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Lay Jr. Award for surface coal mines went to Blackhawk Mining\u2019s Rockwell Mining Glancy Surface Mine and the Cleveland-Cliffs Princeton Coal, Extra Energy Loop Branch Surface Mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mountaineer Guardian Awards were presented to the following mining operations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Underground operations honored included Alliance Coal, Tunnel Ridge Mine; Alpha Metallurgical Resources\u2019 Aracoma Cedar Grove Mine 3, Davy Branch and Lynn Branch No. 2; Alpha\u2019s Kingston No. 2 and Marfork Coal Glen Alum Tunnel complexes; Blackhawk Mining\u2019s Blue Creek No. 1; Kanawha Eagle Mining North Eagle, Panther Creek Winchester 2, Rockwell Mining Coal Branch No. 2, and Panther Creek American Eagle; Cleveland-Cliffs\u2019 Princeton Coal Twin State Mining Mine No. 44; Core Natural Resources\u2019 Mingo Logan Mountaineer II, Itmann #5, and Wolf Run Leer South mines; Coronado Global Resources\u2019 Greenbrier Minerals Eagle No. 1 and Muddy Bridge operations; Ramaco Resources\u2019 Eagle Seam Deep Mine and No. 2 Gas; Southern Minerals Raw Coal Mining Sewell Mine R; and United Coal Company, Pocahontas Coal Affinity Mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surface operations included those owned by Alpha, Blackhawk, Central Coal, Cleveland-Cliffs, Coal-Mac, Coronado Global Resources, Eagle Summit Resources, Ed Coal, Greenbrier Smokeless Coal LP Minerals and United Coal Company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luncheon ceremony honors state\u2019s mines\u2019 At the recent co-located West Virginia Coal Show and West Virginia Coal Association Symposium, held in Charleston, March 31-April 1, the WVCA recognized and celebrated exemplary mine safety achievements of mining industry operations across the state. 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