In the first quarter of 2024, demand for coal by electricity generators fell to 427 thousand tonnes, 8.3 per cent lower than in Quarter 1 2023. Overall coal production for the first quarter of 2024 fell to 20 thousand tonnes (a new record low), down 78 per cent on the first quarter of 2023. This was due to the last large surface mine Ffos-Y-Fran closing at the end of November 2023. Surface mining production fell to 1 thousand tonnes.
