July 15-17th – Will maintain an informational booth at the Friends of Coal Auto Fair in Beckley.

July 21st– Friends of Coal will provide the keynote speaker for the Cabell County Schools’ West Virginia Coal Project to discuss the economic impact of coal on the West Virginia economy.

The Association joined with FACES, the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce and other local, northern panhandle chambers in a breakfast on Monday morning in Wheeling, featuring Congressman David McKinley.

Coach Nehlen and Chris Hamilton made a presentation Thursday evening to the North Central West Virginia Council of the Holmes Safety Association in Fairmont.

The Association will participate in Senator Rockefeller’s field hearing of the United States Senate Commerce Committee on Monday morning in Charleston.  The subject of the hearing is “Making it in America: Innovate Locally, Export Globally” and will be held in the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse.

Following Senator Rockefeller’s hearing, the Association has been asked to join the White House Business Council and the Charleston Area Alliance for a discussion “Winning the Future Roundtable with American Business “in Charleston.

Registration is now open for the 22nd Annual Hatfield Scramble Golf Outing, hosted by the Kanawha Valley Mining Institute. The scramble will be Tuesday, September 20, at the Brier Patch Golf Course in Beckley.

Monies collected from hole sponsorships support KVMI’s scholarship program!

For more information on the event, call 304.414.4500. Thanks for supporting coal and thanks for supporting KVMI.

MADISON — Hundreds of people will be converging on the Madison and Danville area starting Saturday at 10 a.m. as the 2011 West Virginia Coal Festival begins with the Teen, Miss and Chidren’s Pageant at the Madison Civic Center.

The 18th annual festival is expected to bring an economic boost to the area, according to local economic development office.

WILLIAMSON - Adams Fork Energy, the coal-to-gasoline facility planned for Mingo County, has gone through the permitting process, and is proceeding according to schedule, Project Manager Randall Harris told the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority.

When constructed, the facility will convert 7,500 tons of regional coal into premium grade ultraclean gasoline, producing 18,000 barrels per day (756,000 gallons).

The project is a post-mine-land-use project of the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority (MCRA) and represents a $3 billion investment by its parent company, TransGas Development.