Leading Experts in Coking Coal Experts

Markus Bates is the President at BCM Enterprises; a firm engaged in trading raw materials and assisting clients in transactions. Until October 2008, he was the Executive Vice President at Geo Trade International, a firm providing coal trading services. Mr. Bates has been responsible for managing international...

John Bechtold is an independent Coal and Energy Consultant providing services to a wide variety of clients including Hill & Associates, a premier coal consultancy firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. He specializes in handling issues facing coal suppliers and consumers throughout the region. Formerly,...

John Cousins is Managing Director of Interim Energy Management, a Scotland based energy consultancy. He is an energy specialist with more than 45 years of experience in electricity and gas industries. He combines technical and commercial knowledge and experience across a wide spectrum of energy issues....

Donald Fosnacht, PhD, is a Partner at Steel Profitability Consulting. Dr. Fosnacht is also the Director of Center for Applied Research and Technology Development for the Natural Resource Research Institute at University of MN Duluth. He has more than 35 years of experience in steel and mining industries....

Rhett Fulwider is a plant engineer at Oregon Steel Mills. Oregon Steel Mills is one of the most diversified mini mills in the US producing a broad line of specialty and commodity steel products for domestic and global markets. He has a wide technical base that can provide solutions in both mechanical...

Salustio Guzman, PhD, is a Vice President of Marketing and Technology at Titanium Corporation, a Canadian mining and exploration company focused on commercializing titanium-bearing mineral sand deposits. Dr. Guzman has more than 20 years of experience in mining, extracting, processing, and fabricating...

James King is an independent consultant and economic advisor to industrial metals and raw materials industries. Mr. King started his consultancy on a part-time basis in 1981, specializing in aluminum and steel, and it has since become a full-time occupation. The main clients for these services are metal...

Guanghua Liu, PhD, is a President at AAA Minerals International, a Germany based firm providing consulting services in the mining industry. Dr. Liu has more than 24 years of experience in providing consulting services on coal reserves and managing marketing and production operations in Chinese Coal...

Richard Rouse is the President of ROR Mine Consulting, a firm providing consulting services to mines and large consulting firms on mining projects, new mine supply companies, and foreign companies entering the US mining products market. Mr. Rouse has over 40 years of experience in all aspects of the...

Duncan Seddon, PhD, is the Principal of Duncan Seddon and Associates; a firm providing consultancy services to oil and gas, petroleum, and energy intensive industries. Dr. Seddon specializes in the development of natural-gas and coal conversion opportunities into fuels and chemicals. He is familiar...

Thomas Shewski is the Owner of High Energy Services, a firm providing fuel, transportation, emissions, and power plant services to existing and proposed generating plants. Mr. Shewski is currently involved in buying fuel, transportation, and emissions allowances for several generating units across the...

Guodong Sun, PhD, is a Professor of Technology Assessment at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Sun is a leading analyst with more than 15 years of experience on advanced energy technologies and China's energy industries. He led a collaborative...