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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
4/12/2008 4/5/2008 4/14/2007 4/12/2008 4/12/2007 Percent Change 4/12/2008 4/14/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 388 381 371 5,765 5,834 -1.2 19,372 18,673 3.7
Alaska 27 27 28 368 502 -26.6 1,184 1,538 -23.0
Arizona 116 114 163 1,803 2,320 -22.3 7,432 8,210 -9.5
Arkansas 2 2 2 30 20 50.9 92 39 137.6
Colorado 731 717 815 10,506 9,332 12.6 37,344 37,052 0.8
Illinois 660 648 710 9,999 10,855 -7.9 31,520 34,303 -8.1
Indiana 706 692 700 10,571 9,930 6.5 35,491 35,016 1.4
Kansas 11 10 9 146 123 19.0 442 477 -7.4
Kentucky Total 2,364 2,320 2,341 34,091 33,936 0.5 114,876 118,641 -3.2
  Eastern 1,719 1,687 1,802 24,890 25,486 -2.3 86,001 91,121 -5.6
  Western 645 633 539 9,201 8,449 8.9 28,874 27,520 4.9
Louisiana 65 89 14 1,292 728 77.4 3,622 3,931 -7.8
Maryland 51 50 44 626 674 -7.1 2,238 4,085 -45.2
Mississippi 74 74 84 889 984 -9.7 3,428 3,701 -7.4
Missouri 5 5 5 66 67 -1.4 234 290 -19.2
Montana 890 873 803 12,495 11,379 9.8 44,287 42,182 5.0
New Mexico 481 472 601 6,861 6,534 5.0 24,651 25,526 -3.4
North Dakota 549 539 547 8,534 8,700 -1.9 29,331 30,300 -3.2
Ohio 484 475 414 6,948 6,328 9.8 23,087 22,067 4.6
Oklahoma 37 37 34 553 475 16.4 1,719 1,830 -6.1
Pennsylvania Total 1,320 1,295 1,342 19,258 19,848 -3.0 64,321 66,523 -3.3
  Anthracite 40 39 32 524 458 14.5 1,617 1,538 5.1
  Bituminous 1,280 1,256 1,310 18,734 19,390 -3.4 62,704 64,985 -3.5
Tennessee 52 51 50 717 800 -10.4 2,551 2,740 -6.9
Texas 858 842 824 12,143 11,239 8.0 42,623 44,316 -3.8
Utah 485 476 513 6,704 6,981 -4.0 23,919 25,189 -5.0
Virginia 473 465 572 7,416 8,262 -10.2 24,410 29,174 -16.3
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1,682 -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,113 3,055 3,117 45,129 45,364 -0.5 152,345 152,362 *
  Northern 947 929 854 14,136 13,232 6.8 42,681 42,479 0.5
  Southern 2,166 2,126 2,263 30,993 32,132 -3.5 109,665 109,883 -0.2
Wyoming 8,417 8,787 8,932 131,715 123,285 6.8 459,524 446,201 3.0
Appalachian Total 7,600 7,458 7,711 110,750 112,597 -1.6 374,325 386,744 -3.2
Interior Total 3,063 3,032 2,920 44,889 42,870 4.7 148,046 151,423 -2.2
Western Total 11,696 12,005 12,401 178,986 169,033 5.9 627,673 617,881 1.6
East of Miss. River 9,684 9,505 9,744 141,410 142,815 -1.0 473,638 487,285 -2.8
West of Miss. River 12,674 12,990 13,288 193,214 181,684 6.3 676,406 668,763 1.1
Bituminous and Lignite 22,318 22,456 23,000 334,100 324,041 3.1 1,148,427 1,154,509 -0.5
Anthracite 40 39 32 524 458 14.5 1,617 1,538 5.1
U.S. Total 22,358 22,495 23,032 334,624 324,499 3.1 1,150,044 1,156,048 -0.5
Railroad Cars Loaded 145,467 146,326 148,309 2,190,749 2,110,694 3.8 7,484,087 7,440,470 0.6
  [1] The estimates of railroad cars loaded (at bottom of columns) are not exact for the time periods specified.  Weekly railroad cars loaded are not prorated to a daily basis.  For the current year, the estimates include railroad cars loaded for the week that includes January 1, and, therefore, can include railroad cars loaded on days in the prior calendar year, which makes the estimate slightly larger than an exact year-to-date aggregate.  For the previous year, the estimates can include extra days both at the start and at the end of the year-to-date period. The week that includes January 1 can include railroad cars loaded on days that occurred in the prior year. The ending date (previous year)--as specified at the top of the year-to-date column--stops short of a full week ending on a Saturday in the previous year.  But the previous year-to-date aggregation includes a full week's worth of railroad car loadings for that last week, which makes the estimate slightly larger than an exact year-to-date aggregate. By contrast, coal production is prorated to a daily basis and the year-to-date aggregates of produced tons of coal are exact for the time periods specified.
  s Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated totals.
  * Absolute percentage less than 0.05.
  Notes: Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  Bituminous and Lignite Total includes bituminous coal,subbituminous coal, and lignite, and Anthracite Total includes Pennsylvania anthracite.  The States in the Appalachian Region are Alabama,Eastern Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.  The Interior Region States are Arkansas, Illinois,Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Western Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.  The Western Region States are Alaska, Arizona,California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.  Monthly coal production estimates are usually releasedfor printing on Friday of the first full week of the following month.
  Sources: Association of American Railroads, Transportation Division, Weekly Statement CS-54A; for western States, special thanks to BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Railway and to Union Pacific Railroad for their assistance and for trainload and carload statistics; and, Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S.  Department of Labor, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."