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US coal production in February falls 6.6% on year:
EIA data
Washington (Platts)--11Mar2010/547 pm EST/2247 GMT
US coal production totaled about 21.8 million short tons in the
week that ended Saturday, the Energy Information Administration said
Thursday.
This production estimate, based on railcar loadings, is about
the same as the previous week's estimate and 3% lower than the
production estimate in the comparable week in 2009, EIA said.
Production east of the Mississippi River totaled 9.2 million st
while production west of the Mississippi totaled 12.6 million st, it
said.
Meanwhile, coal production for the month of February totaled
83.3 million st, which was 6.6% lower than output in February 2009, EIA
said.
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