
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 18, 1995                   TAG: 9501190029
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CHARLESTON, W.VA.                                  LENGTH: Short

COAL OUTPUT SETS RECORD

Domestic coal production hit a record 1.03 billion tons in 1994, edging out the mark set in 1990, according to preliminary government figures released Tuesday.

The 1994 production was a 9 percent increase over the 945 million tons produced in 1993, when a seven-month United Mine Workers strike curtailed production in seven states.

The previous production record was 1.029 billion tons in 1990, according to the U.S. Energy Department's Energy Information Administration.

The increase was due primarily to a demand for steam coal at electric utilities to replace stockpiles that were depleted during the coal strike, said National Coal Association spokesman John Grasser in Washington, D.C.

- Associated Press

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