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news continued Dave Fiorelli, Tenaska president of development, blamed a number of market and policy changes since Taylorville's inception for the project's eventual demise. According to Fiorelli, changing factors included: An increase in the supply of natural gas and a significant decrease in the price of gas; the reduced cost of renewable power; and the lack of state legislation to implement the long-term sale of the project's output. CALENDAR OF EVENTS July 30-August 1, 2013 32nd International Conference on Ground Control in Mining— will be held at the Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa in Morgantown, W.Va. Contact: Karen Centofanti (Tel: 304-293-3901; Fax: 304-293-5708; Email: KLcentofanti@mail.wvu.edu; Web: www.mine.cemr.wvu.edu). August 11-15, 2013 23rd World Mining Congress—will be held in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Contact: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (Tel: 514.939.2710; Web: www.wmc-expo2013.org or www.cim.org). August 13-14, 2013 Illinois Mining Institute's Annual Meeting & Tradeshow—will be held at the City of Marion Pavilion in Marion, Ill. Contact: Jeff Smyth (Tel: 618-3181980; Web: www.illinoismininginstitute.org). August 20-23, 2013 AIMEX—will be held at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia. Contact: Reed Mining Events, Reed Exhibitions Australia (Tel: 61 2 9211 7544; Email: aimex@reedexhibitions.com.au; Web: www.aimex.com.au). September 4-6, 2013 Fall Blasting & Explosives Safety Training Seminar—will be held at the South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, S.D., and the Crazy Horse Memorial. Contact: RAM Inc.-Robert A. McClure, Inc. (Email: info@ramets.com; Web: www.ramets.com). September 9-12, 2013 National Coal Mine Rescue, First Aid, Bench and Pre-Shift Competition—will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Jeff Naccarato (jnaccarato@heiexpo.com) or Ashley West (awest@nma.org; 202-463-2632) Web: www.coalminerescuecontest.com. September 11-13, 2013 Bluefield Coal Show—will be held at the Brushfork ArmoryCivic Center in Bluefield, W.Va. Contact: The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce (Tel: 304-327-7184; Fax: 304-325-3085; Email: info@bluefieldchamber.com; Web: www.bluefieldchamber.com). September 16-19, 2013 13th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference—will be held in Beijing, China. Contact: Ke Liu, National Institute of Clean and Low Carbon Energy (Tel: 86 10 57339698; Email: liuke@nicenergy.com; Web: www.engineering.pitt.edu/pcc). CONSOL Energy Deploys New Broadband Network for Pittsburgh Waterways Officials at CONSOL Energy and the Port of Pittsburgh Commission have announced the first wireless broadband network deployed on an inland waterways anywhere in the U.S. The country's third-busiest inland port, the Port of Pittsburgh, supports more than 200 facilities servicing the barge industry. Developed exclusively for Pittsburgh's three rivers, this neutral network, Wireless Waterway (WW), links proprietary, stove-piped and stand-alone systems into a "system of systems" improving waterway safety and efficiency with the thousands of vessels navigating them daily, according to officials. The WW is a physical device and application network for river commerce integrating real-time navigation information, cargo-tracking and waterway sensor operation. The technology has been installed on CONSOL Energy's M/V Safety Pledge, vessels owned by Campbell Transportation, and the Gateway Clipper. The M/V Safety Pledge is also testing the broadband network for Quality of Life initiatives for the U.S. Department of Transportation and will test for river bed sounding technology, a 3-D camera/software technology and GPS tracking technology. The ship was launched in Q2 2013. Al Aloia, director of CONSOL Energy river operations, noted the project reflected myriad benefits. "CONSOL Energy's commitment to standards and safety, and an advancement in employee retention by providing our rivers crews the opportunity to stay in contact with family and friends while working on the boat," he said. Virginia Tech Unveils New Mine Safety Lab Virginia Tech's Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering has finished its new Subsurface Atmospheres Laboratory to advance mine safety. Kray Luxbacher, associate professor of mining and mineral engineering, chemistry professor Harold McNair and Patrick Fromal, regional manager of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc., manufacturers of analytical research instruments, development and quality control, produced the Holden Hall lab. Its centerpieces are a GasChromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) and Gas Chromatograph with Electron Capture Detector (GC-ECD) and Auto Sampler, which Shimadzu has donated to the department through a longstanding relationship with McNair. "We September 16-20, 2013 XV International Congress for Mine Surveying—will be held in Aachen, Germany. Contact: RWTH Aachen, Institute for Mine Surveying (Tel: 49 241 80 95687; Fax: 49 241 80 92150; Web: www.ism-germany-2013.de). September 21-24, 2013 2013 National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs Conference—will be held at the Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels, W.Va. Contact: WV DEP/AML&R; (Email: Barbara.E.Mays@wv.gov; Web: www.naamlp2013.com). September 23-24, 2013 Platts 36th Annual Coal Marketing Days—will be held at the Sheration Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pa. Contact: Platts (Tel: 866-355-2930; Web: www.coalmarketingdays.com). October 20-22, 2013 33 Coaltrans World Coal Conference Berlin—will be held the Estrel Hotel & Convention Center in Berlin, Germany. Contact: Coaltrans Conferences (Tel: 44 20 7779 7222; Email: coaltrans@euromoneyplc.com; Web: www.coaltrans.com). rd 18 www.coalage.com Left to Right: Kyle Brashear of Dugspur, Va., a master's candidate, mining engineering; Charles Henry, sales engineer, Shimadzu; Patrick Fromal, Mid-Atlantic regional manager, Shimadzu; Kray Luxbacher, associate professor mining and minerals engineering, Virginia Tech; Harold McNair, emeritus professor, chemistry, Virginia Tech; Greg Adel, professor and department head of mining and minerals engineering, Virginia Tech; Paul Macek, field technical support specialist, Shimadzu; and Edmund Jong of Blacksburg, Va., a Ph.D. candidate, mining and minerals engineering, Virginia Tech. July 2013