The Coal Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending March 22, 2019.

It’s not a great time to be a coal miner, but there’s never been a better time for their shareholders.

Peabody Energy, which operates the North Antelope Rochelle, Rawhide and Caballo mines in Wyoming, is dropping its midrange production expectations by about 10 million short tons, according to the firms’ most recent earnings report.

Data from the Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy shows there were 2,969 employed coal miners last year, nearly 700 more than in 2017.

The newly published 2019 U.S. Energy & Employment Report reveals that the fuels and electric-power-generation sectors employ nearly 2 million people.

Australian supplies were at 1.16-million tonnes last month, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Monday, compared to 1.47-million tonnes in February 2018.