The US's coal output over the week ending December 9 was estimated at 11.36 million short tons (10.30 million tonnes), down 2.31% week on week and 5.33% year on year, showed data from the Energy Information Administration on December 14.

Coal production in Wyoming and Montana combined was estimated at 5.21 million short tons, down 2.07% from a week ago and 8.4% from the previous year.

Illinois's coal output was estimated at 706,500 short tons, 2.74% lower than the week-ago level but up 8.03% on the year, while Appalachian coal production was estimated at 3.27 million short tons, falling 2.01% from the week prior yet rising 4.52% from a year ago.

During the first 49 weeks of 2023, US coal output totaled 549 million short tons, a 2.7% fall from 564 million short tons in 2022, data showed.

U.S. rail coal shipments were 66,911 rail wagons, decreasing 1,581 from a week earlier and 2,196 from the preceding year. The year-to-date rail coal shipments totaled 3.23 million wagons, a small 0.6% decline year on year.

(Writing by Riley Liang  Editing by Harry Huo)
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