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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
4/26/2008 4/19/2008 4/28/2007 4/26/2008 4/26/2007 Percent Change 4/26/2008 4/28/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 393 389 346 6,547 6,525 0.3 19,467 18,624 4.5
Alaska 28 27 26 423 553 -23.5 1,188 1,527 -22.2
Arizona 117 116 152 2,036 2,624 -22.4 7,364 8,235 -10.6
Arkansas 2 2 1 33 22 46.4 93 42 123.5
Colorado 740 731 760 11,976 10,852 10.4 37,308 36,748 1.5
Illinois 668 660 662 11,327 12,177 -7.0 31,537 34,391 -8.3
Indiana 714 706 653 11,991 11,233 6.7 35,617 34,945 1.9
Kansas 11 11 9 168 140 19.6 446 481 -7.3
Kentucky Total 2,393 2,365 2,184 38,848 38,295 1.4 115,306 118,189 -2.4
  Eastern 1,740 1,719 1,681 28,349 28,842 -1.7 86,130 90,700 -5.0
  Western 653 645 503 10,499 9,453 11.1 29,177 27,489 6.1
Louisiana 19 65 14 1,375 755 82.0 3,678 3,782 -2.7
Maryland 52 51 41 729 756 -3.5 2,259 3,943 -42.7
Mississippi 59 105 94 1,053 1,169 -9.9 3,404 3,723 -8.5
Missouri 5 5 4 76 76 1.0 236 280 -15.8
Montana 901 890 749 14,286 12,877 10.9 44,595 41,977 6.2
New Mexico 487 481 561 7,829 7,654 2.3 24,507 25,472 -3.8
North Dakota 556 550 510 9,640 9,718 -0.8 29,426 30,261 -2.8
Ohio 490 484 386 7,922 7,099 11.6 23,295 21,981 6.0
Oklahoma 38 37 32 628 539 16.6 1,731 1,814 -4.6
Pennsylvania Total 1,336 1,320 1,252 21,914 22,347 -1.9 64,497 66,220 -2.6
  Anthracite 41 40 29 605 517 17.1 1,639 1,538 6.6
  Bituminous 1,295 1,280 1,223 21,309 21,830 -2.4 62,857 64,681 -2.8
Tennessee 52 52 47 821 893 -8.1 2,563 2,722 -5.9
Texas 869 859 769 13,870 12,778 8.5 42,827 44,025 -2.7
Utah 491 485 478 7,679 7,936 -3.2 23,947 25,139 -4.7
Virginia 479 474 534 8,368 9,328 -10.3 24,306 29,087 -16.4
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1,558 -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,150 3,113 2,908 51,393 51,170 0.4 152,849 151,946 0.6
  Northern 958 947 797 16,041 14,823 8.2 43,008 42,254 1.8
  Southern 2,192 2,166 2,111 35,351 36,347 -2.7 109,841 109,692 0.1
Wyoming 8,613 8,849 8,559 149,177 140,799 5.9 459,575 446,403 3.0
Appalachian Total 7,692 7,601 7,195 126,043 126,960 -0.7 375,366 385,223 -2.6
Interior Total 3,037 3,095 2,741 51,021 48,343 5.5 148,746 150,971 -1.5
Western Total 11,932 12,129 11,796 203,046 193,013 5.2 627,911 617,321 1.7
East of Miss. River 9,786 9,718 9,107 160,914 160,994 * 475,101 485,771 -2.2
West of Miss. River 12,875 13,107 12,625 219,196 207,323 5.7 676,923 667,744 1.4
Bituminous and Lignite 22,620 22,785 21,702 379,505 367,800 3.2 1,150,385 1,151,977 -0.1
Anthracite 41 40 29 605 517 17.1 1,639 1,538 6.6
U.S. Total 22,661 22,825 21,731 380,110 368,316 3.2 1,152,024 1,153,515 -0.1
Railroad Cars Loaded 149,941 149,638 139,911 2,490,328 2,389,595 4.2 7,504,765 7,436,474 0.9
  [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."