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TORONTO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ — NRX, the market leader in Asset Information Management (AIM) solutions, is pleased to announce that CONSOL Energy, the largest producer of high-Btu bituminous coal in the United States, has purchased an enterprise license for the NRX Asset Center and VIP solutions to drive operational excellence across all CONSOL Energy’s mines.Mining operations and personnel face many challenges, such as accessing mission critical asset information and spare parts. Errors in parts- identification and ordering as well as excessive search times lead to equipment downtime, which causes production and productivity losses. Another major issue is keeping asset information current; equipment has to be modified for different mining conditions, so machinery is often repaired and rebuilt on-site or with local contractors. As a result, systems may not get updated and a tremendous level of complexity is added to the management of change (MOC) processes for asset information.NRX Asset Center, an SAP-Endorsed Business Solution, will allow CONSOL Energy to address these challenges by ensuring CONSOL’s mining operations have immediate access to asset information. Combined with VIP, an intuitive role- based workspace, the right information can be deployed to the right person to make the right decision. Mining operations as a whole will benefit from improved asset visibility, and standardized maintenance work management, MRO supply chain and MOC processes. The result is improved equipment uptime and higher workforce productivity and morale.”We are excited about CONSOL Energy’s decision to deploy Asset Center and VIP company-wide,” said Paul Gray, CEO of NRX. “CONSOL Energy is a market leading company that recognizes the strategic role of Asset Information Management (AIM) in the creation of competitive advantage and the achievement of its corporate objectives.”About CONSOL EnergyCONSOL Energy Inc., a high-Btu bituminous coal and coal bed methane company, is a member of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Equity Index and has annual revenues of $3.7 billion. It has 17 bituminous coal mining complexes in six states and reports proven and probable coal reserves of 4.5 billion tons. CONSOL Energy was named one of America’s most admired companies in 2005 by Fortune magazine. It received the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining National Award for Excellence in Surface Mining for the company’s innovative reclamation practices in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Also in 2003, the company was listed in Information Week magazine’s “Information Week 500″ list for its information technology operations. In 2002, the company received a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Climate Protection Award. Additional information about the company can be found at its web site: .About NRXNRX is the market leader in Asset Information Management (AIM) solutions The NRX solution enables operational readiness for capital projects by reducing schedule and cost, data migration complexity, and accelerating time to full production. For operating assets, the solution enables operational excellence through increases in reliability, and maintenance and MRO supply chain efficiency. NRX Asset Center is purpose built to address asset information management challenges across the entire asset lifecycle. The solution combines data, document, and project management software and methodologies to enable asset owners and engineering companies to define their requirements; manage the data and document collection and transformation process; and easily deploy and sustain asset information. For more information: Terence Leung Vice President, Marketing and Solutions tel: 1 (877) 603 4679 email: NRX