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NOV 2012

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news continued scrubber, instead of refurbishing an existing scrubber, on one unit at its 1,717-mw Mill Creek power plant, both in Kentucky. LG&E; and its sister utility, Kentucky Utilities, both subsidiaries of Pennsylvania-based PPL Corp., previously announced plans to retire the Green River coal plant near Central City, Ky., and the Tyrone station, also fueled by coal, in Versailles, Ky. Together, those two plants generate more than 500 mw of electricity. LG&E; said in October it is speeding up the retirement sched- ule for the Cane Run units to May 2015 instead of the end of 2015 as originally planned because a new 640-megawatt natural gas- fired combined-cycle unit should be in operation by then. "Having received timely certificates and permits from the Kentucky Public Service Commission and other regulatory agencies, m PEOPLE I N T H E N EW S Eric Ford Peabody Energy has appointed Eric Ford chairman of Peabody's Australia Business Unit; Charles F. Meintjespresident-Australia; and Kemal Williamsonpresident-Americas. The company also announced George J. Schuller has been appointed group executive Maxwell Resources has appointed Roy Pillmorea consulting geologist. John T. Boyd Co. has appointed Robert J. Farmer and Donald S. Swartzvice presidents of the firm. Charles Meintjes of operations for Peabody Energy Australia, replacing Williamson. D.L. Lobb has been appointed group executive of operations for the Americas, replac- ing Schuller. Ben Hatfield Patriot Coal Corp. has appointed Ben Hatfield president and CEO and has been appointed to the board of directors. As CEO, he suc- ceeds Irl F. Engelhardt, who is stepping down from his duties as chairman, CEO and member of the board of directors. Michael M. Scharf has been appointed chairman of the board of directors. Patriot also announced that Mark N. Schroeder, senior vice presi- dent of financial planning, is leaving the company. The Tennessee Valley Authority has appointed William D. Johnson president and CEO, effective January 1, 2013. He will succeedTom Kilgore, who has served as TVA's first president and CEO since 2006. Kilgore will continue to lead the TVA until Johnson's arrival, and then support his transition. Robert Farmer BMT Group subsidiary, BMT WBM, has appointed Rob Angusmachinery group business unit man- ager for its Brisbane office. we were able to get a quick start on the project and now should be able to retire the coal-fired units sooner than expected," said Paul Thompson, LG&E; senior vice president of energy services. Preliminary work already has started at Cane Run, near Louisville in southwest Jefferson County. The transmission lines on the property are being moved, and the communications tower has been relocated to make room for the new gas plant. LG&E; said it is retiring the coal units and building the new gas plant to comply with new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules, in particular the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule. The utility also has withdrawn an application filed with the Kentucky Division of Waste Management for a new coal-combustion waste landfill at Cane Run. After evaluating the available space in the Donald Swartz Strata Worldwide has appointed Mark Sanderspresident and CEO of Strata Proximity Systems LLC. Mark Sanders The Timken Co. has appointed Ian J. Faassdirector of the compa- ny's off-highway business. The Highland Group recently announced the formal estab- lishment of its Americas Mining Practice and appointed Senior Partner Greg Peacockto lead the new business unit. Norwest Corporation has appointed John Imse vice president water resources and environmental services. William Johnson Dan Norrgan Eriez recently announced that Dan Norrgranpassed away in October. He was hired in 1985 as a technical representative in the sales department, coming from Anaconda Minerals in Tucson, Ariz., where he served as technical manager‒beneficiation applications and supervisor of the Mineral Beneficiation Laboratory. Prior to that, he worked with the U.S. Bureau of Mines in Twin Cities, Minn., as a minerals engineer. He participated in the engineering develop- ment of high intensity magnetic separators and developed a novel process for treat- ing silver-manganese ores with high-intensity magnetics. He was a prolific writer, authoring dozens of technical papers on magnetic separation advancements which were published in professional trade journals around the world. Dan was employed at Eriez for 27 years, most recently serving as manager of the Minerals & Materials Processing Division. He was a respected member of several professional associa- tions including the Canadian Institute of Metallurgy, the International Minerals Association and the Society of Mining Engineers, where he served as National Committee chairman. In 2004, he received Eriez' highest honor, Person of the Year. 12 www.coalage.com GE Mining has appointed Geoff Knox CEO. Jürgen Amedick Siemens has appointed Jürgen AmedickCEO for the Large Drives Business Unit of the Siemens Drive Technologies Division. Amedick follows Jürgen Brandes, who has been appointed CEO of the Rail Automation Business Unit in the Infrastructure & Cities Sector. Aker Wirth has appointed Ulrich Frenzlehead of the mining and construction product group. He replaces Hans Grevewho will concentrate on selected pro- jects and business development activities. Miner Enterprises announced that Kris Jurasekretired as president of the com- pany during October. Richard Biehl has been appointed president and general manager. William O'Donnellhas been promoted to executive director of global sales and Charles Dupin has been promoted to director of North American sales. The company has also appointed Jonathon Marlow sales engineer for the Midwest and the Northeast. November 2012 John Imse

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