Weekly coal output fell in the US

6 November 2017

According to the weekly figures released by the US Energy Information Agency (EIA), on 2^nd November 2017, country’s coal output totalled to an estimated 14.5 million short tons (mmst) for the week ending October 28, 2017.

Looking at the production break-up, east of the Mississippi River produced an estimated 5.5 mmst (down 1.78% week over week) and west of the Mississippi River production totalled at an estimated 9 mmst (down 3.22% week over week).

The weekly production estimate is 3.1% lower than last week’s estimate and 7.1% lower than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2016. US year-to-date (as of October 28, 2017) coal production totalled an estimated totalled 650 mmst, 9.9% higher than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2016.

US, world’s second largest coal producer, exported approximately 51 MMst in the first seven months of 2017, which was 62% higher than in the same period of 2016. EIA expects growth in coal exports to slow, with exports for all of 2017 forecast at 75 MMst, 15 MMst (24%) higher than the 2016 level.