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[The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia--Local News] The forecast calls for coal mining and oil and gas production to cushion the economic blow for West Virginia. Coal prices that had tripled over the past 12 to 18 months led to higher employment, though mining job growth has slowed and is expected to slow further as world demand slackens in a recession, Hammond said.

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