US Coal Use Hits 35-Year Low, But Exports Are Booming
2:27 PM 09/27/2018
Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator
Foreign markets are lining up to purchase American coal by widening amounts as U.S. coal consumption reaches its lowest level in more than three decades.
Power plants’ consumption of coal dropped to 298 million short tons in the first half of 2018, a sharp fall from 312 million in the same period last year, according to a Thomson Reuters report. This marks the lowest level of consumption since 1983 and a reflection of the coal industry’s declining status as natural gas continues to grow.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/27/us-power-producers-consuming-less-coal/
