Gene Kitts Speaks to Beckley Chamber

ICG Senior Vice President Gene Kitts spoke to a large, attentive crowd on Thursday at an Industry Forum sponsored by the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce.  The details of Gene’s presentation are described in the article at the end of Coal Bits. 

 

NOTES:

***International Coal Group, Inc. (ICG) was the lead Pink Ribbon sponsor for the 2009 Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure on Saturday, May 2. The heavily attended annual 5-kilometer race/walk was held on Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston, beginning at the State Capital.***

***Ukrainian-based Metinvest Group announced last week that it had acquired United Coal Company, LLC, an American producer of metallurgical and steam coal headquartered in Teays Valley,West Virginia.  The Metinvest Group comprises 23 industrial companies in mining and steel across Europe.***  

            ***Website’s Report

WVCA:  Yet another great month for the WVCA site with 75% of first time visitors pushing close to 5000 visits this month.  We had visitors from over 70 counties worldwide and over 80% of the people visiting us found use via search engines.  Coal is and will continue to be a hot topic.  We will provide all the information necessary to promote the vital interests of WV and the United States at large.

FOC:  Popular with visitors from over 31 countries and territories the Friends of Coal website continues to draw visitors and new content and information is added. With over 8000 page views and over 2100 visitors we saw 76% new visits again keeping interest high with 50% percent of those finding us via search engines.

***May Interim Schedule

May 26, 3:00 p.m., Post Audits

May 27, 12:00 noon, Commission on Special Investigations

May 28, 12:00 noon, Joint Committee on Government and Finance

 

Interim Dates

May 26-28 (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)

June 15-17 (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday)

July 14-16 (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)

August 10-12 (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday)

September 14-16 (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday)

October 13-15 (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)

November 17-19 (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)

December 7-9 (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday)