It’s arrived. The countdown clock on the show web site has reached zero. After nearly a year of planning, the inaugural West Virginia Coal Show is a reality. Being held in conjunction with the 50th West Virginia Coal Association Symposium, both promise to energize and excite – even for those who couldn’t make it here to join us.
As we first said when we initially announced this unprecedented show in 2023, the coal industry has changed, and now is the time for coal shows to change, too. The future of coal is being decided now. Looking around, we hope you’ll see many faces you know, along with many more you do not. We hope the next two days will allow for many hands to shake, elbows to rub, business deals to be done, and leads to be generated. Don’t forget to have a little fun while you’re here in Charleston, too, checking out this brand-new facility and taking friends and clients out to one of the city’s many restaurants.
We want to take a moment to thank our partners in this exciting endeavor, including the West Virginia Coal Association, the staff at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center, and the teams at CoalZoom, Mining People, Friends of Coal and Friends of Coal Auxiliary, The West Virginia Coal Mining Institute, Coal and Quarry Miner Exchange, West Virginia University Mining and Industrial Extension, the West Virginia Training and Conference Center and Burgex Mineralocity.
We also want to thank every booth vendor that has packed the exposition hall to the absolute corners; we could not have seen the ribbon cut on this expo without you. We hope you have a productive, fruitful show, and please let us know if there’s anything we can do while you’re here by visiting registration or the SEMCO/North American Mining magazine booth, #100.
If you’re at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center as you read this, welcome. Here’s all the information you need to know for this first-ever event in the heart of Appalachia.
Exhibit Hours
Tuesday, March 26
10am-6pm
Wednesday, March 27
10am-5pm
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