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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 - January
2/2/2008 2/3/2007 2/2/2008 2/2/2007 January 2008 January 2007 2008 2007 Percent Change
Alabama 391 400 1,823 1,959 1,743 1,801 1,743 1,801 -3.2
Alaska 25 35 114 173 109 159 109 159 -31.5
Arizona 122 158 585 775 560 712 560 712 -21.2
Arkansas 2 1 10 6 9 6 9 6 56.2
Colorado 709 622 3,299 2,929 3,112 2,732 3,112 2,732 13.9
Illinois 682 742 3,154 3,584 3,001 3,311 3,001 3,311 -9.4
Indiana 716 702 3,355 3,400 3,198 3,138 3,198 3,138 1.9
Kansas 10 8 45 41 44 37 44 37 16.8
Kentucky Total 2,298 2,291 10,743 11,143 10,251 10,269 10,251 10,269 -0.2
  Eastern 1,678 1,706 7,858 8,323 7,507 7,662 7,507 7,662 -2.0
  Western 620 585 2,885 2,819 2,744 2,607 2,744 2,607 5.3
Louisiana 72 23 411 305 392 297 392 297 31.8
Maryland 41 46 192 227 183 209 183 209 -12.1
Mississippi 57 47 291 284 276 269 276 269 2.3
Missouri 4 5 20 22 20 21 20 21 -4.7
Montana 839 784 3,918 3,672 3,690 3,434 3,690 3,434 7.5
New Mexico 461 427 2,167 2,079 2,069 1,915 2,069 1,915 8.1
North Dakota 580 600 2,734 2,947 2,618 2,707 2,618 2,707 -3.3
Ohio 468 436 2,189 2,109 2,086 1,947 2,086 1,947 7.1
Oklahoma 37 32 175 158 168 145 168 145 15.5
Pennsylvania Total 1,302 1,355 6,068 6,609 5,795 6,085 5,795 6,085 -4.8
  Anthracite 35 31 161 153 154 141 154 141 9.6
  Bituminous 1,267 1,323 5,907 6,456 5,641 5,944 5,641 5,944 -5.1
Tennessee 48 55 224 271 215 249 215 249 -13.7
Texas 816 771 3,812 3,600 3,585 3,372 3,585 3,372 6.3
Utah 449 473 2,093 2,301 1,997 2,121 1,997 2,121 -5.8
Virginia 507 563 2,360 2,724 2,248 2,515 2,248 2,515 -10.6
Washington -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
West Virginia Total 3,047 3,124 14,213 15,139 13,544 13,972 13,544 13,972 -3.1
  Northern 963 932 4,439 4,520 4,230 4,169 4,230 4,169 1.5
  Southern 2,084 2,193 9,774 10,619 9,314 9,803 9,314 9,803 -5.0
Wyoming 8,759 8,639 42,227 40,509 39,801 37,940 39,801 37,940 4.9
Appalachian Total 7,482 7,684 34,928 37,361 33,321 34,440 33,321 34,440 -3.3
Interior Total 3,017 2,916 14,159 14,220 13,436 13,204 13,436 13,204 1.8
Western Total 11,944 11,739 57,136 55,383 53,956 51,718 53,956 51,718 4.3
East of Miss. River 9,558 9,759 44,613 47,449 42,539 43,766 42,539 43,766 -2.8
West of Miss. River 12,885 12,579 61,609 59,515 58,173 55,596 58,173 55,596 4.6
Bituminous and Lignite 22,408 22,307 106,061 106,812 100,558 99,221 100,558 99,221 1.3
Anthracite 35 31 161 153 154 141 154 141 9.6
U.S. Total 22,443 22,339 106,223 106,965 100,712 99,361 100,712 99,361 1.4
Railroad Cars Loaded 143,028 141,152 711,561 699,903 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."