中国石化旧事网讯据能源世界网12月12日新德里报导，美国能源消息署(EIA)在周三的一份陈述中暗示，因为煤炭行业面对自然气和可再生资本在发电方面的剧烈合作，过����APP去十年来，美国煤炭开采业的产量降落了约37%。

　　EIA称，这也致使煤炭开采业的就业人数降落了42%。

　　美国煤矿工人的就业人数从2011年的92,000名高位降落到2018年的54,000名，此中阿巴拉契亚地域的降落幅度最年夜。

　　EIA暗示，2018年679座煤矿的煤炭产量从2008年1458座煤矿的12亿吨降至7.56亿吨，阿巴拉契亚地域的产量几近减半。

　　郝芬译自能源世界网

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　　US coal output sees 37% fall over last decade

　　US coal mining output has declined by about 37 per cent over the past decade, as the sector faced stiff competition from natural gas and renewable sources for power generation, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report on Wednesday.

　　This has also resulted in a 42 per cent drop in employment in the coal mining sector, the EIA said.

　　"U.S. coal mining employment fell from a high of 92,000 employees in 2011 to 54,000 employees in 2018, with the most dramatic decrease in the Appalachian region."

　　Coal production fell to 756 million tons from 679 mines in 2018 from 1.2 billion tons from 1,458 mines in 2008, with production in the Appalachian region nearly halving, the EIA said.