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editorial
Management
101: Goals must be reasonable and attainable. Anyone want to
argue with that? You must if you advocate and promote the
industry’s ludicrous cry of “Zero Fatalities”. More appropriate
would be “Zero Fallacies”. Before breaking
out the tar and feathers, or worse the rope, look at it applied
to other goals set within companies and see how it flies...>>more
capsule
news
Twenty-seven West
Virginia mining operations were recognized for stellar safety
achievements in 2007
during the West Virginia Coal Association’s 35th
annual mining symposium in January in Charleston, WV. “I can’t tell you how proud
we are of these organizations’ achievements in calendar year
2007, Coal Association President Bill Raney said. “They are
truly setting the mark for our nation’s coal mining industry.”...>>more
coal events
AOC-TECHNICAL
WORKSHOP
DATE:
February 27
SITE:
Chief Logan State Park Lodge
CITY/STATE: Logan, WV
SPONSOR: AOC (Approximate Original Contour), Coal Permitting
Quality Control Panel, OSMRE
CONTACT: Mark Holstine
PH:
304/926-0499 X1505
COMMENTS: No charge for attending. For lodging needs, contact
Cindy Lawson at 304/926-0499 x1504 or e-mail at
clawson@wvdep.org
COMMENTS:
Technical consulting, environmental, government, industry and
other interested parties are encouraged to attend. The workshop
could provide professional development hours (pdh) for engineers
and certificates will be issued upon completion...>>more
coal people in the news
Ralph Shockley, Jr.
joins Fairchild International, Glen Lyn, VA, to manage the
company’s recently-established Midwest Division, responsible for
sales and service operations at Fairchild’s warehouse facility
in DuQuoin, IL, near Carbondale. Previously, Shockley was
maintenance supervisor for Freeman Energy and has spent his
career in a variety of mine maintenance positions with Freeman,
Arch of Illinois and Carter Coal. Shockley holds all necessary
State of Illinois mining certifications and MSHA electrical
cards...>>more
product news
Eriez, Erie, PA, now
offers advanced, cost-effective Electrostatic Separators
that utilize surface conductivity to recover valuable metals
from electronic scrap including chopped wire. Fine conductive
and nonconductive particles can be efficiently separated using
Eriez Electrostatic Rotor Separators. Applications include
chopped wire, computer scrap, circuit boards, complex scrap,
aluminum and PE dealer-mix cable ACSR cable. Call 888/300-3743...>>more
worldwide news
The
Philippines demand for coal, both for power generation and for
industries, will reach 12,246 million metric tons this year
with only one-third coming from local mines, according to the
Philippine Energy Plan. The power sector will account for
10,177 million metric tons and industrial users, 2.07 million
metric tons. Only 3.88 million metric tons will come from local
mines and the remainder will be improved from China, Indonesia
and Australia. For the next few years, the projected coal demand
is 15.28 million metric tons in 2014 with 13.06 million metric
tons for electricity and 2.22 million metric tons for
industries. Domestic coal production is projected to reach
6.603 million metric tons in 2014 from 3.88 million metric tons
in 2006....>>more
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