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Conference News
Additional paper added to Prep Plants Session on Thursday
May 1st
New Symposium Annouced
Complete Conference Line-up
CPSA News
Coal Preparation Society of America
Industry News
Russia's Severstal to spend $140 mln on coal unit
Patriot Coal Recognized for Outstanding Safety
Performance
Ispat parent buys coal assets abroad
ICG reports $16 million loss
Entire Sections
of Heavy Manufacturing, Steel, Coal-Fired Power Stations to Close for
Summer Olympics in China, According to Platts
Conference News
Additional paper added to Prep
Plants Session on Thursday May 1st
Thursday, May 1st: 11:00 am – 11:30
am
Design, Construction & Commissioning of Xiang
Shui CPP in Guizhou Province, China
David Selent, Vice President of Engineering, KRS Mining Equipment &
Technology, Beijing, China
This paper will discuss the engineering, construction & commissioning
of a 715 tph ROM Jig steam coal preparation plant and a 250 tph coking
coal CPP in Guizhou Prov. China. The coking coal CPP incorporates the
following circuits:
- Three product HM cyclone to clean 50 x 1.2 mm
- Teeter Bed Separator (TBS) to clean 1.2 x 0.25 mm
- Wemco Smart Cell Flotation to clean 0.25 x 0mm
Challenges associated with introducing latest western coal
preparation technology into a remote part of China will be
reviewed.
Coal Prep Expo Celebrating 25 years!
Help us celebrate 25 years of the Coal Prep Conference and
Expo. Join us for a cocktail and some food. Network with
your colleagues and catch up with friends. April 29th, 5:00-6:00
p.m. following the close of the expo. Included in all registration
packages.
New Symposium Annouced
New one day symposium, April 28, to be featured at
CoalPrep'08
Loading & Transportation of Coal in the
21st Century
CoalPrep’08 will take an in-depth look at “Loading and
Transportation of Coal in the 21st Century”. Bill McHale,
Kanawha Scales, put the symposium together. He will introduce
the program with a review of coal loadout systems.
The various presenters will be: Steve Crum, CSX Railroad, who will
discuss issues in scheduling and managing unit train movements; Neal
Bates, Norfolk Southern Corp., who will address development and
implementation of enhancements to NS’s proprietary coal
transportation management system; then Steve and Neal will answer
questions regarding coal transportation issues; Paul Reagan, Standard
Laboratories, will address the reporting and integration of coal
quality lab data, sampling operation and performance, and analyzer
systems with train loading operations; and finally Duane Bennett, KSS,
will review the continuing evolution of train loadout systems
For 25 years, Coal Prep has been the ONLY conference and exhibition
specifically serving the needs of the coal prep professional. We
provide the best education the industry has to offer while introducing a
multitude vendors providing equipment and services to help better your
plant operations and giving you the opportunity to network with your
professional peers.
Complete Conference
Line-up
Check out the schedule of events for the 2008
Conference program:
Monday, April 28 • 9:00am – 4:30pm
Symposium: Loading & Transportation of Coal in the 21st Century
Monday, April 28 • 10:00am –
3:00pm
Workshop: Coal Preparation – Operator Guidelines
Keynote Address, Tuesday, April 29,
9:00 – 10:30 a.m
Fossil Energy, Clean Coal Technology, and
FutureGen
Thomas A. Sarkus,Division Director,Advanced Energy
Initiatives Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory,
U.S.Department of Energy will discuss Clean
Coal Technologies and their states of development and performance
attributes Hear about new research and initiatives of the
U.S.Dept. of Energy and their environmental acceptability.
Tuesday, April 29
Recertification: Annual Refresher Training for Impoundment Inspection
Qualified Persons
Coal Waste Impoundment – get your MSHA Recertification at Coal
Prep! Providing a convenient way for you to renew your certification
annually.
Tuesday, April 29 – Thursday, May 1
Coal Prep Technical Sessions
Plant Safety & Innovation
Dense Medium Cyclones
Sequestration & Coal Conversion
Fines Dewatering
Preparation Plants
For more information and to register, go to www.coalprepshow.com
CPSA News
Coal Preparation Society of
America
Volunteers Needed to Staff the CPSA Booth at Coal Prep
‘08
If you can spend an hour or two helping at the CPSA booth during Coal
Prep ’08 please contact Bob Bratton, CPSA, Secretary, at rbratton@vt.edu or
540-231-3864.
Industry News
Russia's Severstal to spend
$140 mln on coal unit
Russian miner and steel maker will invest $140 million
upgrading its Arctic coal mines this year, 4 percent more than last
year, the company said on Tuesday.
Severstal, majority owned by billionaire Alexei Mordashov, said in a
statement the investment would allow the company to upgrade mines
belonging to its Vorkutaugol subsidiary. Read
More..
Patriot Coal Recognized for
Outstanding Safety Performance
Safety Awards at the 35th Annual West Virginia Mining
Symposium. The company's Federal No. 2 mine and its Big Mountain
preparation plant were each honored for their safe working environments.
Read
More..
Ispat parent buys coal assets
abroad
Calcutta, Feb. 6: Global Steel Holdings Ltd, the parent
company of Ispat Industries, has acquired two coking coal blocks in
Mozambique.
Tata Steel and ArcelorMittal have also recently bought coal acreages in
the east African country.
Read
More...
ICG reports $16 million
loss
International Coal Group warned investors to brace for a
non-cash $110 million after-tax charge atop the fourth-quarter and full
year 2007 losses it reported Thursday.
ICG said it lost $16 million, or 11 cents per share, in the three months
ended Dec. 31. The company lost $97,000, or broke even per share, in the
same period of 2006.
Read
More...
Entire Sections of Heavy
Manufacturing, Steel, Coal-Fired Power Stations to Close for Summer
Olympics in China, According to Platts
China is preparing to shut entire sections of heavy
manufacturing across swathes of its industrial heartlands in preparation
for this year's summer Olympics, in a determined bid to clean up its key
host cities before and during the games, according to Platts, a leading
global provider of energy and commodities information. Read
More...
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