Peter Lawson

Peter Lawson Executive Vice President
Energy & Mineral Resources

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Education M.B.A. - Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio 1988
B.S. - Mining Engineering, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico 1978

Memberships and Associations Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) of AIME (Registered member); West Virginia Coal Association; Illinios Mining Institute; American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Experience Peter Lawson, Executive Vice President, manages the Energy & Mineral Resources Group of Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc. He has over 25 years of industry experience and specializes in surface mine engineering and operations management, mine permitting and environmental performance, workforce development and continuous improvement, and feasibility and valuation studies. His consulting history includes domestic and international projects in coal, base metals, industrial minerals and aggregates. He has provided litigation support services and expert witness testimony in cases related to mining property valuation and environmental concerns.

As general manager of the largest surface coal mining operation in the eastern U.S., Mr. Lawson doubled production and led successful initiatives that improved performance in the areas of safety, environmental compliance, productivity and cost. He installed state-of-the-art blending systems with online nuclear analyzers to maximize profit margins; doubled the capacity of coal preparation facilities; and expanded a CSX rail loadout facility to 8 million ton annual capacity. He developed a graduate fellowship program in co-operation with West Virginia University and the National Mined Lands Reclamation Center, in Morgantown, WV, for the development of a Manual of Best Practices for Successful Reforestation of Surface-Mined Lands.

Mr. Lawson was selected to participate in the Arch Coal, Inc. Executive Management Program (1996) at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and was the 1978 recipient of the Old Timer's Award presented to the outstanding mining engineering student entering the coal industry.

Select Listing of Publications and Presentations

  • Processing Improvements At Empire Coal Company, presented at the International Coal Preparation Exhibition & Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, 1988, co-author William S. Kukura
  • Russian Coal: A Western Consultants Experience, presented at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Central Appalachian Section, 1994 Annual Spring Meeting, Abingdon, Virginia
  • Surface Mining & Dragline Methods, presented at the Mining and Reclamation Technology Symposium, US Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1999.
  • Acquatic Ecosystem Enhancement At A Mountaintop Mining Site, presented at the Acquatic Ecosystem Enhancement at Mountaintop Mining Sites Symposium, US Department of Energy, National Energy Technical Laboratory, Charleston, West Virginia, 2000.
  • Coal Reserve Evaluation and Reporting Under SEC Industry Guide 7, presented at the joint meeting of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, C entral Appalachian Section and the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute, White S ulphur Springs, West Virginia, 2005.
  • Coal Goes to Wall Street: Is Coal Still a Dirty Word?, presented at the 2006 Annual Spring Meeting of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Central Appalachian Section, Lexington, Kentucky, 2006.