Illinois Basin coal production totaled over 19.2 million st in the first quarter of 2020, down 7.3% from the previous quarter and down 30.7% from the year-ago quarter, Mine Health and Safety Administration data showed in May. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now This was the fourth consecutive week on week and year on year decline in four quarters. Alliance Resource Partners’ River View mine in Kentucky was the top producer in the basin with total output of over 2.8 million st, up 3.2% from the previous quarter but down 7.2% year on year. Foresight Energy’s Illinois-based MC#1 mine followed with 2.3 million st, down 5.8% from Q4 2019 and down 40.6% from the year-ago quarter. Prairie State’s Lively Grove mine in Illinois produced […]