Illinois Basin production down slightly despite market progress

摘要

Top-producing mines in the Illinois Basin show mixedrnresults in the third quarter but remain down slightly despiternmarket progress.rnOverall production across the region remained roughlyrnstatic in quarter-over-quarter totals, with output falling tornroughly 21.3 million tons in the third quarter of 2016 comparedrnto about 21.4 million tons produced in the secondrnquarter of this year. For the 12 month period ending in thernthird quarter, the basin dropped 12.7%, from about 99.2 millionrntons produced for the period in 2015 to roughly 86.6rnmillion tons in the more recent period.