DOLLS RUN - The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health Safety & Training has scheduled a workshop at 9am on June 26^th at WVU Academy of Mine Training and Energy, Dolls Run, WV.  The workshops are a result of the passage of Title 36, Series 57, Rules Governing Proximity Detection Systems and Haulage Safety Generally.  The purpose of the workshop is to review, and where necessary, explain the rule.  Vendors will also be giving presentations on their products.

BECKLEY - The Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting its first golf tournament on Friday, June 20^th at the White Oak Country Club, 1206 Summerlee Road, Oak Hill, WV.  For more information and/or registration information contact:  dcorcoran@beavercoal.com

BECKLEY - WVCA Member Gary Hartsog and Alpha Engineering Services will hold their annual Underground Surveying and Mapping Seminars on Thursday and Friday, June 12^th & 13^th, 2014 at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center in Beckley, WV. 

Topics will include:

• The safety of your surveying crews
• Latest MSHA Plan and other court decisions
• Latest MSHA Electronic Surveying Instrument Litigation Decisions
• Are check surveys needed in an electronic world?
• How to adjust workings to check survey results?
• Ethics
• Minimum Legal Standards

CHARLESTON – This month’s episode of “The Coal Seam” features coverage of Governor Tomblin’s official bill signing in Logan last month. This episode will run through the month of June. It will be followed by an episode featuring an interview with West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on the EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations and their impact on West Virginia through the month of July. They are available on your local public access channels. On Suddenlink you can find it on Channel 17. It is also available on the internet at:

 http://www.librarycommission.wv.gov/programs/ltn/videoserver/Pages/coalseam.aspx and/or our webpage at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjs-uw35-LiT_6lRc7Bh9yxCjC9Hv2xHW&feature=mh_lolz

HOUSTON – Natural Resource Partners has announced that Nick Carter, NRP’s President and Chief Operating Officer, will retire on September 1, 2014.  Wyatt L. Hogan, NRP’s Executive Vice President, will succeed Mr. Carter as President.  Mr. Hogan will be responsible for NRP’s continued growth and diversification and will report to Corbin J. Robertson, Jr., NRP’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  Kevin F. Wall, NRP’s Executive Vice President—Operations will succeed Mr. Carter as Chief Operating Officer and will report to Mr. Hogan.  In addition, Kevin J. Craig, NRP’s Vice President–Business Development for NRP’s coal business, will assume additional responsibilities with regard to coal industry relations and report to Mr. Hogan.  Following his retirement, Mr. Carter will work as a consultant to NRP through the end of 2014 in order to ensure a seamless transition. 

“We look forward to continued growth at NRP as Wyatt assumes this leadership role and as Kevin and Kevin assume greater responsibilities,” said Mr. Robertson.  “This announcement marks the culmination of an extensive, two-year strategic review and succession planning process at NRP, and I also want to thank our Board of Directors for all of their time and effort in ensuring NRP has a bright future.”