U.S. Coal Use Rose 1.4% in Past Week, Genscape Says
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U.S. coal consumption rose 1.4 percent in the week ended yesterday from the previous seven-day period, led by an advance in the East, according to an analysis by Genscape Inc.
Eastern power-plant use gained 2.8 percent while consumption in the West dipped 6.8 percent, the data provider said. Overall coal demand was 0.8 percent higher than a year earlier.