International thermal coal shipments dropped year-over-year almost -53% (-8.4m tons).

Domestic metallurgical coal shipments fell by -21%, as U.S. iron and steel production declined almost -18% (-17m tons) and domestic furnace capacity utilization fell to near record lows during the pandemic (as low as -51%). Cumulatively, U.S. iron and steel production capacity is off -15.5% from 2019.

International metallurgical coal shipments declined -36% (-7.8m tons) as global steel production fell -14% from 2019 levels. Excluding China, global steel output is off 100m tons from 2019.

Compared to 2019, state production levels were down 33.6%, with production from Northern Appalachian region of the state declining by 31.2% and Central Appalachian production falling by 36.4%. U.S. coal production is off -24% from 2019, with production in the Appalachian region down by -28.%, production from the Interior region is off by -29.2% and the production is down in the Western region by -23.7%. Production from the entire Northern Appalachian thermal coal region is down -28% from 2019. Implied national met production is off -27.4% from the previous year.