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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/9
Report Released: March 05, 2009
Next Release Date: April 09, 2009

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
2/28/2009 3/1/2008 2/28/2009 2/28/2008 February 2009 February 2008 2009 2008 Percent Change
Alabama 426 452 3,450 3,784 1,663 1,847 3,450 3,784 -8.8
Alaska 26 31 207 255 101 125 207 255 -18.8
Arizona 173 150 1,390 1,282 673 616 1,390 1,282 8.4
Arkansas 1 1 9 10 4 5 9 10 -6.4
Colorado 696 658 5,654 5,438 2,714 2,663 5,654 5,438 4.0
Illinois 611 622 4,926 5,164 2,384 2,533 4,926 5,164 -4.6
Indiana 728 697 5,897 5,832 2,838 2,842 5,897 5,832 1.1
Kansas 5 6 43 53 21 26 43 53 -17.8
Kentucky Total 2,224 2,394 17,936 20,032 8,672 9,770 17,936 20,032 -10.5
    Eastern 1,666 1,806 13,425 15,145 6,498 7,379 13,425 15,145 -11.4
    Western 558 587 4,511 4,887 2,174 2,391 4,511 4,887 -7.7
Louisiana 89 99 701 702 306 346 701 702 -0.2
Maryland 50 41 401 348 194 169 401 348 15.5
Mississippi 81 62 558 511 277 227 558 511 9.2
Missouri 6 4 48 35 23 17 48 35 36.6
Montana 882 902 7,177 7,456 3,438 3,644 7,177 7,456 -3.7
New Mexico 591 368 4,797 3,090 2,306 1,502 4,797 3,090 55.3
North Dakota 573 561 4,646 4,730 2,233 2,297 4,646 4,730 -1.8
Ohio 485 486 3,934 4,060 1,891 1,980 3,934 4,060 -3.1
Oklahoma 34 31 272 264 131 128 272 264 3.1
Pennsylvania Total 1,292 1,372 10,433 11,471 5,039 5,603 10,433 11,471 -9.1
    Anthracite 22 31 180 257 87 126 180 257 -30.2
    Bituminous 1,270 1,341 10,253 11,214 4,952 5,477 10,253 11,214 -8.6
Tennessee 49 50 397 424 193 207 397 424 -6.4
Texas 797 742 6,484 6,131 3,108 2,997 6,484 6,131 5.8
Utah 464 525 3,733 4,384 1,809 2,143 3,733 4,384 -14.9
Virginia 499 453 4,038 3,777 1,945 1,847 4,038 3,777 6.9
West Virginia Total 3,104 3,162 25,107 26,408 12,106 12,892 25,107 26,408 -4.9
    Northern 836 825 6,718 6,846 3,262 3,365 6,718 6,846 -1.9
    Southern 2,268 2,337 18,389 19,562 8,844 9,527 18,389 19,562 -6.0
Wyoming 8,891 8,900 74,345 76,535 35,545 37,130 74,345 76,535 -2.9
Appalachian Total 7,572 7,822 61,184 65,417 29,529 31,924 61,184 65,417 -6.5
Interior Total 2,909 2,852 23,450 23,587 11,266 11,512 23,450 23,587 -0.6
Western Total 12,295 12,095 101,948 103,169 48,819 50,119 101,948 103,169 -1.2
East of Miss. River 9,550 9,790 77,076 81,810 37,202 39,917 77,076 81,810 -5.8
West of Miss. River 13,227 12,979 109,505 110,363 52,412 53,638 109,505 110,363 -0.8
Bituminous and Lignite 22,754 22,738 186,402 191,916 89,527 93,428 186,402 191,916 -2.9
Anthracite 22 31 180 257 87 126 180 257 -30.2
U.S. Total 22,777 22,769 186,582 192,173 89,614 93,555 186,582 192,173 -2.9
Railroad Cars Loaded 146,888 150,722 1,269,863 1,301,716 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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 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."