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AUGUST 2013 FEATURE ARTICLES 20 Factors Considered for Increasing Longwall Panel Widths Wider panels increase production and ease development, but they also require additional design considerations 44 A Look Inside This Year's Bluefield Coal Show 50 Improve Equipment Reliability and Reduce Costs with Clean Oil 54 Miners Reap the Benefits of Greater Power Density Technology is allowing miners in both surface and underground applications to capitalize on smarter systems and controls 58 Managing Fuel Supply Chain Cleanliness With new specific fuel cleanliness requirements for diesel engines, contamination control throughout the entire fuel supply chain is critical 62 PRB ROUNDUP/24 PRB Operators Reduce Production to Match Market Demand Producers are looking at all options to reduce costs 32 NO. 8 Tongue River Railroad: Model of Persistence 24 TRANSPORT TIPS/20 VOL. 118 Custom-engineered Vibrator Design COAL IN THE NEWS BLUEFIELD PREVIEW/44 MOTORS & DRIVES/54 THIS ISSUE 4 Rockefeller introduces new coal dust requirement 4 Patriot Coal, UMWA reach deal on retiree's benefits 5 Signal Peak posts impressive numbers 6 Bailey Prep Plant resumes operations after structural failure 6 Cumberland idled by ground control issues 8 Democrats launch CoalBlue Project This month Coal Age offers readers a glimpse of what they can expect 8 Westmoreland announces first coal delivery to the West to see at the 2013 Bluefield Coal Show. On the cover, a continuous 12 SCH starts construction on coal terminal miner works in low coal. (Photo provided courtesy of Southern Coal; 12 Alpha announces more layoffs photographer: GEM Photos 304-256-8400) 14 CONSOL Energy installs advanced water treatment facility in West Virginia 16 OCA sides with Buckingham 18 EKPC finds a solution for Cooper power plant WORLD NEWS 5 Miners decide to strike at Drummond's Colombia coal operations New coal loader at Newcastle port almost complete Donkin completes 2-year permitting process 6 Whitehaven wins approval for Tarrawonga expansion in New South Wales Polish miner Kompania Weglowa plans to cut costs 8 10 Take-or-pay contracts incentivize Australia coal producers despite slowdown Mozambique: record coal production in Moatize NWR fails to find buyer for Dul Paskov mine DEPARTMENTS 2 Editorial 4 Coal in the News 5 World News 12 People 14 Dateline Washington 16 Calendar 18 Awards 20 Transport Tips 62 Operating Ideas 64 Suppliers News 66 Product News 69 Classified 72 Legally Speaking Russian coal exports are up 8% August 2013 www.coalage.com 1