May 5, 2016 - The Weekly Coal Production Report has been updated for the week ended April 30, 2016.

•    Estimated U.S. coal production totaled approximately 11.3 million short tons (mmst)

•    This production estimate is 9% higher than last week's estimate and 35.3% lower than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2015

•    East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 4.3 mmst

•    West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 6.9 mmst

•    U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 211.2 mmst, 32.9% lower than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2015