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The Corsa Coal Corporation plans to open a new coal mine in Somerset County which could employ 70 to 100 people, according to wjactv.com

WJAC quoted an official with the Pennsylvania Coal Alliance as saying the industry was "constrained" under President Obama, and is now looking forward to "not being hit on the executive level with regulations and instead using our Congress to create rules."



It quoted the CEO of Corsa Coal as saying "Roads, bridges, airports tunnels, a border wall ... All those things will help steel demand, which is good for the coal industry."



Coal is a leading industry in Somerset County, also producing indirect jobs for others including truck drivers and engineers.