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Volume

Number

Issue

Table of Contents

7

4

Winter
2009

Regulars:

President's Message:  Become More Active to Help Position Coal as the Real Answer to America's Energy Crisis (Mel Laurila)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Jack Hopwood)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Index of CPSA Journal Articles (Ken Miller)

Call for Papers - International Coal Preparation Congresss 2010, April 25-30, 2010

The Evolution of Coal Loading Systems (Bill Hale)
Coal Quality Standards Update (Mel Laurila)

7

3

Fall
2008

Regulars:

President's Message:  CPSA Agrees to Work with Mining Media to Publish International Coal Preparation Journal (Mel Laurila)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Jack Hopwood)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Call for Papers - Coal Prep 2009, April 27-30, 2009

Call for Papers - International Coal Preparation Congresss 2010, April 25-30, 2010

Replacement of Belt Presses with a Deep Cone Thickener at Lone Mountain Processing (B. K. Gupta, Roy Gross, & Peter Bethell)
Teetered-Bed Separators: An Effective Fine Coal Cleaning Tool (Rick Honaker)

7

2

Summer
2008

Regulars:

President's Message:  CPSA Exisits to Serve Members and the Coal Preparation Industry (Mel Laurila)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Jack Hopwood)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Annual Membership Meeting Report

CPSA and Department of Commerce Host Coal India, Ltd. Delegation (Shannon Fraser)

Coal in Turkey: Past and Present Conditions (Gulhan Ozboyo)
Coal Preparation Research Activities at Southern Illinois University (Manoj K. Mohanty)
A Modern Dewatering Technology for Coal - Capillary Action Filter - Ceramec (G. Gorres, D. Hanfland, J. Helsto, R. Hindstrom, & A. Vesala
CPSA Technical Program for Coal Prep 2008

7

1

Spring
2008

Regulars:

President's Message:  A Note of Thanks (Don Symonds)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Airborne Ultrasound (Harold Van De Ven)

Operational Considerations for Waste Minimization (R. Q. Honaker)
An Alternative for Fine Coal Flotation (Jaisen N. Kohmuench, Michail J. Mankosa, & Eric S. Yan)
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Volume

Number

Issue

Table of Contents

6

4

Winter
2008

Regulars:

Editorial: Climate Change (Don Symonds)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

The Annual Coal Processing Exhibition and Conference will Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary

Coal Preparation Plants in South Africa (GJ de Korte)
Motor Circuit Analysis (Harold Van De Ven)
CO2 Capture and Geologic Sequestration - What it is and Its Implications (Eduardo Manrique & Anibal Araya)

6

3

Fall
2007

Regulars:

Editorial: Positive Changes in the Coal Industry (Don Symonds)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

CPSA Board of Directors Nominee fro Vice President

Coal Mining and Processing in China (Richard McCormick, Richard Terry, & Brian Watters)

Thermography (Harold Van De Ven)
Coal Waste Impoundment Study - Five Years Later (Richard J. Sweigard)
A Coal Preparation Pioneer: Don Schreckengost (George C. Brooks, Sr.)

6

2

Summer
2007

Regulars:

Editorial: High Level of Interest in Our Industry Don Symonds)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Vibration Analysis (Harold Van De Ven)

Techniques for Evaluating Separating Equipment Performance (Joe Davidson & William Kalb)
The Motorless-Rotorless Flotation Cell (William R. Roy, Latif A. Khan, Jonathan H. Goodwin, Chris Manrique, John Kaineg, Jeff Chambers, & Joseph Hirschi)
Why ASTM International?

6

1

Spring
2007

Regulars:

Editorial: Renewed Interest in Coal (Don Symonds)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Review of "The Future of Coal" - An Interdisciplinary MIT Study on the Future Utilization of Coal (G. William Kalb)

Stop Walking through the Maintenance Minefield with Your Eyes Shut! (Harold Van De Ven)
A New Method of Collecting Slurry Samples (Dave J. Akers)
Techniques for Evaluating Separating Equipment Performance (Joe Davidson & William Kalb)
A Coal Preparation Pioneer: Ellis J. O'Brien (Al Deurbrouck)
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Volume

Number

Issue

Table of Contents

5

4

Winter
2007

Regulars:

Editorial: An Opportunity for the Coal Industry (Don Symonds)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Index of 2006 CPSA Journal Articles

Coal Prep 2007 Technical Program

Stop Walking through the Maintenance Minefield with Your Eyes Shut! (Harold Van De Ven)

