Coal supplement No. 1 to Winter Energy Data Bulletin of December 21, 1977. [As of Dec. 10, 1977. UMWA strike began Dec. 6]
Coal production ceased at mines operating under the UMWA-BCOA contract with the expiration of that contract on December 6. Some western surface mines covered by recently negotiated contracts between the UMWA and individual (non-BCOA) companies continued production. Many nonunion mines, particularly in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, were idled by pickets or sympathy strikes. The estimated net result of the first 4 days of the strike was a dropoff of about 6 million tons of production during the week ended December 10, compared with production during the week preceeding the strike. Coal presently supplies about 19% of the US energy requirement which is used for 46% of the Nation's output of electrical energy, 100% of the US coke production, and 15% of the total fuel requirement of industrial and manufacturing plants. Current domestic demand for coal for all uses totals about 13 million tons weekly. The deficit between coal received and coal consumed will be drawn down from existing stocks. Overall, stockpiles for the week ended December 10, 1977, are estimated to total 172 million tons.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Information Administration
- OSTI ID:
- 6085266
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EIA-0007/4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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