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Photo by Chuck Features Roper SME Outgoing President: John Murphy ...........24 Coal / Energy Events Issue SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit By Art Sanda SME Incoming President: Drew Meyer...........28 Departments By Art Sanda Editorial.............................................................................................. 8 Buyer-Friendly Ad Index “Find it Fast” ...............................................6 Coal People Comments..................................................................... 9 Coal / Energy Events .......................................................................14 Capsule News ................................................................................. 42 Emerging Power: Barbara Altizer is a Voice for Coal ......................32 Coal News Worldwide ..................................................................... 52 By Debra McCown | TriCities.com Coal People in the News ................................................................. 54 Energy News ................................................................................... 50 Message from the Darkness............................................................ 34 Product News .................................................................................. 72 By Bill Archer Advertising Index ............................................................................82 Professional Directory / Classified ..............................................78-81 We are all Part of the Families That Rely on Coal ...........................38 By Christine Pietryla CPM Advertiser in Action Coal / Energy Events Calendar ..................................................61-71 JADCO Manufacturing Introduces New Wear Steel Brand .............42 Carroll Technologies Group Ending 2011 in Style News Highlights Expansions, New Product Lines Spur Rapid Growth ......................43 GIW Celebrating 140 Years of Pump Industry Excellence ............. 42 New Parts and Service Office Opened in Kentucky to Support Pennsylvania Crusher, Gundlach Equipment US Coal to Gasoline Plant will be Largest in World ........................43 Corporation and Jeffrey Rader Corporation .....................................45 Friends of Coal-Kentucky Half Court Participant Wins a Joy Mining Machinery Enters Into a Distribution Agreement Semester’s Tuition & Fees.............................................................. 47 with J. 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ABRASION / IMPACT RESISTANT MATERIALS ELECTRICAL / CABLE PRODUCTS American Utility Metals ............................................................ 81 Corky Wells Electric .................................................................79 CBP Engineering Corp. ........................................................... 78 Pemco Corporation.................................................................. 79 HardSteel, Inc. ...................................................................29, 81 EMERGENCY ESCAPE HOISTING SYSTEMS Wear Services ......................................................................... 78 Coalfield Services, Inc. ............................................................80 ACTUATORS EMPLOYMENT Raco International ................................................................... 31 MineIndustryJobs.com............................................................. 26 AUTOMATED SAMPLING SYSTEMS Strata Worldwide ..................................................................... 80 James A. Redding Company ...................................................78 ENGINEERING SERVICES Precision Samplers, Inc. ..........................................................78 Farnham &