Weekly US coal output jumps 18%

27 November 2017

World’s second largest coal producer, the US produced approximately totalled an estimated 14.9 million short tons (mmst) of coal for the week ending on 18^th November, 2017, as per the latest report by the Energy Information Agency (EIA), released on November 22, 2017.

According to EIA’s latest report, this production estimate is 0.9% higher than last week’s estimate and 6.2% lower than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2016. East of the Mississippi River produced totalled an estimated 5.5 mmst (up 3.63% w/w) and west of the Mississippi River produced totalled an estimated 9.2 mmst (flat W/W) according to weekly figures released by the US Energy Information Agency (EIA), on November 22, 2017.

US year-to-date (as of 18^th November, 2017) the coal production totalled an estimated totalled 694.7 mmst, 8.6% higher than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2016.