS
Camber Corp .............................................. 724/933-6040
Coalfield Services, Inc. ............................... 276/228-3167
Dywidag-Systems International .................. 801/973-7169
TUNNELS AND SHAFT SUPPORTS
American Commercial ................................ 276/466-2743
Camber Corp .............................................. 724/933-6040
Dywidag-Systems International .................. 801/973-7169
TUNNELS AND
RETAINING WALLS
Pre-cast
Concrete
GIW Industries
Ph: 706/863-1011
Fax: 706/860-5897
Grovetown, GA 30813
Web site: www.giwindustries.com
GIW, a leading manufacturer of highperformance, low-maintenance slurry
pumps, introduces the MDX (Mill Duty
Xtra Heavy) pump series for mill discharge applications. GIW pumps have
been used to pump phosphate rock in
Florida, oil sands
in Canada and hunBelo Mine Supply........................................
304/235-4977
Fairmont Supply Co. ...................................
800/245-9900
dreds of different
materials in between
Industrial Service and Electronics,
Inc. (1, 2, in
3, 6,the
7, 8,world. GIW serves
-- everywhere
18, 19)..................................................... 270/830-0074
industries such as mining and mineral
Jabo Supply Corp.(1-20) ............................ 800/334-5226
beneficiation,
industrial process, dredge,
Lee Supply Co. (1-11, 13,
16, 17, 19, 20)... 800/353-3747
aggregate and270/442-1996
coal preparation. AnPEBCO, Inc. (10, 12) ..................................
Shoap Process Equipment
Inc. (6,
16, 18) . 804/897-9260
other
innovation
is the newly designed
Weir Minerals North America
..............impellers
608/221-2261
GIW(13)
rubber
for maximum wear
United Central Industrial Supply .................276/466-0511
resistance in heavier slurries. GIW
pumps
VARIABLE FREQUENCY
DRIVES& impellers – we are better by
design.
Industrial Service and Electronics,
............. 270/830-0074
See Classified
ad on page 116
See BG ad under: Pumps-Slurry
VENTILATION BRATTICE
Gardner Paint Services
Ph: 423/928-8351
Fax: 423/928-0322
P.O. Box 5096
Johnson City, TN 37602
Website: www.gardnerpaint.com
Gardner Paint Services, Inc. is a full service painting and industrial cleaning contractor serving the coal industry since
1975. Our services include sandblasting
and the applicaton of paint and special
www.schauenburg-us.com
coatings, as well as a surface preparation service called ICE CLEANing.
See Classified ad on page 114
Lay Flat & Flexible Suction Duct Fittings
See BG ad under: Painting/Prep Plant
Coatings
Schauenburg Flexadux Corp.
..................... 970/245-9400
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VENTILATION CURTAINS
Harsco Minerals.......................................... 800/850-0527
WesTech Engineering, Inc. ........................ 801/265-1000
GUNDLACH Equipment Corporation
Ph: 618/233-7208
Fax: 618/641-6974
One Freedom Drive
Belleville, IL 62226 USA
E-mail:
[email protected]
Web site: www.gundlachcrushers.com
GUNDLACH Crushers manufactures a
full line of crushers specifically designed
for precise product sizing with fewer
fines and maximized yield for the coal industry and thermal power plants around
the world.
See Display ad on page 21
See BG ad under: Crushers
HSC Industrial
Authorized Dealer of Kenwood Radios
HardSteel, Inc.
Ph: 205/343-9100
Fax: 205/343-0073
P.O. Box 2266
Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Web site: www.hardsteel.com
HardSteel is a manufacturer of chromium-carbide overlay plate and abrasion
HSC Industrial
resistant products. Complete line of
MSHA
Approved
wear plate products, complete
cutting,
Tunnel
forming, and fabrication services.
AR-Radio
Leaky Feeder Systems
400 and AR-500 distributor.
See Classified
ad on page
117
304-252-1918
• Beckley
WV
See BG304-284-0193
ads under: Abrasion-Resistant
• Morgantown, WV
Materials;
Steel;[email protected]
Wear Steel
E-mail:
www.hscindustrial.com
Hausner Hard-Chrome, Inc.
