US metallurgical coal exports totaled 50 million mt in 2019, down 10.4% from 2018, according to data issued Wednesday by the US Census. It was the lowest since 2016, when the US exported 37.1 million mt met coal. Exports of US bituminous coal totaled 28.1 million mt in 2019, down 33% from 2018. It was also the lowest annual total since 2016, when the country exported 14.3 million mt bituminous coal. Total US coal exports in 2019 were at 84.2 million mt, down 19.7% from 2019. Lower seaborne prices for both met and thermal coal helped drive down coal exports in 2019. According to the December 2019 export data issued Wednesday, US met coal exports during the month totaled […]