US coal production totaled 19.4 million short t for the week ending 17 January, according to the weekly coal production estimate from the US Energy Information Administration. This is 2.5% higher that the previous week’s total of 18.9 million short t but 1.1% lower than the same week in 2014.
Production east of the Mississippi River was 8.1 million short t, up from 7.9 million t in the previous week, while west of the Mississippi production hit 11.3 million short t – up from 11 million short t.
Year-to-date production is 45.8 million short t, 1.8% higher than at this point last year.
Wyoming was the lead state of origin for US domestic coal shipments in 2013, while Texas was the lead destination, according to the latest Annual Coal Distribution Report from the EIA.