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West Virginia coal mines are on track to produce nearly 50 percent more coal this year than last, but in the long term they need help from the state Legislature, Bill Raney says.

Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, said mines in the Illinois Basin have taken market share from West Virginia in the power generation sector. Neither Illinois nor Indiana have coal severance taxes, he said.

 

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