U.S. coal output over the week ending March 23 was estimated to drop 4.04% week on week, the lowest since late January, according to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on March 28.

The output was estimated at 9.13 million short tons (8.28 million tonnes), down 24.37% year on year, the EIA data showed.

Coal production in Wyoming and Montana combined was estimated at 4.13 million short tons, down 3.44% from a week ago and 23.5% from the previous year.

Illinois's coal output was estimated at 600,500 short tons, falling 5.89% from the week-ago level and 26.64% on the year, while Appalachian coal production was estimated at 2.72 million short tons, diving 4.69% from the week prior and 18.24% from a year ago.

U.S. coal output totaled 117 million short tons in the year to date, a 13.9% drop from 136 million short tons in the same period last year, data showed.

U.S. rail coal shipments were 53,727 rail wagons over the week, decreasing 2,263 from a week earlier and 14,521 from the preceding year. The year-to-date rail coal shipments totaled 687,000 wagons, down 12.3% year on year.

(Writing by Riley Liang  Editing by Harry Huo)
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