U.S. Coal Output Hits 2017 High

U.S. coal production is on the rise, hitting a high last week of 17.025 million tons, according to the Energy Information Administration. That’s 3.4 percent more than in the previous week and 12.3 percent over the output for the same week a year earlier. Year-to-date coal output was also higher than last year’s comparable period, by 14.2 percent to 499.3 million short tons.

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