中国石化新闻网讯据能源世界网12月12日新德里报道，美国能源信息署(EIA)在周三的一份报告中表示，由于煤炭行业面临天然气和可再生资源在发电方面的激烈竞争，过去十年来，美国煤炭开采业的产量下降了约37%。

　　EIA称，这也导致煤炭开采业的就业人数下降了42%。

　　美国煤矿工人的就业人数从2011年的92,000名高位下降到2018年的54,000名，其中阿巴拉契亚地区的下降幅度最大。

　　EIA表示，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，阿巴拉契亚地区的产量几乎减半。

　　郝芬译自能源世界网

　　原文如下：

　　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.