The US produced 50.20 million short tons (47.59 million tonnes) of coal in September of 2023, down 2.66% from 51.57 million short tons a year ago and 4.29% from the previous month of 52.46 million short tons, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Monthly Energy Review on October 26.

Coal output of the country totaled 443 million short tons in the January to September period, dropping 1.12% from 448 million short tons last year.

The US exported 9.0 million short tons of coal in August, rising 19.27% from the year-ago level of 7.55 million short tons and 26.02% from 7.14 million short tons a month ago.

Coal exports of the country totaled 64.86 million short tons in January-August, up 12.42% from the same period last year of 57.70 million short tons.

The country consumed 47.64 million short tons of coal in July, declining 9.87% on the year but up 29.95% month on month.

Of that, 44.23 million short tons were consumed by the power sector, down 10.37% year on year; the industrial sector was estimated to consume 3.37 million short tons, falling 2.32% YoY; 37,000 short tons were estimated to be used in the commercial sector, a 35.09% decrease YoY.

Total coal consumption came in at 239 million short tons during January-July, a 21.52% drop year on year. Of this, 216 million short tons were consumed by the electric power sector and 23.0 million short tons were used by the industrial sector, down 22.81% YoY and 7.18% respectively.

(Writing by Riley Liang  Editing by Emma Yang)
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