IF I'm reading this report correctly, Quest waste percentage, while looking high to us non-mining folks, is right in line with what is to be expected. <a href="http://www.energy.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/3031BCB7-E149-46FE-8DC3-7F6E18575FB3/0/Honaker.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.energy.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/3031BCB7-E149-46FE-8DC3-7F6E18575FB3/0/Honaker.pdf</a> "The average amount of rock in run-of-mine (what we non-miners are calling "raw" ) Eastern Kentucky coal ranges from 60% to 70%." So while Eugene and company can be faulted for many, many things, it would seem that having too high of waste (ie: rocks) isn't one of them.