Most Illinois Basin mines see YOY production jumps in Q1’17

摘要

The Illinois Basin saw a large growth in production in the recent quarter, withrncompanies seeing year-over-year jumps nearly across the board.rnThe top 25 mines in the Illinois Basin produced 25.5 million tons of coal in thernfirst quarter of 2017, an increase of 21.1% from the 21-million ton output in thernfirst quarter of last year and up 12.4% from the 22.7 million tons produced in thernfourth quarter of 2016.