Techniques for Evaluating Separating Equipment Performance (Joe Davidson & William Kalb)
International Coal Preparation Congress - Beijing 2006
Coal Preparation Development in Russia (A. P. Veselov & B. I. Linev)
A Coal Preparation Pioneer: Dr. Donald A. Dahlstrom (Chuck Silverblatt, Bob Emmett, & John Gottschall)

5

3

Fall
2006

Regulars:

Editorial: Coal Producers Join CPSA (Don Symonds)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

President of CPSA Recognized by SME

Joseph Paul Matoney - An Appreciation by Clark D. Harrison
Holden 22 from 70's "By Zero" to De-Slime D.M.C./Compound Sprial Efficiency Levels (Peter J. Bethell & Chuck Waine)
Stop Walking through the Maintenance Mine Field with Your Eyes Closed (Harold Van De Ven)
CAST - Center for Advanced Separation Technologies ( Roe-Hoan & Chris Hull)
Allen and Fennell Join ECSI

5

2

Summer
2006

Regulars:

Editorial: Exciting Times for the Coal Business (Don Symonds)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Current Situation and Development Prospects of Coal Preparation in Poland (Wieslaw S. Blaschk & Lidia Gawlik)

Improving Mine Profitability Using Dry Deshaling Technologies (R. Q. Honaker, G. H. Luttrell, R. C. Bratton, & D. Patil)
Minutes of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Coal Preparation Society of America

5

1

Spring
2006

Regulars:

Editorial: The Need to Work More Closely with Coal Users (Clark Harrison)

Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)

Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)

Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Increasing Cleaning Plant Yield (Glenn Shirey, Clifford Raleigh, David Akers, Joel Franklin, Todd Dobbs, & Joseph Renk)

International Coal Preparation Congress
An Update on the Role of Column Flotation in the Coal Industry (J. N. Kohmuench & M. J. Mankosa)
A Coal Preparation Pioneer: Bill S. Taylor
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Volume

Number

Issue

Table of Contents

Winter
2006

Regulars:	Editorial: "The Power of Associations" (Clark Harrison) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)
Features:	Change in Corporate Dues Education through Research at the University of Kentucky (Rick Honaker) Pump Ghosts I've Met: A Guide to Centrifugal Pump Diagnostic Techniques - Part 2 (Joseph R. Askew)

Fall
2005

Regulars:	Editorial: Generation - Advanced Fuels (Clark Harrison) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)
Features:	Pump Ghosts I've Met: A Guide to Centrifugal Pump Diagnostic Techniques - Part 1 (Joseph R. Askew) Enhanced Ultrasound: A Method of Improving Cleaning Plant Performance (Dave J. Akers) McLanahan Corporation Announces Personnel Changes

Summer
2005

Regulars:

Editorial: Renewed Interest in Coal (Don Symonds)
Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)
Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)
Your Information Station (Barbara Arnold)

Features:

Review of "The Future of Coal" - An Interdisciplinary MIT Study on the Future Utilization of Coal (G. William Kalb)
Stop Walking through the Maintenance Minefield with Your Eyes Shut! (Harold Van De Ven)
A New Method of Collecting Slurry Samples (Dave J. Akers)
Techniques for Evaluating Separating Equipment Performance (Joe Davidson & William Kalb)
A Coal Preparation Pioneer: Ellis J. O'Brien (Al Deurbrouck)

Spring
2005

Regulars:	Editorial: CPSA Status and Plans (Clark Harrison) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)
Features:	Classifying Cyclone Operation and Maintenance (Robert Moorhead) Coal Preparation Society of America Constitution Process Control in Coal Preparation (Mel J. Laurila) The Market Within the Market: Strigent Environmental Regulations Result in Explosive Demand Growth for Eastern Coal (Dave Lewandowski, Nick DeIuliis, & Kent Lindsay) Call for Papers

Volume

Number

Issue

Table of Contents

Winter
2005

Regulars:	Editorial: The Sky is Falling (David Akers) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) The Preparation Toolbox (Kip Alderman)
Features:	Kyoto: Silver Bullet or the Great Train Robbery (Nicholas Deluliis) The Geologic Record of Climate Change (Nicholas Lancaster) Call for Papers

Fall
2004

Regulars:	A Message from the President (Clark Harrison) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)
Features:	International Coal Preparatoni Congresses Fifty Years On (Doug Jenkinson) Fundamental and Practical Development of Dry Coal Cleaning in China: A Review (Yuemin Zhao, Zhenfu Luo and Qingru Chen) International Coal Preparation Congress (William Kalb)

