"I am pleased to announce Ken's promotion," said Richard McCormick, Taggart's CEO and former president.  "He has been an important member of the executive team since joining the company in 2005.  His knowledge, experience and leadership will help the company achieve its projected and ambitious growth. I extend my sincere congratulations to Ken and wish him the very best in his new role."

Lund has over 20 years of experience counseling public and private firms on all aspects of construction and engineering projects. Prior to joining Taggart, Ken was a partner at K & L Gates, LLP, an international law firm.

Mervyn R. Cragg, appointed chief financial officer of Element 92 Resources Corp., Cheyenne, WY, replacing Geoff Armstrong who continues to act as the company's president and secretary and as a director.  Cragg is currently a non executive director of Federal Phoenix Assurance Co. Inc., and since April 2004 has served as the chief executive officer of Goldox International Limited.  He has 25 years of financial experience.

Richard Bell has re-joined Major Wire Industries Limited, Candiac, Quebec, manufacturer of screen media, as its national accounts manager.  Bell will be in charge of progressing current national accounts and creating new agreements that mutually benefit both parties in North America and globally. Bell had served as the company's western US territory manger from 2003 to 2005.

Cecil Lewis joins American Energy Company-AECo as vice president of sales and marketing.  Lewis has more than 30 years experience in the coal industry and was most recently employed by Prestige Processing Co. of Manchester, KY.  He began his career with Blue Diamond Coal Company in 1977.

Michael T. Madden promoted to senior vice president, sales and marketing, for Walter Energy, Tampa, FL.  Madden has been with the company for 13 years.  Prior to joining Walter Energy, Madden held various management positions in the coal industry for both the domestic and export markets from 1974 through 1996.  He is a member of the NMA, the Alabama Coal Association, the Coal Trade Association of NY, and has served as a director of the Coal Exporters Association.

Ian Cockerill was appointed executive chairperson of Petmin, Johannesburg, from July 1.  Cockerill is former coal head at Anglo American Coal and CEO of Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti.  He succeeds Petmin chairperson Piet Nel.  Cockerill has been working with the Petmin team for more than two years as a non-executive director.  Petmin, in coal, silica and iron ore, has ambitions to be a world-class diversified mining company.

B.K. Parekh, a senior research engineer with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), has won the Frank K. Aplan Award for "outstanding and innovative life-long achievements in the areas of mineral and coal processing development and commercialization of novel processes and advancing the art and science of fine coal dewatering."

Dale Conway, vice president of engineering, Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co., Port Orange, FL, is celebrating his 25^th employment anniversary.  Conway oversees all engineering departments and technical aspects of the pump business such as manufacturing, engineering, quality assurance, and research and development.  He is a graduate of the University of Central Florida with a BS degree in mechanical engineering and is a registered engineer intern in the state of Florida.  He is a trained ISO 9001 internal auditor.

William D. Wilmoth of Steptoe & Johnson, Wheeling, WV, has been elected secretary of the board of the West Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities.  Wilmoth is an attorney resident who concentrates his practice in litigation, particularly in defending complex commercial and energy cases, securities cases, and health care cases. He also counsels clients in health care compliance audits, and in health care fraud and other white-collar criminal investigations.

Jim Quasey joins Industrial Scientific Corp., Pittsburgh, PA, as vice president, global operations, responsible for all global manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, quality and operational excellence functions within the company.  He will also serve as a member of the corporate executive council.  He comes to IS from Vocollect Health Care Systems where he served as president and vice president, operations.

Tom Roberts and Mike Crowder were appointed president and vice president, respectively, for Canada's Cobalt Coal, and both will oversee the operations of the new Cobalt Coal Corporation Mining subsidiary, Westchester metallurgical coal mine in West Virginia.  The two will also manage future production at the Westchester Expansion project, the properties under Fox Development, and all other coal opportunities acquired by Cobalt going forward.  Roberts has worked the last 46 years in all facets of underground coal mining. Crowder has an extensive background owning and operating various business.

Brian Kingston has been named managing director and chief executive of Prime Infrastructure Holdings. Formerly Brookfield Multiplex chief financial officer, Kingston replaces Jeff Kendrew who resigned to join Brookfield Asset Management as chief development officer.  Kingston helped refinance more than $A3 billion of debt in 2008 and 2009 for Brookfield Multiplex.

Joseph Leonard named interim chief executive officer of Walter Energy, replacing CEO/chief financial officer and general counsel Victor Patrick, who has retired.  Taking over as interim CFO is senior vice president-controller Lisa Honnold, and current vice president Catherine Bona will assume the seat of interim general counsel.  Honnold has been with Walter Energy since 2005, and Bona has been with the company for 15 years.

Marthinus van Schalkwyk was nominated to potentially lead the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, replacing Ywo de Boer who has resigned.  In his previous position as Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Minister Schalkwyk positioned South Africa as a true climate champion, commanding respect across the developing-developed country divide.

Jaco Kriek, South Africa's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) Company CEO, has resigned after six years with the company.  Kriek will be replaced by PBMR nuclear compliance assurance GM Dr. Alex Tsela as acting CEO.  Kriek left to explore opportunities in the energy industry.  Under his leadership, the PBMR company grew from a small research and development company to a global company capable of participating in international nuclear programs.

David Campbell has been named exploration manager of Bandanna Energy.  Formerly exploration vice president at Waratah Coal, Campbell will assist the management team to facilitate implementation of an expanded exploration program over the coming years.  Campbell has served as site manager of the Coppabella mine, the senior project manager at New Acland Coal and as a general manager of the Baralaba coal project.

Michael Abbene joins the board of directors of Active Control Technology Inc., Toronto, Ontario.  Recently retired as vice president and chief information officer at Arch Coal Inc., Abbene was named by CIO Magazine Information Week as the Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2010. 

Jim Torony was appointed vice president of product management and marketing for the North American Operations of ABS Americas.  He re-joins ABS with nearly 25 years of rotating equipment experience with ITT Flygt Corp. and ITT Water & Wastewater USA, where he was director of marketing and business development. 

William Shea Jr. is the new chief executive officer of both Penn Virginia Resource Partners and Penn Virginia GP Holdings.  Shea will also become president of the general partner of PVG, and will retain his seat as director of Penn Virginia Corp.  Shea replaces A. James Dearlove, who resigned to devote more time to his role as PVA's director, president and CEO.  Dearlove will also hold his seat as chairman of the general partners of PVR and PVG.

Andile Sangqu has been appointed executive director of Xstrata of Johannesburg, South Africa, where he will sit on the executive committees of both Xstrata Alloys and Xstrata Coal. Previously, Sangqu was executive director of Kagiso Trust Investments and acted as Prodigy-Coris Asset Management CEO.

Ian Lambert was appointed new director and officer of Strategic Mining Corporation, Cheyenne, WY.  Lambert has over 39 years of experience in the management and financing of public companies and over 19 years with a publicly traded Canadian mining company.