Poland's coal production drops 4% MoM in August

Poland's production of hard coal and lignite reached 6.02 million tonnes in August, down 4.3% from July and marking the third straight on-month decline, according to the latest data from the Central Statistical Office of Poland (CSOP).

Compared with the year-ago level however, the August volume was still higher by 2.1%, mainly reflecting the low comparison basis of August last year, when the combined 5.9 million tonnes of hard coal and lignite production was among the lowest monthly levels in CSOP's historical data since 2018. Last month,