Summer
2004

Regulars:	A Message from the President - Take Your Biomass and ...(Clark Harrison) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) The Preparation Toolbox (Kip Alderman)
Features:	New Products Coal Quality Impacts on Power Generation (Randy Cole and Rob Frank) Minutes of the CPSA Annual Meeting (Barbara Fyock) One Trillion Reasons for Optimism (World News)

Spring
2004

Regulars:	A Message from the President - Higher Coal Prices, Don't Spend Your Bonus Yet (Kip Alderman) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) Research & Development (Rick Honaker)
Features:	Technical Meeting Calendar Member News Froth Flotation - To Deslime or Not to Deslime (Peter Bethell) CPSA Membership List

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Table of Contents

Winter
2004

Regulars:	A Message from the President - A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (Kip Alderman) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell)
Features:	Member News Paradise Lost: TVA Paradise Preparation Plant (Stephen Smith) Technical Meeting Calendar Online Resources Stockpile Measurement (Gene Pietrowski) CPSA Constitution Slate of Officers for 2004-05 & 2005-06 Membership Years We are Still in an Ice Age (Dave Akers)

Fall
2003

Regulars:	A Message from the President - IF Anyone is Home in Washington... (Kip Alderman) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) The Preparation Toolbox - Release Analysis or Froth Flotation Washability (Barbara Arnold)
Features:	TVA Assesses Future of Coal-Wash Facility at Paradise (Judith Elb) Matching Plant Design to Seam Washability Characteristics (David Carris) Coal Preparation Pioneers - The Long Talent Line (Dominick Sisti) Underwood Flyash Goes to Afghanistan (Lauren Donovan)

Summer
2003

Regulars:	A Message from the President - Coal A Human History (Kip Alderman) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) Research & Development (Rick Honaker) The Preparation Toolbox - Partition Curves (David Akers
Features:	TXU Hosts First Preparation Seminar Cleaning Coal to Reduce Mercury Emissions (David Akers and Clifford Raleigh, Jr.) A Coal Preparation Pioneer - Harry Fagan Yancey & Max Richard Geer (Stanley Jacobsen)

Spring
2003

Regulars:	A Message from the President - Coal Preparation and the Future of the US Coal Industry (Kip Alderman) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) The Preparation Toolbox -Washability Analysis (David Akers and Barbara Arnold)
Features:	Coal Preparation Trends (Richard Terry) Coal Preparation in CSIRO (Bruce Firth) A Coal Preparation Pioneer - Donald Norval Griffin (Carlos Tiernon)

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Issue

Table of Contents

Winter
2003

Regulars:	A Message from the President - Coal is the Worst Fuel for Making Electricity ... Except for the Alternatives (Kip Alderman) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) Research & Development (Rick Honaker)
Features:	Index of Volume One - Feature Articles Coal Cleaning Plant Upgrade Benefits Rosebud Mining (Bradley Parker and Barbara Arnold) Technical Meeting Calendar CPSA Charter Members List

Fall
2002

Regulars:	Editorial: Another Renaissance (Clark Harrison) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) Research & Development - First International Symposium on Dry Coal Cleaning (William Kalb)
Features:	Chinese Coal Preparation (Yang Yongren, Wu Shiyu and Dipl-Ing. Jochen Schwerdtfeger Noise Control in Coal Preparation Plants (Anthony Argirakis Leonard Marraccini) Noise Regulation Compliance & Abatement (Carlos Mosley)

Summer
2002

Regulars:	A Message from the President - The Big "E" in the CPSA Logo (Kip Alderman) The Preparation Toolbox - Using Sieve Analysis for Process Estimates (Kip Alderman) Research & Development - Coal Preparation Research (Rick Honaker) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)
Features:	Heavy Media Washer (Surendra Jain) Plant Efficiency Testing (Fred Stanley) Ludowici Vibrationtechnic Screen (Paul Yandora)

Spring
2002

Regulars:	A Message from the President (Kip Alderman) The Preparation Toolbox - Working with Size Analysis Data (Kip Alderman) Research & Development - Coal Preparation Research (Rick Honaker) Preparation Q&A - Ask Mr. Prep (Gerald Luttrell) Regional Coal Preparation Meetings (Monty Lyon)
Features:	Coal Preparation Society of America Constitution Performance and Cost of Air Jigging in the 21st Century (Michael Kelley and Richard Snoby) The Magnetite Supply Line (W. R. Huck) A Coal Preparation Pioneer - Edward Clayton Carris (David Carris)