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OFFICERS
Matt Young | President Buckskin Mining Company Craig Rood | Vice President Ciner Wyoming, LLC Dale Nuttall | Secretary/Treasurer Wyo-Ben
DIRECTORS Todd Brichacek Dan Close Scott Durgin Shane Durgin Paul Goranson Shane Gant Gary Rivenes Wade Sivertson Mike Thomas Keith Williams
Solvay Chemicals M-I SWACO Peabody Energy Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. Energy Fuels Westmoreland Kemmerer, Inc. Cloud Peak Energy Liebherr Mining Equipment Cameco Resources Arch Coal, Inc.
STAFF Jonathan Downing | Executive Director Travis Deti | Assistant Director Heidi Peterson | Office Manager
THE MINING CLAIM
Voice of the Wyoming Mining Association June 2016© | Volume 42, No. 1 THE MINING CLAIM is published annually by the Wyoming Mining Association. Subscription price for one year is $5.00. All orders for subscriptions, changes of address and correspondence to the editor should be addressed to: THE MINING CLAIM, Wyoming Mining Association, P.O. Box 866, Cheyenne, WY 82003. Travis Deti.........................................................Editor
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As I have reflected on this past year since the last Wyoming Mining Association (WMA) Convention, it has most notably been a year filled with change. Three of our four major mining industries have all faced significant financial challenges. While all of our industries face significant regulatory issues, the change isn’t over and we look toward a change in the administration in Washington, DC with optimism that the regulators and federal overseers appointed under a new president will at least be considerate to changing
JONATHAN DOWNING Executive Director Wyoming Mining Association
the burdensome regulations our member companies must operate under every day. Company budgets have been adjusted, changes in personnel have occurred, short and long-term strategies for the future long-term viability of many of our member companies have been engaged. For some of our members, these challenges have been on the front page of major newspapers or the evening news for many weeks. A fair number of these challenges wouldn’t be here, but for the actions of nongovernmental organizations ...Continue on page 5
INSIDE THIS ISSUE ...
We Will Succeed..............................................................4 WMA President’s Message................................................7 Wyo-Ben Wind IMCC Award................................................... 9 Wyoming Stands with Mining and Miners.....................15 Technology is Key to Coal’s Future.................................16 Wyoming Natural Resource Foundation Formed...........17 Convention Schedule............................................... 23-25 Wyoming Mines Committed to Outstanding Reclamation.........29 2016 Russ Beamer Scholarships.....................................30 MAW President’s Message..............................................32 Mining Associates of Wyoming......................................33
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