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JANUARY 2013 FEATURE ARTICLES 20 Are Your Coal Miners Prepared to Self-escape? Every coal miner should be capable of independently getting out of the mine in an emergency 30 Southern Coal Retools for the Future Managing through the trough, an Appalachian leader makes bold moves to secure a long-term position 35 Assessment of Plate and Frame Presses in Fine Coal Refuse Disposal Using a membrane filter press, the Blue Creek prep plant was able to place tailings in a combines fill area 42 Advances in Real Time Data More underground mines rely on Wi-Fi to keep production personnel informed 44 SOUTHERN COAL/30 U.S. Coal Miners Will Dig Deep to Compete With demand from power plants remaining flat, coal operators cling to exports while dealing with federal regulators 26 NO. 1 Jousting with Windmills: PRB Coal Shippers' Dust Control Battle 22 NEWS/4 VOL. 118 Gearbox Stocking Program Gets Barge Conveyor Up and Running COAL IN THE NEWS 4 EPA Administrator Jackson resigns 4 Alpha idles four underground mines in Kentucky 5 Officials seek buyers for Willow Lake 6 UK Coal restructures 8 Rosebud Mining facility to clean up river in Pennsylvania 10 Indian coal exports delayed, but will begin in 2013 12 Navajo Nation to purchase Navajo mine from BHP 14 Will Kentucky Power do away with coal? 16 OPERATING IDEAS/44 THIS ISSUE The FutureGen saga continues 18 MINE COMMUNICATIONS/42 Midwest Generation Coal will operate as planned This month, Coal Age publishes its Annual Forecast based on a survey of coal executives. On the cover, one of two refurbished P&H; 2800 electric shovels begins moving overburden at Southern Coal. DEPARTMENTS WORLD NEWS 2 Editorial 5 Indian coal consumption to surpass the U.S. in the next five years 4 Coal in the News 5 World News Westshore says repairs will take months 12 People Coal Alliance settles for less from Korean importer 14 Dateline Washington Vale to build railroad in Malawi 16 Calendar Canadian court refuses to block arrival of more Chinese workers 20 Transport Tips Adani Group set to proceed with multibillion Australian project 44 Operating Ideas 46 Suppliers News 48 Product News 53 Classified 56 Legally Speaking 8 10 Kuzbass increases coal output January 2013 www.coalage.com 1