Posted on 02/01/2012 6:15:17 PM PST by Timber Rattler
Its a tough time for hundreds of coal miners across southwest Virginia.
That's because they're getting pink slips from A & G Coal, which is owned by Southern Coal Company.
Mark Whooten is a spokesman for Southern Coal. He told News 5 who made the decision. "These layoffs are a decision by our corporate headquarters. They are market driven due to metallurgical coal market fluctuating violently at the present time."
The company wouldn't tell us how many jobs they have cut, but we do know its sizeable according to the manager of the local employment office, Gary Hale. "On Monday we saw approximately about 92 folks that visited the office."
(Excerpt) Read more at wcyb.com ...
Congress should defund th EPA.
Congress should defund the EPA.
***The article says its metallurgical coal, not bituminous coal.***
I know the difference between Bituminus, sub-bituminus, anthricite and lignite.
But what is metallurgical coal?
The unemployment checks will stimulate the economy. Thanks Obama. /S
I went to Virginia Tech and graduated in 1999.
The more I see the claim that the country deserves the government they get, the more I believe it. I feel no sympathy or rage now...I know longer feel American either; just some throwback from years ago.
May they all rot in the situation they brought this country to.
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My guess is the drop in the demand for metallurgical coal is from China.
Is the Dairy Queen still around in Pearisburg? LOL My first wife was born in Blacksburg and raised in Ripplemead I think was the name in the 1960’s. When we’d go see her folks first stop was the Dairy Queen in Pearisburg.
I don’t get to Pearisburg often, but I’m pretty sure I saw the DQ on Main St. the last time we passed through there.
coke?
Rumors have it that he no longer could stand the competition, that’s why he had Bin Laden taken out.
Well
If it comes to that we may have something to say about our Republic.
Smile
Metallurgical coal is low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal. In particular, it should be low in phosphorous and sulfur. It’s usually converted to metallurgical coke by heating in an sealed oven to drive off the volatiles.
The resulting coke is used in blast furnaces as a reducing agent and fuel. The low phosphorous and low sulfur contents are desirable to avoid contaminating the pig iron.
Could well be - there’s hardly any domestic steelmaking industry left.
The stinking blue-bellies in NoVa and Richmond probably don't even know that coal is mined in Virginia, or that they directly benefit from that coal. They just wanna be "green".
***Metallurgical coal is low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal***
What is the average BTU/LB of this coal? We used 8400 Btu Wyoming coal in our power plant. Low ash, low sulfur sub-bituminous.
I use a high BTU Oklahoma coal in my blacksmithing work.
It’s stunning isn’t it?
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