Alliance believes that being active in the community is imperative to being a great company. Below are just some of the examples of the ways in which Alliance helps out local and international communities.
Alliance has created and actively fosters close ties with the colleges and universities in the areas near our operations. Alliance maintains long-standing relationships with many of the top Mining Engineering programs in the nation and are very proud of their internship program. Alliance recently provided funding for a new Mining Engineering Lab at the University of Kentucky. In addition, Alliance has committed to the establishment of the Alliance Coal Chair in Mining Engineering at the University of Kentucky, pledging $1.2 million dollars to assist the University in attracting, hiring, and retaining the best and brightest mining engineering professors. The position is expected to be filled in time for the 2010 Fall semester.
Alliance is proud of its association with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Alliance and the KCTCS work together to train new and current employees. New employees are trained extensively so that they may enter the workplace capable of performing their job duties more safely and efficiently than typical novice miners. Current employees are eligible and encouraged to attend classes that will help them perform their jobs with an even higher level of confidence and skill. This allows Alliance to have a pool of possible employees trained and ready to work in the coal mining industry.
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