Weekly US coal production declined for the fourth straight week to an estimated 8.58 million st in the week ended April 25, down 0.5% from a week earlier and 39.4% lower than the year-ago week, US Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The total for week 17 was the lowest for any week in the last 10 years and was also 37.5% lower than the five-year average. Despite the lower production, utility stockpiles remained higher on an aggregate basis, totaling an estimated 129.8 million st, as of April 23, up roughly 22.3% from a year earlier, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics. For the latest week, estimated coal production in Wyoming and Montana, which is primarily made up of […]