Stites & Harbison's attorneys continue to follow coal and minerals after their extraction through their transportation, trading and use. The group's attorneys...

• Negotiate and draft transportation agreements for the movement of mineral cargos, including dock and barge fleeting agreements

• Routinely represent mining companies and mineral lessors in the evaluation of mineral transportation costs and agreements, as well as the deduction of these costs from the mineral owner's revenue share of production

• Routinely draft and negotiate complex coal preparation, processing and loading agreements between producers and owners of coal processing facilities

• Represented a large energy and coal trading company in the breach of a coal shipping and “through-put” agreement at a dock on the Big Sandy River

• Represented a multi-state coal producer in the successful capture of a processing and “through-put” fee for a large West Virginia coal preparation facility

• Represented another large energy company in the negotiation of a lease for a sizeable coal loading facility on the Big Sandy River

Often Stites & Harbison's attorneys will negotiate coal supply contracts in connection with its work for clients with regard to coal transportation. Stites & Harbison's long-established Lexington and Frankfort offices serve mineral clients from the Capitol to the mine site, working daily with key regulatory officials, producers, purchasers, traders, trade association executives, legislators and their staffs at the State and national levels.