membership accounts for more than 80 percent of West Virginia’ s underground and surface coal production of both thermal and metallurgical coal. WVCA also represents associate members that supply an array of services to the mining industry, including permitting, environmental, and engineering consulting firms; mining equipment manufacturers; coal transportation companies; coal consumers and land and mineral holding companies. WVCA’ s primary goal is to enhance the viability of West Virginia coal THE as a source POWER of domestic energy OF by facilitating ADVOCACY environmentally responsible coal mining through reasonable, equitable, and achievable state and federal policy and regulation.
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