US thermal and met coal June exports total 4.2 million mt, down 42.4% on year: Census

摘要

Houston—US thermal and metallurgical coal exports totaled about 4.2 million st in June, down 3% from the previous month, US Census data released Aug. 6 said. From the year-ago month, exports declined 42.4%. Over six months, exports were 31.5 million st, down 31.2% year on year. Out of June exports, 56.2% were met coal, leaving 42.8% thermal. Of June thermal exports, bituminous shipments totaled 1.6 million st and subbituminous were 241,814 st. Bituminous exports were at their highest in four months, while subbituminous reached a 14-month low.