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Va. senate will not take up surface mining bill

infomine - mining equipment and supplier news | February 15, 2010 | 6:22 pm

BLUEFIELD, Va. — After coal industry supporters from southwestern Virginia showed up in Richmond, Va., last week to voice opposition to a bill that would have had an incredible impact on surface coal mining in the Old Dominion, the committee...