September 2, 2021 - EIA has updated the Weekly Coal Production report for the week ending August 28, 2021.

• Estimated U.S. coal production totaled about 12.1 million short tons (MMst).

• This production estimate is 6.8% higher than last week's estimate and 8.9% higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2020.

• East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 4.7 MMst.

• West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 7.4 MMst.

• U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 390 MMst, 10.8% higher than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2020.

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