Article from COAL USALast night's posting by manderson29 was very informative and serves as a clear rebuttal to some of the negative views posted here recently. It is worth re-posting. Thank you again.
The article plainly stated that NAG is running a small but profitable operation with mine #1 in Kentucky - its first foray into the coal mining business. I am confident mine #2 is on its way to full permitting and will be up and running in the foreseeable future.
The SMIS database has new entries as of this morning, but I believe permitting is more advanced than the dates suggest as it would be tantamount to insider info to provide up to the minute details. So I don't think we can rely on it beyond guessing.