Table of Contents

Introduction
By Kristin Dennen and Brenda Pierce

Oral Presentations

The Vision 21 Energy Plant: Clean Energy from Fossil Fuels
By Lawrence A. Ruth

Coal Quality Requirements for Next Generation Power Production
Dave O'Connor

Characterizing Coals for Environmental Quality
By Robert M. Davidson

Coal Quality, the Key Factor to Affect Energy Utilization Efficiency and Environmental Emissions in China
By Jianxiong Mao

Factors Affecting Future Australian Coal Exports
By Mark Earley

The Status of Coal in South Africa: Production, Utilization, Characterization
By R.M.S. Falcon and M.J. Keyser

Russia's Coal Industry: Retrospective, Current Status, Perspective
By V.N. Kochetkov

A Perspective on Indian Coal Resources
By M.K. Sinha

The World Coal Quality Inventory
By Robert B. Finkelman

Coal Quality and Resources of the Former Soviet Union: An ArcView Project
By Michael E. Brownfield, Douglas W. Steinshouer, Mikhail Yu. Povarennykh, Ivan Eriomin, Mikhail Shpirt, Yevgeny Meitov, Irena Sharova, Nina Goriunova, and Margarita V. Zyrianova

Poster Presentations

Characterization of Turkish Coals: An Example of International Cooperation to Develop a World Coal Quality Inventory
By Curtis A. Palmer, Ertem Tuncali, Kristen O. Dennen, and Robert B. Finkelman

Coal Quality and Trace Element Characteristics of Samples from the Sohagpur Coal Field, North-Central India
By Peter D. Warwick, Robert C. Milici, Edwin R. Landis, Abijit Mukhopadyay, Sudhansu Adhikari, and Paul C. Hackley

Coal Quality of Selected Korean Coal Basins
By John R. SanFilipo, Alex W. Karlsen, Paul C. Hackley, and Suk Whan Park

The Occurrence of Endemic Dental and Skeletal Fluorosis from Domestic Combustion of Coal in Guizhou Province, China
By Harvey E. Belkin, Robert B. Finkelman, and Baoshan Zheng

Human Health Effects of Domestic Combustion of Arsenic-Rich Coal in Southwestern Guizhou Province, China
By Harvey E. Belkin, Baoshan Zheng, and Robert B. Finkelman

Quality of Selected Hungarian Coals
By E.R. Landis, T.J. Rohrbacher, H.J. Gluskoter, B. Fodor, G.Gombar, and S. Sebestyen

Coal-Bed Gas in Hungary
By E.R.Landis, T.J. Rohrbacher, C.E. Barker, B. Fodor, and G. Gombar

Arsenic in Twelve Coal Beds/Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions
By Linda J. Bragg, Sandra G. Neuzil, Leslie F. Ruppert, and Susan J. Tewalt

Mercury in U.S. Coal -- Abundance, Distribution, and Modes of Occurrence
By Susan J. Tewalt, Linda J. Bragg, and Robert B. Finkelman

Quantifying the Modes of Occurrence of Trace Elements in Coal Using Sequential Laboratory Leaching Techniques
By Curtis A. Palmer, Sharon S. Crowley, Stanley J. Mroczkowski, Robert B. Finkelman, and John H. Bullock, Jr.

Mineral, Energy, and Fertilizer Resources of the North Coast of Perú: Perspective from the Santa Rita B Archaeological Site
By William E. Brooks, Jonathan D. Kent, and Jason C. Willett

Update: World Coal Quality Inventory—Perú
By William E. Brooks and Jason C. Willett

Update: World Coal Quality Inventory—Argentina
By William E. Brooks and Jason C. Willett

Arsenic-Rich Pyrite in Coals of the Warrior Field, Northwestern Alabama, U.S.A.: Mineralogical Evidence for a Hydrothermal Origin
By Allan Kolker, Martin B. Goldhaber, Joseph R. Hatch, Gregory P. Meeker, and Robert P. Koeppen

Short Courses

Coal Quality Characterization: Analytical Methods
By Curtis A. Palmer, Brenda Pierce, Carol Skeen, Kris Dennen, and Frank Dulong

Health Impacts of Coal: Should We Be Concerned?
By Robert B. Finkelman and Joseph E. Bunnell

The Use of American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Standards
Short Course
By James H. Addington and Curtis A. Palmer

Breakout Sessions

Results

- Global or Regional Coal Characterization Protocols
- Development of Modern Coal Quality Databases
- Coal Reserve Characterization and Beneficiation
- Environmental Aspects, Including Air Quality and Water Quality Issues
- Characterization of Coal for Technological Performance
- Characterization of Coal for Byproduct Use and Disposal

The following presentations did not meet review deadlines and thus have not been included in this circular.
Please contact their authors for more information.

1. The Latin American Perspective by Maria Reidpath
   MARIA.REDPATH@netl.doe.gov - Western Hemisphere Regional Manager, National Energy Technology Laboratory
   U.S. Department of Energy
2. Indian Coal Quality and Its Impact on Power Generation and Emission by Anupam Sanyal
   leec@aol.com - International Environmental and Energy Consultants, Inc., Naperville, IL 60563
3. Coal Resources and Trace Elements of Some Indonesian Coals by Hadiyanto
   hadianto@bdg.centrin.net.id

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