Coal production

(billion Btu)

Wyoming is the top region by coal production in the United States of America. As of 2017, coal production in Wyoming was 5,516,757 billion btu that accounts for 35.48% of the United States of America's coal production. The top 5 regions (others are West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Kentucky) account for 72.43% of it. The United States of America's total coal production was estimated at 15,549,223 billion btu in 2017.

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What is coal production?

The sum of sales, mine consumption, issues to miners, and issues to coke, briquetting, and other ancillary plants at mines. Production data include quantities extracted from surface and underground mines, and normally exclude wastes removed at mines or associated reparation plants.