US thermal and metallurgical coal exports totaled about 4.1 million mt in August, down 15.6% from the previous month, US Census data released Oct. 6 said. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Monthly exports were at their lowest since September 2016. From the year-ago month, exports declined by 41.3%. Over the eight months, exports were 44.6 million st, down 31% year on year. Out of August exports, 64.5% were met, leaving 35.5% thermal. Of August thermal exports, bituminous shipments totaled 1.2 million st and sub-bituminous were 272,687 st. Bituminous exports were at their lowest in four months, while sub-bituminous touched a four-month high, following zero exports in July. Month-on-month bituminous shipments dropped 19.5%, and from the year-ago month, they declined 36.6%. Through August, bituminous exports totaled almost […]