In excess of 2,200 total attendance, with over 500 high-level registrants for the West Virginia Coal Association Symposium by Donna Schmidt That’s a wrap once again. The third West Virginia Coal Show, co-located with the 52nd annual West Virginia Coal Association symposium, is now in the books and planning for the 2027 event is already under way. The two-day event…
Read MoreEd. Note – The following was penned by Frontieras North America CEO Matthew McKean. For generations, West Virginia coal has fueled America’s rise. It was West Virginia miners who helped forge the steel that built the East Coast, powered factories, and armed a nation in wartime. The Appalachian coalfields were the backbone of American industry – and their contribution was…
Read MoreFrontieras North America has announced the appointment of two-decade global finance veteran Jose Lopez as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The company said his hiring signals a critical milestone in the company’s trajectory as it prepares for a public listing and scales construction of its $850 million flagship facility in Mason County, W.Va. Lopez has experience across public accounting…
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Frontieras North America, part of Frontier Applied Sciences, said it has selected a site in Mason County, West Virginia, for its inaugural FASForm coal processing plant, set for commissioning in the last quarter of next year. The 2.7-million-ton-per-year facility, which will employ about 500, will reform coal, waste plastics and hydrogen production by extracting volatiles, moisture and contaminants under a…
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