Pocahontas Coal Association will hold its next regular meeting on Thursday, March 27^th at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Elks Club.  For additional information contact Jason Fannin at (276) 623-2914 or (276) 698-5317

Nicholas J. DeIuliis will be promoted to President and CEO of CONSOL Energy and J. Brett Harvey will become Executive Chairman.  These changes will take effect immediately after CONSOL Energy’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 7, 2014.       

Kathleen Cullen has been named Coordinator for the Development of Major and Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives at WVU Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources.

The WV State Property Tax Department has made arrangements to hold a seminar where they will discuss the “Annual Appraisal Report For The Production of Coal”, also known as “The Active Return.” With the passage of SB 401, there have been several changes to this report making the seminar beneficial for coal company representatives and/or agents that will be acting on behalf of coal companies to attend this seminar.

The seminar will be held at Alpha Natural Resources’ RRLA “Running Right Leadership Academy”, 300 Running Right Way, Julian, WV 25529 on March 25, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Space is limited, so it is imperative that you RSVP to susan.k.ratliff@wv.gov or go to http://www.state.wv.us/taxrev/ptdweb/index.html

Reserved seating will be accepted by date of receipt of RSVP.

According to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) weekly production report, year-to-date U.S. metallurgical exports through January 2014 were down 7.4% as compared to the same period last year (5mt v. 5.5mt) and steam coal exports were off by 11.6% (3.4mt v. 3.9mt). Coal imports were up by 63% for the same year-to-date period (1mt v. 0.6mt). West Virginia’s 2014 year-to-date production, through 3/15, was down 2.4% statewide when compared to the same period in 2013 (23.5mt v. 24.1mt), with northern WV production down 2.1% (8.5mt v. 8.7mt) and southern WV was off 2.5% (15mt v. 15.4mt). U.S. year-to-date production through 3/15 was down 2.7% (198.9mt v. 204.3mt). There were 118,480 railroad cars loaded last week in the United States.

The 2014 Joint Spring Meeting of the WV Coal Association, WV Coal Mining Institute and the CAS/SME will be held on May 7-9 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston, WV.  The agenda and registration information can be obtained from the WVCA offices by e-mailing:  sdavison@wvcoal.com.  As mentioned, the Hall of Fame induction will be on Thursday evening.