Weekly coal rail deliveries continue to point to largest US coal output decline

摘要

Total U.S. coal rail deliveries for the week ended May 7 slipped 33.5% to 62,394rncarloads, compared with the same week in 2015, according to data from thernAssociation of American Railroads, mirroring deliveries in earlier weeks this year.rnIf the trend continues, 2016 will go down as the largest U.S. coal productionrndecline on record, driven by coal plant retirements, persistently cheaprnnatural gas prices and bloated stockpiles from a warm winter.