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SEPTEMBER 2018 VOL. 123 NO. 7 NEWS/4 PRB ROUNDUP/16 feature articles 16 PRB Production Regains Momentum in 2017 Midway through 2018, however, some producers are revising production guidance figures downward 20 Technology vs. Sales — The Ongoing Battle in the Blasting Business How to avoid getting caught up in technology hype that does not present any real advantage SCREENING MACHINES/26 DRIVE SYSTEMS/30 26 Designed to Stay Off Your Mind The latest in screening solution offerings are promoted as producing results while reducing labor costs 30 The Benefits of Modern Drives Several new drive configurations offer improvement for different aspects of mine operations coal in the news 4 EPA to Replace CPP With Affordable Clean Energy Rule this issue 4 Ramaco Develops Alternative Plan at Berwind Mine This month, Coal Age reviews what’s happening out West in the Powder River Basin, where 16 mines produced more than 334 million 5 Alpha Natural Resources Sees Increase in Income, tons in 2017. On the cover, a haul truck transports coal at the North Coal Sales Antelope Rochelle mine — the largest mining complex in the U.S. 6 Falkirk Adds 160 Acres to Mining Area (Photo: Peabody Energy) 7 Pennsylvania Offers Funding to Blaschak to Reopen Mammoth Reserves 8 Gardner Withdraws OSM Nomination 10 2 Small Kentucky Coal Plants Face Far Different Futures departments 11 Nipsco Using Railcar Fleet This Summer to 2 Editorial 4 Transport Coal to Power Plants News 5 World News 12 Alliance Reports Increased Coal Sales and Exports 10 People 11 world news Awards 12 Calendar 5 Coal Demand Continues to Rise Despite China’s 36 Operating Ideas Effort to Switch Fuels 40 Suppliers News 6 SUEK Sets Longwall Record at Yalevsky Mine 41 Product News 7 NOBLE Sues Australian Coal Producers 46 Classifieds 48 8 Mongolia’s Tavan Tolgoi Sees Coal Exports Legally Speaking Increase 28% September 2018 www.coalage.com 1 editor’s note Clean, Affordable Energy from Coal his month, the Coal in the News section opens with a report www.coalage.com Ton the new Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. During Au- gust, Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the Environ- Mining Media International, Inc. mental Protection Agency (EPA), signed the proposal, which 11655 Central Parkway, Suite 306 Jacksonville, Florida 32224 U.S.A. would remove environmental restrictions on power plants and Phone: +1.904.721.2925 return much of the industry regulation to the states. Ultimate- Fax: +1.904.721.2930 ly, the administration needs to repeal the Clean Power Plan (CPP) to balance the playing field for electricity markets, which Editorial Publisher & Editor-in-Chief—Steve Fiscor, [email protected] will help keep pricing competitive. The ACE rule, however, is Associate Editor—Jennifer Jensen, [email protected] an important step in the right direction and Wheeler should be BY STEVE FISCOR Technical Writer—Jesse Morton, [email protected] applauded for restoring the EPA to its traditional role of pro- PUBLISHER & Contributing Editor—Russ Carter, [email protected] tecting the environment from actual threats. Latin American Editor—Oscar Martinez, [email protected] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF One could easily make the argument that the CPP was Graphic Designer—Tad Seabrook, [email protected] never about clean power. America’s fleet of coal-fired power plants is the cleanest Sales in the world and getting cleaner. Collectively, they have reduced pollution by nearly Midwest/Eastern U.S. & Canada, Sales—Victor Matteucci, [email protected] 70% since 1970. The real purpose of the CPP was to shift the economy away from Western U.S., Canada & Australia—Frank Strazzulla, [email protected] cheap, reliable energy and toward renewable energy. This fit the Obama adminis- Scandinavia, UK and European Sales—Colm Barry, [email protected] tration’s climate change narrative. Using the CPP, which was not based on credible Germany, Austria & Switzerland Sales—Gerd Strasmann, [email protected] science, the EPA wrongly interpreted its powers under the Clean Air Act and act- Japan Sales—Masao Ishiguro, [email protected] ed recklessly to disrupt power markets. Few renewable power projects could stand Production Manager—Dan Fitts, [email protected] alone without subsidies. The disruption tilted the scales in favor of natural gas and the U.S. is blessed with inexpensive natural gas. With all these favorable changes in policies toward coal, no new coal-fired pow- er plants have been announced yet in the U.S. The situation, however, is different in other parts of the world. In this month’s World News section, Coal Age reports a new coal-fired power plant commissioned in Panama and another under construction in Vietnam. Japanese and Korean firms have announced several new coal-fired power projects throughout Asia. As this edition was going to press, Clive Palmer, an Austra- lian mining magnate, had announced plans for a $1.5 billion coal-fired power plant in Australia. What do these places have in common? They don’t have natural gas and Coal Age, Volume 123, Issue 7, (ISSN 1040-7820) is published monthly ex- they need affordable, clean power. cept January and July, by Mining Media International, Inc., 11655 Central In early September, Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido suffered a magnitude Parkway, Suite 306, Jacksonville, Florida 32224 (mining-media.com). Pe- riodicals postage paid at Jacksonville, FL, and additional mailing offices. 6.6 earthquake. The epicenter for the quake was the island’s only source of energy, a Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement No. 41450540. Canada return coal-fired power plant. The plant will be repaired and power will be restored. 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