April 3, 2026 - Frontieras plans to build a new plant a few miles north of Point Pleasant, and they will use a well-known West Virginia resource.

The company has purchased 183 acres in Mason County and will be using coal at this new facility in a variety of ways, possibly giving the industry a boost.

"It adds a dimension of offsetting some of the lost revenues and lost jobs based on the decreased coal generation to the manufacturing of electricity today," West Virginia Coal Association President Chris Hamilton said.

"West Virginia won out over Wyoming and Texas," Frontieras CEO Matt McKean said.

The company is investing $850 million in their Mason County plant that will create more than 2,000 construction jobs and 200 full-time jobs.

"We take coal and we crack it apart, and inside the coal we remove the molecules that we can make into diesel, jet fuel, naphtha, even a technical coke product that can be used in steel manufacturing," McKean said.

The plant will also make fertilizer. Getting the company to Mason County has been many years in the making, with the economic impact stretching well beyond Mason County.

"I think this is a company that is going to fit well in the community," Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. "They have done a lot of their due diligence. They have spent a lot of time in the community."

Company leaders are quick to point out they intend to be good environmental stewards.

"We don't burn coal," McKean said. "We don't combust coal. There's no smoke coming out of smokestacks. There is no emissions profile and there is no waste."

Construction on the new facility is expected to begin later this year and be finished in 2028.