Ph: 270/713-8224
HSC Industrial
Fax: 270/713-8247
Ph: 304/252-1918
3094 Medley Road
Fax: 304/252-6411
Owensboro, KY 42301
300 Rural Acres Drive
Beckley, WV HSC
25801
Industrial
Web site: www.hausnerinc.com
HSC Industrial
Industrial Hard-Chrome,
wear resistant
Repair
for Communications
Web
site:Service
coating,
parts refurbishing
& salvage,
MineAX
– MSHA Approved
and Electrical
HSC Industrial
offers a Products
variety of serThermal
SprayRadio
coatings, Screen coatCall for more information on specific product repairs
Tunnel
vices
to the mining industry including:
ing, machine shop services, large
• Beckley
WV
above-304-252-1918
and below-ground
communicacapacity.
304-252-1918 • Beckley WV
304-284-0193 • Morgantown, WV
304-284-0193
• Morgantown, WV
E-mail: [email protected] Coal People Magazine
www.coalpeople.com
304-252-1918 • Beckley WV
304-284-0193 • Morgantown, WV
TIRES
For TighT
PreFab.
McLaren Industries
..................................... 800/836-0040
R.M. Wilson Co., Inc ................................... 304/232-5860
overcasTs
SETCO Solid Tire ....................................... 580/286-6531
Trojan
Tire Inc............................................. 905/633-6886
and
overcasT
ToPs
TIRE & RIM ASSEMBLY
(800) 894-4559
R.M. Wilson Co., Inc ................................... 304/232-5860
www.cambergroup.com
SETCO Solid Tire ....................................... 580/286-6531
• reTaining Walls
• Median barrier
• cusToM Pre-casT
Wireless Communications & Tracking
Cap Lamps
Mine Refuge Chambers
(800) 894-4559
www.cambergroup.com
www.Strata-Safety.com
1-800-691-6601
Trojan Tire Inc............................................. 905/633-6886
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Roof Supports
sTeel arches,
lagging and
accessories
(800) 894-4559
www.cambergroup.com
BUYER’S GUIDE
Structural Steel Fabrication
• PreP PlanTs
• conveyors
• cusToM FabricaTion
& design
(800) 894-4559
www.cambergroup.com
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PRODUCT
news 2011
Superior Industries, Morris, MN,
introduces the Exterra SFL Dual Belt
Cleaner, designed
to nearly eliminate
material carry-back
from the top cover
of conveyor belting
after it passes over
the head pulley. A
unique tensioning system is designed
to create a pressure that is set once, for
the life of the blade, during installation.
Packed with more urethane, the blade
has one of the bulkiest profiles. Mounted
on the same pole as the primary, the
secondary cleaner is available in either
AR steel or tungsten carbide. Designed
with segmented blades to withstand
vibration and impact from belt splices
during operation. Call Corey Poppe at
320/589-7985.
Intercomp Company, Minneapolis, MN,
now features an improved PT20 RFX
CPU that incorporates integrated RFX
Wireless Weighing technology in the
CPU. Other new features include an
upgraded rugged casing and a new
thermal printer, which is efficient and
easy to use. USB and RS232 output
allow for uploading information to a PC
or score board and the new, east-to-read,
graphic LCD display allows the records
to be recalled directly on the indicator.
Works with any Intercomp Wheel Load or
Axle Scale System. Call 800/328-3336.
Ergodyne, St. Paul, MN, announces
the Arsenal Gear Bags, including a
two-bag line expansion (Arsenal FB5120
Large Wheeled Duffle Bag and Arsenal
GB5135 Laptop Messenger Bag) as well
as several redesigned products. Contact
Lindsay Herda at 651/642-5862.
Gateway Safety, Cleveland, OH,
introduces the Conqueror protective
eyewear, an upgrade over existing
design technologies. Conqueror features
www.carrolltechnologiesgroup.com
Lockheed Martin and Carroll Technologies Sign Agreement
Lockheed Martin and Carroll Technologies Group have signed a distribution
agreement for a new wireless, through-the-earth communications system
designed specifically to help the mining industry improve post-accident emergency
communications. Lockheed will provide technology and manufacturing of the
MagneLink Magnetic Communication System (MCS), which delivers voice
communication and texting to trapped miners during a disaster.
Carroll Technologies, through its two operating subsidiaries – Carroll Engineering
Co. and Delta Electric, Inc., – will act as the distributor, sales and service supplier
of the system. MagneLink is a self-contained, portable communications system
that provides two-way voice and text communications by transmitting magnetic
waves through the earth. The technology eliminates the need for transmission
wires and in-ground infrastructure required for standard radio communications.
MagneLink also is capable of interfacing with miners’ hand-held emergency
radios.
