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US weekly coal production declines 10.4% YOY

Total U.S. coal production for the week ended Sept. 28 fell 10.4% year over year to 13.6 million tons from 15.1 million tons, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

For the 52 weeks ended Sept. 28, production was 728.8 million tons, representing a year-over-year decrease of 3.5%, while year-to-date coal output slipped 4.5% year over year to 534.1 million tons.

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The western region's coal production for the week reached 7.5 million tons, posting a 13.0% reduction from the prior year's 8.6 million tons. Data for the western region covers Powder River Basin mines.

Coal production from Appalachian mines totaled 3.6 million tons, down 5.5% from the year-ago week's 3.8 million tons.

The interior region's production contracted 8.8% to 2.5 million tons, compared to 2.7 million tons a year ago. Interior region data covers mines in the Illinois Basin.

The EIA's production data is derived from rail carload estimates.