The US produced 49.07 million short tons (44.52 million tonnes) of coal in October of 2023, down 4.4% from 51.33 million short tons a year ago and 2.25% from the previous month of 50.20 million short tons, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Monthly Energy Review on November 27.

Coal output of the country totaled 490 million short tons in the January to October period, dropping 1.58% from nearly 500 million short tons last year.

The US exported 8.75 million short tons of coal in September, rising 20.15% from the year-ago level of 7.28 million short tons and but 2.8% lower than 9.00 million short tons a month ago.

Coal exports of the country totaled 73.61 million short tons in January-August, up 13.28% from the same period last year of 64.98 million short tons.

The country consumed 47.25 million short tons of coal in August, declining 9.06% on the year and 1.24% month on month.

Of that, 43.93 million short tons were consumed by the power sector, down 9.38% year on year; the industrial sector was estimated to consume 3.29 million short tons, falling 4.22% YoY; 39,000 short tons were estimated to be used in the commercial sector, a 35% decrease YoY.

Total coal consumption came in at 288 million short tons during January-August, a 19.53% drop year on year. Of this, 262 million short tons were consumed by the electric power sector and 26.29 million short tons were used by the industrial sector, down 20.63% YoY and 6.82% respectively.

(Writing by Riley Liang  Editing by Emma Yang)
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