“Lockheed Martin’s technology, paired with Carroll Technologies presence
and experience in the mining industry, provides trapped miners the means to
communicate with rescuers when no other form of contact is possible,” said
Richard Holmberg, Lockheed Martin’s vice president who oversees the program.”
Mike Hastings, chief executive officer of Carroll Technologies, said: “One of
the reasons for our more than three decades of success is that we continually
seek to build relationships with companies who are leaders in their field, such as
Lockheed Martin.”
Lockheed Martin has conducted several successful in-mine demonstrations of the
system and is working with the Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
to approve the equipment for use in mines. MSHA approval is anticipated this
summer, at which time MagneLink systems can be ordered.
Contact: [email protected] www.lockheedmartin.com/ms2
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a soft rubber nosepiece and ergonomic,
contoured temple tips that don’t pinch,
ensuring all-day wearability with no
slipping. A strong frame is lightweight
and available in glossy black as well as
Gateway’s new “Camo” frame pattern.
Call Matthew Love at 216/889-2000.
Sioux Corporation, Beresford, SD,
introduces the Sioux Descaler, which
removes scale on systems with existing
scale build-up. This biodegradable liquid
is available in 5 gallon jugs and 30 gallon
drums and is formulated to economically
and effectively dissolve scale build up
in machines. The Descaler can and
should be used to remove scale built-up
when needed on all hot water equipment
including water heaters, solution heaters,
pressure washers, steam cleaners and
steam generators. Call Jessica Morrison
at 888/763-8833.
Industrial Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA,
introduces the iNet InSite, a plugand-play docking station solution for its
portable gas detectors that provides
critical functionality and information
needed to keep people safer. The new
solution is designed for end users who
own their gas detectors and have the
means of servicing and maintaining
them, but are challenged with gaining the
necessary visibility into their overall gas
detection program to improve the safety
of their employees. Call 800/338-3287.
Remember the Miners announced a
fundraising partnership with Little
General Stores, which will become the
point of sale for Remember the Miners’
Awareness Magnets shaped like the
helmet of a West Virginia coal miner. Sale
of these magnets will go toward RTM
Scholars Program. Each helmet retails
for $5 and can be used to display support
for the people of the mining industry. Little
General Stores of West Virginia have
over 80 locations. For a listing of Little
General Stores and where Greenbrier
Classic badges benefiting Remember
the Miners may be purchased, click on
<http://lgstores.com/store locator.aspx>.
RTM is a public awareness campaign
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miners and the mining industry.
Ergodyne, St. Paul, MN, introduces
the
ProFlex710CR
Cut-Resistant
Trades Glove and ProFlex820CR CutResistant PVC Handler Glove. Both
gloves are lined with 100 percent Kevlar
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to provide cut resistant protection throughout the
entirety of the glove while maintaining dexterity
and flexibility. 710CR features a gel polymer
palm to dampen shock and impact, while the
820CR provides textures PVC on the palm and
fingertips for a more secure grip in both wet and
dry conditions. Call Lindsay Herda at 651/6425862.
RIDGID, Elyria, OH, introduces the Model
TC-40, a powered plastic pipe and tube cutter
and the new rugged SeeSnake CS-10 digital
monitor. The powered plastic pipe and tube
cutter provides fast, easy cuts without the need
for ratcheting, and is intended for polyethylene,
polypropylene, PEX, rubber hose, PVC and
CPVC. The SeeSnake offers simple, full-feature
digital recording, and provides a one-touch
feature that enables the CS-10 to record still
images and video. Call Laura Pierce at 216/5891175.
Amtech Drives, Atlanta, GA, introduces the
Eazy Series Variable Frequency Drive system,
designed to precisely manage the electrical
current for ultra high-speed motors and spindles.
Eazy utilizes a proprietary PWM sinusoidal
waveform. Combines with 5th generation IGBT
devices to create improved bearing and spindle
life as well as production up-time. Easy to install,
operate, control, maintain, and safe guard while
providing complete control and protection to AC
induction motors in the 40 to 1875 horsepower
range. Call Charles F. Geraldi at 770/469-5240.
Godwin Pumps, Elko, NV, manufacturer of the
Dri-Prime automatic self-priming, dry-running
pump, announces availability of Flygt electric
submersible pumps for mining at its companyowned stores throughout the US.
With Flygt
as the originator of electric submersible pumps
and Godwin as the originator of automatic selfpriming pump technology, ITT’s mine dewatering
offering covers all mine dewatering touch points
with products engineered specifically for mining
applications. Call Kristen C. Gurick at 856/4673636 ext 3449.
