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12 www.coalage.com June 2016 news continued Blackhawk Mining's Triad Mining subsidiary in southern In- diana for $18 million. A coal sales agreement that runs until late 2017 was included in the deal. Sunrise expects to mine the coal from its Oaktown No. 1 mine portal. The purchase also allows Sunrise to access another 1.6 million tons of its owned leased reserves that previously were inaccessible. MEC to Close New Era Murray Energy Corp. (MEC) said in May it expects to produce and sell about 53 million tons of steam coal in 2016, a figure that ex- cludes output and sales from Foresight Energy in Illinois, in which Murray owns a significant stake, but includes a Colombian min- ing operation acquired by Murray in 2015 from Goldman Sachs. p e o p l e i n t h e n e w s Bennett K. Hatfi eld, 59, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, May 22 (See News, p. 6). He was born October 26, 1956, in Williamson, West Virginia. He was the principal of Coal Strategies LLC and also served as an independent director on the boards of Foresight Energy LP and Minerals Ref ning Co. He served in senior executive positions for more than 20 years at Massey Energy, then was CEO of International Coal Group and later CEO of Patriot Coal. CONSOL Energy announced that James C. Grech, executive vice president and chief commercial off cer, has retired. Kiewit promoted four key leaders within its power business. Leading energy projects in North America and Australia, Tom Shelby has been appointed president of Kiewit Ener- gy Group. Since 2004, Shelby has provided senior executive oversight on a wide range of energy projects, including nuclear, gas- and coal- f red plants, as well as ref nery fa- cilities and oil extraction projects. Dave Flickinger has been named ex- ecutive vice president of Kiewit En- ergy Group. A 23-year Kiewit veter- an, Flickinger started his career as a f eld engineer and quickly gained roles of increasing responsibility, overseeing safety and quality per- formance, human resources, business development and strategic market leadership. Kevin Needham has been promoted to president of Kiewit Engineering & Design Co. and leads the company's power markets and strategy group. John Jennings has been promoted to president of Kiewit Power Constructors Co. Siemens appointed Norbert Becker to head its Mobile Mining busi- ness, a subsegment of Siemens in Nuremberg, Germany. Prior to this assignment, he was heading the Siemens mining department in Erlangen, Germany. Christian Discherl will take that position with business responsibility to de- liver Siemens products, systems and solutions for mining compa- nies worldwide. In the U.S., Daniel Robertson was promoted to busi- ness manager for Mobile Mining in North America. The Colorado Mining Association has named Stan Dempsey as its next president and COO. He has headed the Colorado Pe- troleum Association since 1999. Georgene Robertson, human resources representative at Arch Coal's Coal-Mac subsidiary, recently was inducted into the Tug Valley Mining Institute (TVMI) Hall of Fame. Robert- son has worked in the coal industry for 31 years, 28 of those at Coal-Mac. She has served as a TVMI board member since 2003, and is a past president of the or- ganization. A.W. Chesterton announced that Andrew W. Chesterton, former- ly executive vice president and chairman of the board, has been named the company's new president and CEO. He succeeds Brian O'Donnell, a longtime Chesterton executive, who will serve as a senior advisor on a variety of projects through the end of the year. Carl Pollastro was appointed president of Norwest Corp.'s U.S. operations, following the retirement of Bob Evans. Pol- lastro joined Norwest in the Salt Lake City off ce in 2009 and worked as senior vice president, engineering/international. Evans retired after 17 years with the company. Bridgestone Americas announced that Eric Higgs has joined the company as vice president of marketing for its com- mercial business. Most recently, he was the general manager for the hands and face category at Kimberly-Clark Corp. Liebherr USA promoted Ana Cabie- des-Uranga to the position of general man- ager, marketing. Most recently, she was marketing and communications manager for Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. The National Mining Association (NMA) welcomed Ashley Burke as the mining organization's senior vice president for communications. Burke was previously global director of communications for Dentons. Gary Thomas Lilly died on April 5, 2016. He graduated from West Virginia Tech in 1968 earning a degree in civil engineering. He was in Who's Who for Engineering and his team won an OPAL Award for Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement in 2006. Randy Darrell Hansford, 60, of Flat Top Lake, passed away on May 6, 2016. He was born in Mullens, West Virginia. He graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in mining engineer- ing in 1978. He worked as a mining engineer for Westmoreland Coal Co., Maben Energy and Pioneer Fuel Corp. before becoming president of Kingston Resources, and then Riverton Coal Corp. He was also a former chairman of the West Virginia Coal Association. James Grech Tom Shelby Dave Flickinger Kevin Needham John Jennings Norbert Becker Georgene Robertson Stan Dempsey Christian Discherl Bennett Hatfield Carl Pollastro Eric Higgs Ana Cabiedes- Uranga Ashley Burke Gary Thomas Lilly Randy Darrell Hansford Andrew Chesterton Daniel Robertson

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