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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      

Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview
(Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State		 Week Ended Year-To-Date[1] Month Ended January - February
3/1/2008 3/3/2007 3/1/2008 3/1/2007 February 2008 February 2007 2008 2007 Percent Change
Alabama 407 400 3,408 3,475 1,662 1,594 3,406 3,396 0.3
Alaska 26 35 214 306 105 140 214 299 -28.4
Arizona 127 158 1,078 1,372 518 629 1,078 1,341 -19.6
Arkansas 2 1 18 11 9 5 18 11 61.1
Colorado 738 622 6,177 5,311 2,986 2,481 6,099 5,213 17.0
Illinois 709 742 5,921 6,407 2,890 2,960 5,892 6,271 -6.0
Indiana 745 701 6,262 6,066 3,040 2,797 6,238 5,936 5.1
Kansas 10 8 85 72 42 33 85 70 21.4
Kentucky Total 2,391 2,289 20,068 19,840 9,761 9,134 20,011 19,404 3.1
  Eastern 1,746 1,704 14,666 14,795 7,132 6,802 14,639 14,465 1.2
  Western 645 584 5,402 5,045 2,628 2,332 5,372 4,939 8.8
Louisiana 109 86 785 616 382 305 774 602 28.5
Maryland 43 46 358 403 175 185 358 394 -9.1
Mississippi 60 84 502 560 220 277 495 547 -9.4
Missouri 5 5 38 40 19 18 38 39 -1.6
Montana 873 784 7,322 6,681 3,527 3,128 7,218 6,561 10.0
New Mexico 479 426 4,036 3,698 1,958 1,701 4,027 3,616 11.4
North Dakota 604 600 5,088 5,219 2,470 2,393 5,088 5,099 -0.2
Ohio 487 435 4,088 3,765 1,985 1,737 4,071 3,684 10.5
Oklahoma 39 32 327 280 159 128 327 273 19.4
Pennsylvania Total 1,355 1,353 11,352 11,748 5,535 5,402 11,330 11,486 -1.4
  Anthracite 36 31 303 272 149 125 303 265 14.1
  Bituminous 1,319 1,322 11,049 11,477 5,386 5,277 11,027 11,221 -1.7
Tennessee 50 55 419 480 204 220 419 469 -10.6
Texas 850 771 7,125 6,562 3,429 3,076 7,015 6,448 8.8
Utah 468 473 3,917 4,098 1,909 1,887 3,906 4,008 -2.5
Virginia 528 562 4,417 4,864 2,150 2,245 4,398 4,760 -7.6
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Virginia Total 3,171 3,121 26,578 27,012 12,930 12,457 26,474 26,429 0.2
  Northern 1,002 931 8,347 8,059 4,088 3,714 8,318 7,883 5.5
  Southern 2,169 2,191 18,231 18,954 8,842 8,743 18,156 18,546 -2.1
Wyoming 8,989 8,632 78,457 72,499 37,503 33,276 77,304 71,216 8.5
Appalachian Total 7,786 7,678 65,287 66,541 31,774 30,642 65,094 65,082 *
Interior Total 3,175 3,014 26,463 25,659 12,817 11,931 26,253 25,135 4.4
Western Total 12,303 11,728 106,288 99,184 50,976 45,635 104,932 97,353 7.8
East of Miss. River 9,946 9,788 83,373 84,620 40,552 39,008 83,091 82,774 0.4
West of Miss. River 13,317 12,632 114,666 106,764 55,015 49,200 113,188 104,796 8.0
Bituminous and Lignite 23,227 22,389 197,736 191,113 95,419 88,084 195,977 187,304 4.6
Anthracite 36 31 303 272 149 125 303 265 14.1
U.S. Total 23,263 22,420 198,039 191,384 95,567 88,209 196,280 187,570 4.6
Railroad Cars Loaded 150,722 143,788 1,301,716 1,257,865 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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.
  - - Not applicable.
  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 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and to Union Pacific Railroad for their assistance and for trainload and carload statistics; and, Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S.  Department of Labor, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."