Dan Parisi of Action Mining Discusses the Survival of a Family-Run Coal Company in the Face of Impending Takeovers
General Manager, Vice President of Operations and Director of Engineering, Environmental and Regulatory Affairs of Action Mining discusses the rich history of coal mining in Pennsylvania, the challenges of environmental regulations.
Online, September 18, 2010 (Newswire.com) - (San Diego, CA). In an interview with Energy Digital, Dan Parisi, General Manager, Vice President of Operations and Director of Engineering, Environmental and Regulatory Affairs of Action Mining discusses the rich history of coal mining in Pennsylvania, the challenges of environmental regulations and the competitive advantage of a family-run company.
"The biggest challenge, even if you want to maintain present production, is to keep looking down the road, looking at reserves," says Parisi in the interview. "It's a challenge because we have plenty of reserves of coal, but it gets harder every year to get permission to mine that coal."
The coal industry has played an important role in the economic development of Pennsylvania ever since the first train rolled into Keystone in 1871 for its first load. Since then, the coal industry has survived the boom and bust cycle common to business. Read the full article at http://www.energydigital.com/company-reports/action-mining
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