The 36th Annual West Virginia Mining Symposium is now complete and has been described as the “most successful” one ever. The new venue of the Charleston Civic Center gave us much more room and seemed to be enjoyed by all in attendance. A huge thanks goes to the members who stepped up as some of the many sponsors who made it so successful and dynamic.
A new feature of this year’s Symposium was the Associate’s Welcoming Reception which was sponsored by: Artistic Promotions LLC; BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co.; Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co.; Cliffs Natural Resources; Continental Crushing & Conveying; Crown Hill Equipment, Inc.; Delta Electric, Inc.; Dyno Nobel; Engineering Consulting Services, Inc.; Fairchild International; Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso PLLC; Hi-Tech Construction Co., Inc.; Joy Mining Machinery; Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.; Natural Resource Partners LP; Nelson Brothers LLC; PEMCO; Petroleum Products, Inc.; Potesta & Associates; Rish Equipment Company; Sauls Seismic, Inc.; Security America; Smith Adjusting; Standard Labs, Inc.; Steptoe & Johnson PLLC; Summit Engineerng, Inc.; The Charleston Group of Citi Institutional Consulting; The Tractor Company; Vibra-Tech Engineers, Inc.; and, Walker Machinery.
Wednesday’s luncheon was sponsored by Jackson Kelly, PLLC, Thursday’s Breakfast was sponsored by Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, the Mountaineer Guardian Safety Awards Luncheon was sponsored by Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love and Marshall Miller & Associates, Friday’s Breakfast was sponsored by BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company, the Reclamation Awards Luncheon was sponsored by Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC and “all breaks” were sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC.
An enlarged exhibit area afforded more vendors and those were: AmerCable, Inc.; Artistic Promotions LLC; CEDAR; CityInsurance; Delta Electric Inc.; Engineering Consulting Services, Inc.; Fairchild International; Friends of Coal Auto Fair; Greer Industries, Inc.; IronSyte Monitors; McGriff, Seibels & Williams; Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.; Marshall Miller & Associates; Rish Equipment; Sauls Seismic, Inc.; Security America; Smith Adjusting, Inc.; Standard Labs, Inc.; Summit Engineering; The Tractor Company, Inc.; Vibra Tech Engineers, Inc.; Arch Coal, Inc.; Cliffs North American Coal, LLC; CONSOL Energy; Foundation Coal and Mepco, Inc. Special Thanks to Skeets Loving and his crew from Newtown Energy for allowing us to feature their mock mine and the shelter chamber. The mine was constructed early just for the Symposium and was used following our Symposium as a training facility for their company. It was truly a highlight of the event.
THANKS YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED – YOUR ENTHUSIASM, INTEREST AND EFFORTS MADE IT SUCCESSFUL AND ARE CERTAINLY APPRECIATED.
A great selection of speakers began with both the Health & Safety and Environmental Sessions on Wednesday and continued through Thursday and Friday. The presentations by Kenneth Nemeth with Southern States Energy Board, Hal Quinn of National Mining, Steve Miller of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), and Dr. Charles Bayless are available through our web site: www.wvcoal.com