May 8, 2025 - The CEO and Director of Alpha Metallurgical Resources will open the 2025 Bluefield Coal & Mining Show, set for Sept. 10-12 at the Brushfork Armory.

Andy Eidson will give the keynote address at the Media and Exhibitor Appreciation Breakfast on Sept. 10 with the show’s opening ceremonies to follow.

“We are thrilled that Mr. Eidson is able to join us and to present his views on the future of the coal industry,” said Jeff Disibbio, President & CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias, which owns and produces the show. “This is certainly an exciting start to our event and we are excited to provide an unparallelled Bluefield welcome to Andy as well as to the mining folks from all 25 coal-producing states of the country, who will attend.”

Eidson has served as chief executive officer and director since January 2023. He previously served as president from August 2022 and as president and chief financial officer since December 2020. He also served as executive vice president and chief financial officer from July 2016 and as interim co-chief executive officer for Contura Energy from May 2019 through July 2019.

The coal show has been held every two years in Bluefield since the 1970s, with only a few exceptions, including a delay due to the pandemic that moved the coal show from 2021 to 2022.

The show attracts industry leaders and companies from all around the country and the world with about 6,000 visitors expected to converge on Bluefield, making this the largest event in the coal calendar this year.