The United States produced 48.95 million short tons (44.41 million tonnes) of coal in November of 2023, edging up 0.4% from 48.75 million short tons a year ago yet down 0.25% from the previous month's 49.07 million short tons, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Monthly Energy Review on December 21.

Coal output of the country totaled 535 million short tons during January-November, dropping 2.52% from nearly 548 million short tons last year.

The U.S. exported 9.45 million short tons of coal in October, rising 39.38% from the year-ago level of 6.78 million short tons and 8.07% higher than 8.75 million short tons a month ago, data showed.

Coal exports of the country totaled 83.06 million short tons in January-October, up 15.75% from 71.76 million short tons in the year-ago period.

The country consumed 37.61 million short tons of coal in September, declining 7.9% on the year and 20.4% month on month.

Of that, 34.29 million short tons were consumed by the power sector, down 8.33% year on year; the industrial sector was estimated to consume 3.28 million short tons, falling 2.73% on the year; 38,000 short tons were estimated to be used in the commercial sector, decreasing 36.67% compared with the same period last year.

Total coal consumption came in at 326 million short tons during January-September, an 18.34% drop year on year. Of this, 296 million short tons were consumed by the power sector and 29.58 million short tons were used by the industrial sector, down 19.37% and 6.38% year on year, respectively.

(Writing by yan.sun  Editing by Emma Yang)
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