Weekly US coal production totals 12.2 million st, up 28.7% on year: EIA

Weekly US coal production was an estimated 12.2 million st in the week ended June 19, down 2.1% from the previous week and up 28.7% from the year-ago week, Energy Information Administration data June 24 showed.

The five-year average for week 24 is 13.4 million st, leaving the most recent week at an 8.8% deficit.

Through 24 weeks, US output was approximately 279 million st, up 8.9% compared with the year-ago period. It is annualized to be 581 million st for the year, up 8.7% from the previous year.

Production from all four major basins dropped across the board from the previous week. From Montana and Wyoming, it declined 2.7% week on week to 5.4 million st. From the year-ago week, it jumped 25.2%.

Over the year so far, production from the two states was 128 million st, and on an annualized basis, it is expected to be 266 million st, up 8.8% from 2020.

Central Appalachian output was about 1.4 million st, down 1.9% from the week before and up 20.2% year on year.

CAPP production was 30.6 million st through 24 weeks. It is annualized at 63.7 million st for 2020, up 5.7% year on year.

Output from the Northern Appalachian basin dropped 1.5% from the previous week to nearly 1.8 million st. From the year-ago week, it rose 42.9%.

In the NAPP basin, output was approximately 38 million st to date, and annualized, it is expected to be 79 million st, up 4.3% from 2020.

Illinois Basin production was estimated to be 5.4 million st, down 0.8% week on week and up 31.4% year on year.

IB production is about 33.2 million st through 24 weeks, and on an annualized basis, it is expected at 69 million st, up 1.9% year on year.