The US Energy Information Administration forecast coal production of nearly 557 million st in 2020, down 22.2% from the estimated 2019 output of 690 million st, the Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook reported Tuesday. The 2020 output projection also dropped 6.4% from March’s STEO, the largest month-on-month drop in 2020 so far as impacts from the coronavirus pandemic continue to be seen. For 2021, the EIA projected output of about 589 million st, up 1.4% from March’s forecast. Coal exports for 2020 were projected to total 62.7 million st, down 32.1% from last year’s exports. The forecast also dropped 19.7% month on month. Exports in 2021 are projected to be 68.9 million st, down 16.8% […]