VEDCO Holdings, through its Vansant, Virginia-based Virginia Explosives & Drilling Company operating subsidiary, is the leader in outsourced drilling and blasting services to the surface coal mining industry in the Central Appalachia region. It is comprised of two divisions, Virginia Drilling Company and Austin Sales. Virginia Drilling Company is the sole provider of outsourced drilling and blasting services to the surface coal mining industry in the Central Appalachia Basin. Austin Sales is the leading independent distributor of explosives in the region.