Quaker Chemical of Pennsylvania introduces
Dustgrip Turbo, a blend of wetting agents
that accelerate water penetration where dust
is a hazard, including longwall mining areas,
stockpiles and haul roads. The product mixes
with water and can be used with an operation’s
current equipment and no rinsing of equipment
is necessary after an application is complete.
Dustgrip reduces the water volume an operation
needs to consume for dust suppression. Also,
repeated applications have a cumulative effect,
maintaining subsoil moisture content for long
periods in certain conditions.
Project to study environmentally sound methods for utilizing high-sulfur
Ohio coal
A proposal aimed at reducing sulfur emissions during coal combustion
– and thereby enhancing the desirability of Ohio’s high-sulfur coal –
was approved at the June meeting of the Ohio Air Quality Development
Authority (OAQDA). OAQDA authorized a grant of $538,887 from its
Ohio Coal Development Office program to Babcock & Wilcox Power
Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), for a project to further develop oxycoal combustion technology for high-sulfur Ohio coal in new and existing
boilers. The project is part of the $150 million Ohio Advanced Energy
Stimulus Program.
Oxy-combustion technology involves the replacement of combustion air
inside boilers at coal-based power plants by nearly pure oxygen diluted
in recycled flue gases. B&W PGG has been developing the technology
for the past decade, and it now seeks to address the issue of elevated
SO3 concentrations at its 1.8 MW pilot-scale facility, SBS-II, in Barberton.
A “dry scrubber” system will be employed to aid in the reduction of SO2,
SO3 and particulate emissions into the air.
The oxy-combustion process also provides an efficient and cost-effective
means for controlling and capturing carbon dioxide produced during
coal combustion. In addition, it addresses concerns regarding boiler
corrosion caused by the high-sulfur content of Ohio coal.
“Today’s action by OAQDA is significant in that the approved B&W PGG
project is the only one in Ohio at this time evaluating this critical use of
oxy-combustion technology. The goal here is to make Ohio coal more
desirable for use at coal plants in this state, throughout the region,” said
Todd Nein, OAQDA interim executive director.
B&W PGG and its partner, Air Liquide Process & Construction, Inc.,
will provide the remaining funding, equivalent to the OAQDA portion,
bringing in the total project cost to $1,077,775.
“We appreciate the support and partnership from OAQDA to help us build
on a decade of hard work to find better and environmentally friendlier
ways for using Ohio coal. Oxy-coal combustion technology offers great
promise for the future, and we are proud to play a role in helping Ohio find
additional methods for using our abundant supplies of energy-producing
coal,” said Don Langley, vice president and chief technology officer for
B&W PGG’s parent company, The Babcock & Wilcox Company.
Senator Frank LaRose (R-27), whose district encompasses the project’s
Summit County location, said “I applaud the work B&W is doing to expand
their research efforts in using Ohio’s abundant coal reserves to provide
cleaner energy to Ohioans. They should be commended for their work
on reducing the effects of one of the most corrosive byproducts, SO3, in
the coal combustion process.”
“This project is further proof of Ohio’s continued leadership in the arena
of clean coal technology research, development and deployment. I
commend the public-private partnership behind this ‘next step’ in our
understanding of how to expand the use of Ohio coal in ways that
respect our environment,” said State Representative Zack Milkovich (D45) of Summit County.
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Business as usual at Brookville
No one can say that the recent dip in the global markets
hasn’t made everyone check their production schedules and
reassess how daily business operations could be improved.
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and improve the bottom line have also been made. Brookville
has been busy during the last few months implementing
product improvements and employing an after sales support
annual survey. In their efforts to be more customer oriented,
they annually review and improve the product line as well as
ways of doing business, and this year has been no exception.
The Brookville team has continued to look at product
improvements over the past year in order to offer customers
equipment that incorporates the best advancements
in technology that can improve the underground units
manufactured. The engineering department has been working
with a manufacturer of an LED display that can be installed
on all of their electronically controlled low emission Tier 3
engines. This unit will allow the operator and maintenance
personnel to use a water-tight dash-mounted LED display
screen to view many standard engine parameters as well
as active and stored trouble codes. This display will read
the CANBUS from the engine computer and display short
messages instead of flash codes, which had been the
previous standard. This will greatly improve the operation
personnel’s diagnostic capabilities with the engine fault
codes by providing a text translation for the most common
fault conditions. An example warning may be: “Engine
oil pressure low,” which can lead to significantly faster
maintenance repairs and less chance of problems going
untreated. The unit also features an enhanced alarm
indication with an ultra-bright alarm and shutdown LEDs
(amber and red). Brookville will begin installing this display
unit on some models scheduled in the latter part of 2009.
