YTD coal output and deliveries continue to point to potential massive downturn in 2016

摘要

Total U.S. coal rail deliveries for the week ended July 9 were down 23.4%rnyear over year to 72,998 carloads, according to data from the Association ofrnAmerican Railroads.rnYear-to-date coal rail deliveries remain down by one-third, or a 30.2%rncontraction this week compared to 2015 levels, which could mark 2016 asrnhaving the largest U.S. coal production decline since the beginning of recordrnkeeping in 1949.