The US's coal output over the week ending November 25 was predicted to decrease 11.86% week on week, marking a new low since mid-July, showed data from Energy Information Administration on November 30.

The US's coal output was estimated at 10.46 million short tons (9.49 million tonnes), down 9.38% year on year, data showed.

Coal production in Wyoming and Montana combined was estimated at 4.68 million short tons, down 13.13% from a week ago and 14.83% from the previous year.

Illinois's coal output was estimated at 686,600 short tons, falling 9.57% compared to the week-ago level yet up 8.84% on the year, while Appalachian coal production was estimated at 3.04 million short tons, down 10.95% from the week prior but rising 1.81% from a year ago.

During the first 47 weeks of 2023, US coal output totaled 532 million short tons, a 1.5% decline from 540 million short tons in 2022, data showed.

U.S. rail coal shipments were 61,369 rail wagons, decreasing 8,261 from a week earlier and 5,116 from the preceding year. The year-to-date rail coal shipments totaled 3.10 million wagons, a small 0.4% decline year on year.

(Writing by Riley Liang  Editing by Emma Yang)
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