The Weekly Coal Production Report has been updated for the week ended July 5, 2014 and month ended June 2014.
For the week ended July 5:
• U.S. coal production totaled approximately 18.1 million short tons (mmst)
• This production estimate is 6.5% lower than last week’s estimate and 0.8% higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2013
• Coal production east of the Mississippi River totaled 7.1 mmst
• Coal production west of the Mississippi River totaled 11.0 mmst
• U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 500.6 mmst, 0.4% lower than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2013
For the month ended June:
• U.S. coal production totaled approximately 78.5 million short tons (mmst)
• This production estimate is 1.0% lower than the production estimate in the same month in 2013
• Coal production east of the Mississippi River totaled 34.5 mmst
• Coal production west of the Mississippi River totaled 44.9 mmst
