Down 23.1% from five-year weekly average Annualized 2019 output estimated 704 million st Now Weekly US coal production was estimated to be 12.7 million st in the week ended December 14, down 0.1% from the previous week, Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. From the year-ago week, production dropped 18.4%. Through 50 weeks, production was estimated to be about 678 million st, down 8.4% from the year-ago period, and on an annualized basis total US output will be nearly 705 million st, down 6.4% year on year. The five-year average for week 50 is over 16.5 million st, leaving the most recent week at a 23.1% deficit. Production from Wyoming and Montana, largely made up of Powder River Basin coal, totaled nearly 5.6 million st, down 0.4% from the prior week. Output from the two states […]