US coal production falls 12.3% on year in week to October 24: EIA
 

 

Washington (Platts)--30Oct2009/306 am EDT/706 GMT

US coal production totaled about 20.5 million short tons in the week that ended Saturday, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday.

This production estimate is about the same as the previous week's estimate and 12.3% lower than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2008, the EIA said.

Production east of the Mississippi River totaled 8.7 million st while production west of the Mississippi totaled 11.8 million st, it said.

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