Coal Calendar 2024

January 22-23, 2024 – 28^th Annual Professional Development Mine Safety Seminar for Supervisors presented by Penn State, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. This miner training program is being held at Holiday Inn Conference Center, Lehigh Valley, Pa. Rts. I-78/100 South. Phone 610-391-1000 and mention “Penn State Seminar”. Seminar cost is $100 per person. To register visit www.sites.psu.edu/minertraining/safetyseminar/.

January 24-27 – 50^th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Techniques, Savanah Convention Center, Savanah, Georgia. Visit www.isee.org/conferencess/2024-conference. 

January 31 – Southwest Virginia Counties Legislative Reception, Richmond, VA. Presented by Metallurgical Coal Producers Associaton. For further information phone 276-970-5580 or barb@metcoalproducers.com or visit www.metcoalproducers.com.

February 1 – Kanawha Valley Mining Institute Meeting Annual ”Success Through Scholarships” Charles Bowling Scholarship Awards, 6.30 p.m., sponsored by . Holiday Inn and Suites-Charleston West, 400 Second Avenue, Charleston, West Virginia 25303. For further information, please visit www.kvmi.org.

February 1 - Legislative Breakfast, Omni Hotel, Richmond, VA. Presented by Metallurgical Coal Producers Association. Phone 276-970-5580, email barb@metcoalproducers.com or visit www.metcoalproducers.com. 

February 20-22 – ACC Miami Coal Forum to be held at Mayfair Hotel, Miami, FL. For further information, please visit www.americancoalcouncil.org.   

February 25-28 – SME 2024 Annual Conference & Expo with the theme MINEXChange to be held in Phoenix, AZ. For full technical program and registration, please visit the Apple App or Google Play store and search for SME 2024 or e-mail webmaster@smenet.org. Register at www.smeannualconference.com. 

February 26-28 – Coaltrans India to be held at Gao, India. For further information visit www.fastmarkets.com/coaltrans/.   

March 21 – Tug Valley Mining Institute Meeting to be held at Logan Country Club, Chapmanville, WV. Speaker Jesse Parrish, Blackhawk Mining. Sponsor JP Tech. For further information phone Georgene Robertson 304-792-8433 and visit Facebook: Tug Valley Mining Institute. 

March 25-27 – 42^nd Annual South-Central Joint Mine Safety and Health Conference, to be held at Choctaw Conference Center, Durant, OK. For further information, please visit www.scjmhsc.org.  

March 26-27 – 50^th West Virginia Mining Symposium sponsored by the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute joining with the West Virginia Coal Association, to be held at the Charleston Coliseum and Conference Center, Charleston, WV. Event includes the Mountaineer Guardian and Environmental Excellence Award Luncheons. On the evening of Tuesday, March 26, the West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame Banquet is being held at the Coliseum. The WV Coal Show takes place at the same time. For further information please contact Jim Dean, Secretary-Treasurer at 304-276-0591 or James.Dean@mail.wvu.edu. 

March 26 – 8th Annual Professional Engineers in Mining Seminar presented by Metallurgical Coal Producers Association and held at Lebanon, VA. For further information, please phone 276-970-5580, email barb@metcoalproducers.com, or visit www.metcoalproducers.com..   

March 26-28 – WV Coal Show, presented by SEMCO Publishing producer of North American Mining magazine., to be held in conjunction with the WVCA & WVCMI 50^th WV Mining Symposium at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center, Charleston, WV. Visit www.wvcoalshow.com 

April 4 – Kanawha Valley Mining Institute Meeting 6:30 pm to be held at Holiday Inn and Suites-Charleston West, 400 Second Avenue, Charleston, WV. Speaker TBA, sponsored by . For further information, please visit www.kvmi.org. 

April 7-13 - Bauma 2024 to be held in Messe Muenchen, Munich, Germany. For information visit www.bauma.de. 

April 9-13 – Women in Mining National Conference to be held at Elko, Navado. Visit www.womeninmining.us. 

April 17-18 - MINEX Kazakhstan to be held at Astana, Kazakhstan. Held annualy, the forum brings together 400 senior executives from mining organizations and banks from more than 20 countries. Visit www.minexkazakhstan.com.   

April 23 – Tug Valley Mining Institute Meeting to be held at Logan Convention Center in conjunction with the CEDAR Coal Fair. Speaker Jim Bunn. Social hour 6-7 dinner 7. For information please phone 304-792-8433 or visit www.tvmi.us.   

April 25 – ARBOR Day cosponsored by Metallurgical Coal Producers Association and Virginia Department of Energy in Buchanan County, VA. For further information, contact Barb Altizer 276-970-5580 or barb@matcoalproducers.com or visit www.metcoalproducers.com.

April 29-May 1 – 2024 CoalProTec Conference and Exhibition hosted by Central Appalachian Section (CAS) of SME and the Coal Preparation Society America (CIPSA)  to be held at the Central Bank Center in Lexington, KY. Visit www.coalprepsociety.org or contact Geaunita Caylor g.caylor@uky.edu 

 May 12-13 - CIM 2024 Convention to be held at Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For further information phone 514-939-2710 ext. 1333, email cim@cim.org, or visit www.convention.cim.org.

May 16 – Tug Valley Mining Institute Meeting and Scholarship Presentations. Logan Country Club, Chapmanville, WV. Social hour 6-7 dinner 7. Scholarship meeting. Speaker Chris Atkins, Clintwood, JOD. Sponsor Boyd CAT. For further information, please phone Georgene Robertson 304-792-8433 and visit Facebook: Tug Valley Mining Institute. 

