Weekly US coal production fell to a seven-week low 10.34 million st in the week ended Sept. 12, down 3.3% from a week earlier and 26.4% lower than the year-ago week, according to a Sept. 17 US Energy Information Administration report. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now It was the third straight week and only the fourth time in the last 22 weeks that all four major basins saw weekly declines. The total for Week 37 was the lowest total for the corresponding week in the last 10 years, and was also 31.5% lower than the five-year average. Despite the lower production, utility stockpiles remained higher on an aggregate basis as of Sept. 10, totaling an estimated 116.87 million st, up roughly 5.5% from a […]