The Coal Trading Association announces its preliminary schedule of meetings, conferences, and training classes for 2008. The schedule includes a repeat of the “Fundamentals of Coal Trading Class,” which was sold out in 2007, and a new “Advanced Fundamentals of Coal Trading Class.”

Additional details will be posted on the CTA’s website (www.coaltrade.org) in January. Following is the preliminary schedule:

• Eastern Fuel Buyers Conference Reception, Orlando, FL
• 2008 Midyear Meeting and Coal Transportation Facility Tour, July 16-17, Chicago, IL
• Fundamentals of Coal Trading Training Class (Steve Doyle, Instructor), July 18, Chicago, IL
• Advanced Fundamentals of Coal Trading Training Class (Steve Doyle, Instructor), September 18, Houston, TX
• 2008 Coal Trading Conference, December (dates and hotel to be announced), New York, NY