US Energy Information Administration data showed weekly US coal production tumbled to an estimated 8.62 million st in the week ended April 18, down 7.5 percent from a week earlier and 41.5 percent lower than the year-ago week.
The total for week 16 was 38.9 percent lower than the 5-year average. Totaling an estimated 125.4 million st as of April 9, utility stockpiles remained higher on an aggregate basis despite the lower production.
The stockpiles are up roughly 24 percent from a year earlier. For the latest week, estimated coal production in Montana and Wyoming totalled 3.76 million st, down 6.7 percent from the prior week and 39.7 percent lower than the year-ago week.
Since January 1, 73.35 million st produced by the state, down 18.2 percent from the same period in 2019. Down 15.4 percent from a year ago, annualized production in the two states would total 245.68 million st.
Down 6.3 percent from a week earlier, estimated weekly coal production fell to 1.1 million st in Central Appalachia, 43.1 percent lower than the year-ago week. Down 10.2 percent from the prior week, coal production in Northern Appalachia totalled 1.3 million st, 44.3 percent below the year-ago week.
The estimated weekly coal production was at 1.22 million st in the Illinois Basin, down 8.5 percent from last week and 42.8 percent from the year-ago week.
