Denver Coal Club - Speaker History

The Denver Coal Club hosts a wide variety of speakers covering coal and mining related topics

The Denver Coal Club is very greatfull to each speaker listed below for their time and information.



2011 Speakers

March - No Meeting :
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February - No Meeting :
National Western Mining Conference/SME

January - Ms. Judy Colgan :
The Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute

2010 Speakers

December - Michael Berdine:
An Update on the Twentymile Mine

November - Ms. Connie Rogers:
Overview of Department of the Interior Initiatives on Coal and Coal Mining at Mid-Term

October - Cliff Yeckes:
Update on Financial Assurance in the Mining Industry

September - Dianna Orf:
Current Legislative Issues Regarding the Coal Industry

August - Dr. Kadri Dagdelen:
What is New at the Colorado School of Mines

July - No Meeting

June - Adam Cohen :
Financial Assurances for Mine Site Wastewater Discharge Permits, A Case Study.

May - Mark Roberts :
Colorado Coal Issues in Relation to U.S. and Global Coal Markets

April - Collin Smith :
Colorado’s MSHA Approved Mine Rescue MERD/Contest

March - Tom Cantor :
Unintended Consequences - An Argument for Coal Use

February - No Meeting - National Western Mining Conference

January - James J. Gusek, P.E. :
On-Line GARD Guide - Acid Rock Drainage Prevention and Mitigation

2009 Speakers

December - Dr. William Gern:University of Wyoming and Wyoming Coal Production: Convergence of Major Projects

November - No Meeting

October - Robert Reisinger, P.E.:
Mine Closure Planning in Today's Global Environment - A Risk-Based Approach

September - Andy Schissler, PE, PhD:
Application of Business Process Improvement to Improve Safety, Productivity, and Cost Control in Coal Mining: Review of the Summit Conference Series on Mining Performance

August - Rep. Mike Coffman:
U.S. House of Representatives – Current Energy Legislation

July - Del Worley, CEO - Holy Cross Energy and
Randy Udall, Independent Energy Consultant:

A Discussion on "Reducing Colorado's Electric Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions" a White Paper

June - Olaf Wyberneit:
Runge Mining Systems – Longwall Simulation Systems

May - No Meeting

April - Ray DuBois:
Trapper Mining Inc. – The Past, Present and a New Beginning

February - Alan Jorgensen:
The Colowyo Mine, Now and in the Future

January - Stuart Sanderson and Dianna Orf:
An update on the status of Colorado Energy Policy

2008 Speakers

December - Al Amundson:
Millsap Mill Tailings Re-Grading Project

November - Jim Burnell:
Resource constraints on Alternative Energy Development

October - Dr. Vince Matthews:
India and China and their demands for minerals, with reflections on future demands for Colorado's mineral wealth

September - Michael Wireman:
Hydrogeologic Characterization of Ground Waters, Mine Pools and the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Leadville, Colorado

August - Wanda Burget:
Thunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association - A Proactive, Privately-Led Landscape Management Initiative

July - Ginny King:
Opportunities created by the paradigm shifts - balancing the needs for fuel versus carbon agenda and climate change requirements - acquiring permits, previously constrained by presence of a natural resource or environmental issues, and realizing greater values for properties

June - James J. Gusek, P.E. :
New and Innovative BMP's for Treating Mining Influenced Water

May - James A. Luppens:
Regional Resource Assessment of the Gillette Coalfield, Wyoming

April - Bernard J. Guarnera:
The Looming Minerals Shortage - Where We Are Today

March - Sandra Brown:
Reclaiming Coal Mined Lands in Colorado Shows Environmental and Fiscal Responsibility

February - No Meeting

January - Dr. Karin Hoal:
The Advanced Mineralogical Research Center - Colorado School of Mines

2007 Speakers

December - No Speaker
November - Chris Carroll: Colorado Coal
October - No Meeeting
September - Jack Merritts: Global Warming Symposium Update
March - Open Forum: Global Warming Presentation
February - Guy Johnson:Coal: Your Good Neighbor
January - Christopher Peterson: A New Age of MSHA Enforcement

2006 Speakers

December - Stuart Sanderson: Climate Change
November - Nick Michael: Financing Your Mine
October - Scot Anderson: New Coal Mine in Alaska
May - Jerry Jergensen: The Indonesian Coal Industry
April - Peter Kaye: Geotube
March - Curtis Brown: Coal Based Opportunities
February - Bob Burnham: The State of the Coal Industry
January - Stuart Sanderson: Safety in Coal Mines

DCC Officers

President:
Robert Reisinger
Robert_Reisinger@URSCorp.com

Secretary/Treasuer:
Briana Gunn
Briana_Gunn@URSCorp.com

DCC Board Members:
Guy Johnson
Peter Critokos
Jack Merritts

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