Brookville recently completed rail mounted personnel carriers
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operator and passengers. Providing a way to funnel the hot
exhaust away from the people aboard the equipment keeps
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of shielding and diffusers that did not create airflow restrictions
for the engine or further raise engine air temperatures. A unit
featuring this new design was recently shipped from the facility
after an extensive test and approval period. (see photo top right)
The company is also concerned with after sales input from
customers to assist in improving their experience with
Brookville. This year as part of an annual internal review, the
marketing department designed a new customer survey that
can be electronically sent to and returned by a global customer
base. The survey allows each recipient to grade Brookville
on their interaction with sales, service, and parts department
staff. These surveys are then tallied and weighted on the Likert
Scale to use in evaluating the effectiveness of the departments
and for inclusion in their annual auditing process. Improving
communication with their customer base will improve their value
as a supplier.
This Brookville rail-mounted personnel carrier shows
how the exhaust gases are funneled from the engine
compartment down to the bottom of the car body.
Brookville’s dual-purpose 15- ton 16- man battery unit
Brookville has also been working on expanding its market share
in other areas of the United States. The hard rock and precious
metal mining sectors continue to be new areas for the company
to explore new equipment designs made for narrower and
higher mines than typically found in Appalachian coal seams.
There has been a large increase in requests for rubber tired
tractors and personnel carriers. BEC offers stout units built on
rigid or articulated frames with high flotation tires. Brookville
also offers all of its rubber tired units with four wheel drive, and
rigid units come with optional crab and coordinated steering for
better maneuverability.
The Brookville facility continues to be bustling with activity
on all four of its product lines and looking positively toward
the remainder of 2009.
As the economy rebounds, BEC
has continued to forge ahead with product and process
improvements that will make their equipment a better value for
customers. After 91 years of continuous operation, Brookville
Equipment Corp. stands poised to meet the challenges of
increasing demand for their products for years to come.
Stop by Bluefield Coal Show Booth #107
to learn more about Brookville’s continued
growth. Can’t make the show?
Contact the company at
www.BrookvilleEquipment.com
or call (814) 849-2000.
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Delta and Carroll
Launch Power Factor
Correction Services
Delta Electric, Inc. and Carroll Engineering Co. are leaders in the
mining distribution industry with over 30-plus years experience.
A new product service will be introduced by both companies at
the Bluefield Coal Show, Booths 306 and 308. The new service
product is Power Factor Correction. The service evaluates
existing electric bills and penalties utilizing software programs
and analysis to minimize the possibility of the increase in electric
bills. The Power Factor analysis will enable the coal company
to add the savings to their profit margin. These services are
capable of monitoring and analyzing electric bills on a period
basis to determine effectiveness and efficiency of corrective
measures, while serving as an advocate for their customers
regarding conflict resolution with equipment manufacturers.
Delta and Carroll are leaders in providing MSHA-approved
and field-tested communication, tracking, and atmospheric
monitoring systems to the mining industry. Both companies
provide services on a 24 hour basis to their customers, while
other distributors only provide the products. Delta Electric, Inc.
and Carroll Engineering Co. provide repair and service exchange
programs to keep their customers in the coal. The new central
communication system provided by both companies presents to
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the mining industry the state of the art communication utilizing
CISCO system technology. This system provides immediate
access to senior supervisors, employees, and regulators, if
necessary, with on-the-spot communications by one mouse
click on their computer.
Delta Electric, Inc. and Carroll Engineering Co. are factory
authorized repair facilities for over 77 different product lines.
They are leaders in distribution with Pyott-Boone Atmospheric
Monitoring Systems, Matrix (METS) Tracking Systems, Eaton/
Cutler-Hammer Electrical Components, VARIS Communication
Systems, Comtrol Systems, SMC Electrical Products Inc., and
many other product lines specializing in safety to the mining
industry.
Delta Electric, Inc. and Carroll Engineering Co. maintain
over 7 million dollars worth of spare parts from 77 different
manufacturers at 11 conveniently located distribution centers.
There are over 100 experienced employees dedicated to
customer service. Our motto is “Right Products at the Right
Time.” Visit their websites: www.deltaelectricwv.com, www.
carrollengineeringco.com, and www.carrolltechnologiesgroup.
com.
West Virginia Coal Association
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Alpha Natural Resources`s Roman C. Lawson and Rick Nida

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