Sponsors+Partners of the VCCER

Partners

The Powell River Project
The Powell River Project conducts research and education programs to enhance restoration of mined lands and to benefit communities and businesses in southwestern Virginias coalfield region.

Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy
Administers several of the research projects that the VCCER conducts:
The Virginia Energy Patterns and Trends
And through the U.S. Department of Energy's State Energy Partnership:
The Virginia Mining Industry: Making the Technological Transition to the 21st Century and the
Devolopment and Application of Virtual Reality Technologies for the Minerals Industry.

Sponsors

Alpha Natural Resources	American Electric Power
ANR Coal Company	Appalachian Technical Services
Arch Coal, Inc.	Carter Machinery Company
Coal Technology Corp.	College of William and Mary
Columbia Gas of Virginia	Cumberland Resources
Dominion	Equitable Resources
Heintzmann Corporation	Heitech Corporation
Jolen Operating Company	Luck Stone Corporation
Massey Energy Company	Norfolk Southern Corp.
Northrup Grumman Newport News	Pine Mountain Oil and Gas
Rapoca Energy Company	The Electric Cooperative
U.S. Department of Energy	Virginia Assn. of Community Action Agencies
Virginia Coal Association	Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority
Virginia Department of Business Assistance	Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
Virginia General Assembly	Virginia Oil and Gas Assoc.
Virginia Port Authority	Weir International Mining Consultants