Coal deliveries to US power plants rose to a six-month high 37.43 million st in July, up 14% from the previous month but 23.8% lower than the year-ago month, according to US Energy Information Administration data. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The shipments in July were the lowest in over eight years for the corresponding month and was also down 34.6% from the five-year average, the data, released Sept. 29, showed. Subbituminous coal deliveries were at 20.42 million st in July, up from 18.18 million st in June and 27.09 million st in the year-ago month. Bituminous coal deliveries to US power plants also rose to 12.56 million st, up from 10.84 million st in the previous month, but down from 17.17 […]