In 2015, U.S. coal production, consumption, and employment fell by more than 10%

U.S. coal production dropped by more than 10% in 2015 to 897 million short tons (MMst), the lowest production level since 1986. Production in all three major coal-producing regions (the Appalachian, the Interior, and the Western) declined, as consumption of coal for electric power generation, industrial, and other uses fell by 13% to 798 MMst in 2015. … Continue Reading http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2016/11/coal-news-in-2015-u-s-coal-production-consumption-and-employment-fell-by-more-than-10.html?cmpid=EnlWeeklyPowerNovember112016&eid=288118515&bid=1585466