EIA forecasts a 7.2% year-on-year decline in US coal production to 6.35 mt in 2019

The U.
S.
Energy Information Administration's short-term energy outlook says U.
S.
coal production is forecast to reach 699.
8 million short tons (about 635 million tons, all "tons" below) in 2019, down 7.
2 percent
from last year's production of about 684 million tons.

The June forecast for 2019 production was unchanged from the May forecast, but the 2020 forecast increased 1.
2% from the previous month to nearly 586 million mt
.
Compared to the June 2019 forecast, the forecast for 2020 is down 7.
8%.

Coal exports are expected to reach 89.
54 million mt in the June report, up slightly from 88.
81 million mt forecast in
May's short-term energy outlook.
Looking at exports in 2018, the EIA is expected to decline by 14.
6%.

In 2020, EIA forecasts exports of 84.
55 million mt, down 5.
6% from its 2019 forecast and unchanged
from the previous month's forecast.

Total coal consumption by the power sector is expected to reach 503 million tonnes this year, down 12.
8% from 2018 and 470 million tonnes in 2020, down 6.
9%
from the 2019 forecast.

Total US consumption in 2019 is expected to be 546 million tonnes, down 12.
5% from the previous year and 0.
4%
from the May forecast.
The EIA forecasts total coal consumption of 514 million tonnes in 2020, down 5.
8%
from its 2019 forecast.

The EIA forecasts 24% of coal power generation in 2019, unchanged from its May forecast to 23% in 2020, up from 22% in 2020, compared to 27.
4%
in 2018.

In this paper, 1 short ton (st) = 0.
9071847 tons (t) is used