Coal news and updates

Northern Appalachia coal production in the first quarter jumped to 24.31 million st, up 15.3% from 21.09 million st in Q4 and 12.1% from 21.7 million st produced in the year-ago quarter, US Mines Safety and Health Administration data showed May 5.

 

But the latest quarter was down 4.7% from the five-year average for the corresponding quarter.

 

Roughly 98% of the production, or 23.83 million st, was bituminous coal, while the remaining 487,656 st was anthracite. In Q4, bituminous coal made up 97.4%, and anthracite production was 555,989 st, while in Q1 2020, bituminous output was at 96.9%, and the remaining 662,113 st was anthracite.

 

Underground mine production was at 22.77 million st in Q1, up from 19.59 million st in Q4 and 19.77 million st in the year-ago quarter.

 

Source : https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/coal