(August 25, 2016, 12:56 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia federal judge on Aug. 22 gave two entities a chance to make further submissions as to whether removal of an action was appropriate and as to whether the claims related to an arbitration agreement that provides that all disputes be submitted to arbitration in South Africa (Shilmann Rocbit LLC v. American Blasting Consumables Inc., No. 2:16-cv-06745, S.D. W.Va.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111435).

Shilmann Rocbit LLC sued American Blasting Consumables Inc. in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, W.Va. American...