US coal production rises 1.6% year on year in week that ended Saturday: EIA

Washington (Platts)--25Jul2013/250 pm EDT/1850 GMT


US coal production totaled about 20.0 million st in the week that ended Saturday, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday.

This production estimate, based on railcar loadings, is 2% higher than the previous week's estimate and 1.6% above the estimate for the comparable week in 2012, EIA said.

Coal production east of the Mississippi River totaled 7.6 million st in the most recent week, while output west of the Mississippi was 12.4 million st, the agency said.

US year-to-date coal production totaled 542.8 million st, 3.8% lower than in the comparable period in 2012, EIA said.

--Keiron Greenhalgh, keiron.greenhalgh@platts.com --Edited by Katharine Fraser, katharine.fraser@platts.com

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