Oct 15 (Reuters) - Whitehaven Coal Ltd WHC.AX :
* Full year ROM coal production for Narrabri mine is expected to be in the range of 6.6mt to 6.8mt in FY2016
* ROM coal production for quarter 3.9mt up 12% on previous corresponding period
* Whitehaven expects the price for metallurgical products in the December quarter to be in the range of US$68/t to US$72/t
* Further production cuts expected and some will possibly occur in United States where several companies have recently gone into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
* Expect that the metallurgical coal market and prices will remain subdued until further supply tightening
* Qtrly saleable coal production 4.3mt, 31% higher than the previous corresponding quarter
* Qtrly total coal sales for the september quarter were 4.48 mt vs 3.05 mt
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