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US 2016 coal production declines, prices below 2015 level

US coal production in 2016 is expected to total 743 million short tons (MMst), 17 per cent lower than in 2015, and the lowest level since 1978, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Falling production in 2016 continues an eight-year decline from peak production in 2008. Production in all major coal regions fell by at […]