[notamoocher]

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/business/...sion-plans

[Hoot Gibson]

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/business/...sion-plans

The article is about metallurgical coal exports to China, but China has been building new coal-fired power plants at a rapid rate and it is the largest consumer of coal in the world.

China has vast coal reserves but the US has the best quality and the largest reserve of coal in the world. The finest metallurgical coal in the world comes from the Appalachian coal field.

In an average year, more than 5,000 Chinese citizens die in its coal mines. The discrepancy between health and safety standards and environmental standard between free nations like the US and communist countries like China and Russia is amazing.

Good luck to Massey getting the permits that it will need to fill its contracts from its expanded operations in southern West Virginia.