Coal Preparation Society of America

Message from the President

I hope that everyone is enjoying the beginning of the summer season.  It is starting out as a hot one and we are lucky to have a baseload supply of electricity to keep the air conditioners running!  I would like to thank you for reading the Summer 2025 issue of the Coal Preparation Society of America’s Coal Processing Technology Journal. 

The coal industry has had the political support with the current administration signing a number of executive orders to promote coal, coal uses, coal leasing and more.  The orders keeping certain power plants slated for closure to remain open has also been a positive to keep a domestic supply of both power and the coal to fire those generators.  Time will tell how these orders impact our industry but they are certainly a positive step at this point.

We held our second and third CPSA Maintenance Seminars in both Evansville and Charleston.  We ended up having 120 members go through the first three maintenance seminars. Feedback from attendees and presenters was positive and we are looking at another round of seminars with another slate of presenters to further educate our membership. I would like to thank all the industry support from the manufacturer representatives that provided both their time and talent to help us through the process. Additionally, we have scheduled another Coal Prep 101 in Morgantown in August.  Along with that we will be holding our first Advanced Course, Coal Prep 102, that has been available in some time.  This is a class geared toward the management and engineers to take the next step in their plant evaluation and optimization.   

On the website, registration for the CoalProTec 2026 booth exhibit, individual registrations, Members night out tables and workshops are open.  Spaces have started filling up so log in and reserve your spots today. (https://www.coalprepsociety.org/NewsAndEvents.aspx)   As we did in 2024, the members night out will be held on site in the Club C at the convention center. We sold out last CoalProTec and had to turn away people that wanted to attend, register now to reserve your spot!

Thank you for your continued support of the CPSA, and as always if there are any needs or ideas reach out to myself or any board member.  

Work Safe and God Bless,
John Nielson