“Good news for folks in Southwest Virginia! While the rest of the world wants our coal for generating their electricity, American policy seems designed to import more energy and oppose or burden the use of American resources.” -George Allen

CONSOL Energy To Increase Capacity At Buchanan Mine

Apr 30, 2008
By Kathy Still
Staff Writer
Bristol Herald Courier

One of the nation’s largest underground coal mines is expanding production and will create 40 jobs.

CONSOL Energy will increase mining capacity at the Buchanan Mine by nearly 1 million tons of coal per year, according to a company news release issued Tuesday.

The expansion is expected to be completed in about three years. The increased production will create 40 jobs over the next two years, the release states.

According to CONSOL, the company will invest nearly $100 million in the mine and the construction work should boost the region’s economy.

The Buchanan Mine, near the Oakwood community, is larger than some small cities. It is one of the nation’s largest coal mines and among Virginia’s largest coal producers.

“The world wants what Buchanan County produces,” John Zachwieja, vice president of the company’s central Appalachia operations, said in the release. “We think this is the right level of response to the world’s demand for our product.”

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