Coal news and updates

US coal carload originations fell to a seven-week low of 54,496 in the week ended Feb. 13, down 9.3% from a week earlier, according to a Feb. 17 report from the Association of American Railroads.

 

The latest week was also down 13.6% from the year-ago week and 31.6% lower than the five-year average. It was also the lowest total for the corresponding week in over 11 years.

Coal carloads represented 11.3% of all the traffic on US railways, down from 12.1% a week earlier and 13.4% in the year-ago week.

 

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