Several from across the coal mining industry now have new seats on the reinstated National Coal Council. by Donna Schmidt After disappearing from the industry radar for four years, the National Coal Council has returned under the direction of U.S. President Donald Trump. The announcement was made last summer to officially reconvene the board, and in January, a handful of…
Read MorePeabody Energy President and CEO Jim Grech has been appointed chair of the National Coal Council (NCC). Grech, who joined Peabody in 2021 in his same seat, has over 35 years of experience in the coal and natural resources industry. He is a board member of America’s Power, the National Mining Association and Blue Danube Incorporated, and is a member…
Read MoreOn January 12, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright appointed Chris Hamilton, president and chief executive officer of the West Virginia Coal Association, to serve as a member of the National Coal Council (NCC). The association said that Secretary Wright’s appointment of Hamilton recognizes his decades of leadership and advocacy for coal communities, energy policy development, and job preservation within…
Read MoreU.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has appointed Ramaco Resources Chairman and CEO Randall Atkins as a member of the re-established National Coal Council (NCC). The move allows Atkins to return to NCC service; he was the last chairman of the council in 2021 when former President Biden allowed the charter to lapse, forcing it to cease operations. “The Council’s…
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The U.S. Department of Energy said in a Federal Register announcement last week that the National Coal Council is being re-established as the National Advisory Committee on Coal.
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