May 18-21 – MCPA 44th Annual Conference & Expo (Metallurgical Coal Producers Association) to be held at Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, WV. Brings together key industry leaders and Includes golf outing, clay shooting contest and fishing tournament.. For further information, please phone 270-970-5580, email barb@virginiacoalenergy.com or visit www.metcoalproducers.com.   

June 5-6 – Annual Virginia Governor’s Cup Mine Rescue Contest to be held at UVA Wise, Wise, VA. For further information please contact MCPA phone 276-970-5580 emailbarb@metcoalproducers.com or visit www.metcoalproducers.com. 

June 23-25 - 26^th CoalTrans Asia, Bali International Convention Center, The West Resort, Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Network with over 800 key decision makers. For further information visit www.coaltrans.com/asia. 

June 23-25 – Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute 120th Annual Conference, to be held at Hilton Denver Inverness, Denver, CO. For further information, please phone Judy Colgan at 303-948-3300, or visit www.rockymtnmining.org.   

June 24-28 – Holmes Safety National Joint Safety & Health Conference to be held at the Hilton Clearwater Beach, Clearwater Beach, Florida. For more information visit www.holmessafety.org.   

July 22-25 – 38th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining presented by SME, to be held at Canonsburg, PA. For further information, visit www.smenet.org. 

July 26 - 7^th Annual Friends of Coal Gillette Golf Tournament, Bell Nob Golf Course, Gillette, WY. For information phone Judy Colgan 303-948-3300 or visit www.rockymtnmining.org.   

August 9 – Kentucky Professional Engineers in Mining (PEM) Seminar to be held at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, KY. For further information, please contact Geaunita Caylor g.caylor@uky.edu.   

August 13-15 – ACC Coal Market Strategies Conference to be held at Park City, UT. For further information, please visit www.americancoalcouncil.org. 

August 27-28 RMMI Tri-State Regional Meeting (Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming) to be held in Deadwood, South Dakota. For further information please phone Judy Colgan at 303-948-3300 or visit www.rockymtnmining.org. 

September 5 Professional Engineers Seminar sponsored by MCPA (Metallurgical Coal Producers Association) to be held in Lebanon, VA. Participants receive eight hours PDH. For more information please contact Barb Altizer, 276-970-5580, Barb@metcoalproducers.com or visit www.metcoalproducers.com. 

September 8-10 – Coaltrans Asia, to be held in Bali, Indonesia. Please visit www.fastmarkets.com/coaltrans/. 

September 9-11 – Illinois Mining Institute 128th Annual Meeting, to be held at The Pavilion of the City of Marion, Marion, Illinois. For further information, please contact Sheila Colombo, 618-985-4035, e-mail info@imi1892.com, or visit www.illinoismininginstitute.org.  

September 19 – Tug Valley Mining Institute Meeting. Logan Country Club, Chapmanville, WV. Social hour 6-7 dinner 7. Speaker TBD. Sponsor TBD. For further information, please phone Georgene Robertson 304-792-8433 and visit Facebook: Tug Valley Mining Institute. 

September 24-26 – MINExpo International sponsored by the National Mining Association to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada with over 40,000 attendees expected including 11,000 from the coal industry. For further information visit www.minexpo.com.    

September 26 - National Mining Hall of Fame 37th Annual Induction Banquet to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information please contact Francine Webber, Events Manager, 719-293-4321 or visit www.mininghalloffame.org. 

October 3 - Kanawha Valley Mining Institute Meeting 6:30 pm, sponsored by TBA. To be held at Holiday Inn and Suites-Charleston West, 400 Second Avenue, Charleston, WV. For further information please visit www.kvmi.org. 

October 17 – Tug Valley Mining Institute Meeting. Logan Country Club, Chapmanville, WV. Social hour 6-7 dinner 7. Speaker Don Blankenship. Sponsor TBD. For further information, please phone Georgene Robertson 304-792-8433 and visit Facebook: Tug Valley Mining Institute. 

October 24 – MCPA (Metallurgical Coal Producers Association) Fall Meeting with Excellence in Mining Reclamation & Safety Awards Banquet, to be held at Russel County Conference Center, Lebanon, VA. For more information, please contact Barb Altizer, phone 276-970-5580, barb@metcoalproducers.com or visit www.metcoalproducers.com.   

October 24-25 – PCMIA/SME Annual Joint Meeting, to be held at Hilton Garden Inn Southpointe, Canonsburg, PA. Includes Technical Sessions and Student Luncheon. For further information, please contact Mary DelRosso, 412-835-7387, or e-mail mary412d@comcast.net.

October 30-November 2? – China Coal & Mining Expo 2019. China’s 19^th international technology exchange and equipment exhibition on coal & mining to be held at New China International Exhibition Center (NCIEC) Hosted by China National Coal Association and China National Coal Group Corp. For more information visit www.chinaminingcoal.com. 

October 31- November 3 – 13th Annual Southeast Mine Safety & Health Conference to be held at the Ross Bridge Hotel/Conference Center, Hoover, Alabama. Comprehensive program includes exhibits, pre-conference seminar, golf outing and charity dinner. For further information, phone 205-290-7296 please visit www.southeastmineconf.org. 

November 26-29 – Bauma China to be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, Shanghai, China. The show will feature construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, and construction vehicles. To register visit www.bauma-china.com.

December 5 - Kanawha Valley Mining Institute Meeting 6:30 pm sponsored by . To be held at Holiday Inn and Suites-Charleston West, 400 Second Avenue, Charleston, WV. For further information contact www.kvmi.org.  

December 11-14 – Bauma India to be held at Delhi, India. For further information visit