About Us

Winning Combination

NextGen Coal is rich with history, while looking to the future. The Company has revitalized the Glen Alum coal processing plant, strategically located on 26,000 acres in Wharncliffe, West Virginia.  The plant will help us to produce a product matching a wide variety of customer requirements. Glen Alum is a modern, integrated rail loadout, serviced by the Norfolk Southern Railroad, capable of processing 600 raw tons per hour. The plant is fed from six surrounding underground mines. Our anticipated annual production in Wharncliffe is 500,000 tons in 2008 and one million in 2009.

Forward Thinking

NextGen Coal implements cutting edge mining techniques while controlling costs to provide an exceptional product at a savings to our valued customers. Relationships and individual customer needs embody our sales philosophy. We strive to be flexible and efficient in order to provide our customers the coal blends they require at a competitive price. Today's customer demands compel us to work proficiently, safely, and with an ecologically sound approach. We are dedicated to operating in an environmentally responsible manner and also recognize that safety outweighs productivity gains. The “old guard” in the coal industry is being replaced and the global customer is the key driver of change. NextGen Coal will play a large part in that change.

Well Positioned

Our company is remarkably well positioned in a robust market that will continue to grow and meet the needs of our customers in both the steel and energy sectors. Coal is the backbone of our company and the greatest energy strength of the United States and the Central Appalachian region. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, one quarter of the world's coal reserves are found within the United States and the energy content of the nation's coal resources exceed that of the entire world's known recoverable oil. The highest quality metallurgical and coking coal is found right here in the Central Appalachian region and NextGen Coal, with its vast resources and reserves, is here to stay.