Northern Appalachia coal production tumbled to 77.95 million st in 2020, down 26.7% from 106.38 million st produced in 2019 and the lowest on record, dating back to 1984, data from the US Mine Safety and Health Administration showed Feb. 3. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now However, production in the fourth quarter rose to 21.04 million st, up 7.1% from 19.64 million st produced in Q3, but down 17.5% from 25.51 million st produced in the year-ago quarter. The latest quarter was also down 21.9% from the five-year Q4 average. In the latest quarter, 97.4% of the production, or 20.49 million st, was bituminous coal, while the remaining 545,620 st was anthracite. In the previous quarter, bituminous coal made up 96.9%, and anthracite production […]