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JULY/AUGUST 2017 VOL. 122 NO. 6 July/August 2017 www.coalage.com 1 feature articles 16 Improved Safety and Productivity Through Advanced Shearer Automation Tunnel Ridge operators embrace the benefits of automated longwall mining 24 The Titans of Texas Two Wirtgen surface miners load coal and lignite in south Texas 28 Government Bankrolls Initial Efforts to Extract Rare Earths From Coal Waste The Department of Energy is funding coal research that could help yield metals of critical military and strategic importance by 2020, but to do so must meet strict regulations and face entrenched Chinese competition 34 Bluefield Coal Show Preview coal in the news 4 Alpha to Transfer Idle Assets, Eliminate Self-bonding in West Virginia 4 Mississippi Power to Suspend Lignite Coal Gasification at Kemper Plant 4 Murray Energy Sues CSX Over Service Delays 5 CONSOL Files Plans to Spin Off Coal Business 6 Roof Fall Accidents Decline, Remain Leading Cause of Injuries 7 EPA, US Army Move to Rescind Clean Water Rule 9 ILB Producers Expanding, Opening New Facilities 11 Beech Creek Coal Mine Resumes Production 12 Indiana Utilities See Steam Coal Supplies Falling 14 KY Coal Academy Partners With CEDAR world news 5 Zwane Suspends South African Mining Charter 5 Rio Tinto's Coal Deal Cements Ties With China 5 India's Utility NTPC Bets Big on Coal 6 Losses May Spur Shanxi Coal Recast 7 Coal Operator is Fined for Obed Mountain Mine Spill in Canada 9 Poles Reform Coal Sector departments 2 Editorial 4 News 5 World News 8 Dateline Washington 10 People 12 Awards 14 Calendar 40 Operating Ideas 42 Suppliers News 44 Product News 46 Classifieds 48 Legally Speaking One of the most productive underground coal mines, Alliance Resource Partners' Tunnel Ridge mine, located in northern West Virginia, is reaping the benefits of remote operations and automation. On the cover, an operator upwind out of the dust observes an automated shearer cutting coal. this issue NEWS/ 4 SURFACE MINING/ 24 BLUEFIELD COAL SHOW/ 34 LONGWALL MINING/ 16