The US produced 48.06 million short tons (43.60 million tonnes) of coal in June of 2023, dropping 1.79% from 48.94 million short tons a year ago and 3.3% from the previous month of 49.71 million short tons, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Monthly Energy Review on July 26.
Coal output of the country totaled 295.3 million short tons in the January to June period, picking up by 0.21% from 294.7 million short tons last year.
The US exported 8.69 million short tons of coal in May, rising 15.3% from the year-ago level of 7.54 million short tons and 17.33% from 7.41 million short tons a month ago.
Coal exports of the country totaled 40.72 million short tons in January-May, up 13.83% from the same period last year of 35.77 million short tons.
Coal consumption of the country was 25.79 million short tons in April, declining 24.74% on the year and 19.49% month on month.
Of that, 22.64 million short tons was consumed by power sector, down 26.33% year on year; industrial sector was estimated to consume 3.11 million short tons, falling 11.33% YoY; 43,000 short tons was estimated to be consumed in commercial sector, up 30.3% YoY.
Total coal consumption came in at 126.09 million short tons during January-April, a 24.95% decrease year on year. Of this, 112.42 million short tons were consumed by the power sector and 13.40 million short tons were consumed by the industrial sector, down 26.7% YoY and 6.57% respectively.
(Writing by Riley Liang Editing by Emma Yang)
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