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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 - July
8/2/2008 8/4/2007 8/2/2008 8/2/2007 July 2008 July 2007 2008 2007 Percent Change
Alabama 386 371 12,386 11,473 1,649 1,530 12,308 11,326 8.7
Alaska 28 13 859 856 118 55 854 851 0.3
Arizona 157 161 4,233 4,789 672 664 4,201 4,724 -11.1
Arkansas 1 2 39 45 5 8 39 44 -11.9
Colorado 810 724 21,536 21,307 3,372 2,999 21,323 21,078 1.2
Illinois 597 592 18,755 21,292 2,519 2,445 18,621 21,075 -11.6
Indiana 700 708 20,966 20,596 2,972 2,921 20,812 20,331 2.4
Kansas 6 8 230 256 26 32 229 253 -9.8
Kentucky Total 2,376 2,204 71,203 68,938 10,083 9,094 70,694 68,097 3.8
  Eastern 1,794 1,656 53,109 52,238 7,623 6,830 52,733 51,596 2.2
  Western 583 548 18,094 16,700 2,460 2,264 17,961 16,501 8.9
Louisiana 90 56 2,349 1,539 398 367 2,326 1,521 52.9
Maryland 41 41 1,336 1,327 175 169 1,327 1,311 1.3
Mississippi 73 83 2,120 2,148 347 335 2,100 2,122 -1.0
Missouri 4 4 135 137 18 18 134 135 -0.8
Montana 839 891 26,396 23,965 3,484 3,694 26,167 23,694 10.4
New Mexico 496 409 13,101 14,800 2,111 1,687 12,996 14,643 -11.3
North Dakota 564 603 16,711 17,259 2,415 2,485 16,599 17,018 -2.5
Ohio 467 457 14,375 12,807 1,982 1,886 14,272 12,638 12.9
Oklahoma 36 32 1,034 985 154 132 1,027 972 5.7
Pennsylvania Total 1,274 1,197 39,774 39,579 5,426 4,936 39,507 39,115 1.0
  Anthracite 24 29 962 927 103 120 957 916 4.5
  Bituminous 1,250 1,168 38,813 38,651 5,324 4,816 38,550 38,200 0.9
Tennessee 52 48 1,539 1,558 223 199 1,529 1,539 -0.7
Texas 780 846 23,630 23,856 3,235 3,510 23,414 23,605 -0.8
Utah 474 410 14,920 14,307 2,006 1,693 14,819 14,150 4.7
Virginia 479 447 13,939 16,390 2,028 1,846 13,832 16,224 -14.7
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Virginia Total 3,139 2,946 93,932 91,940 13,298 12,162 93,241 90,840 2.6
  Northern 814 789 25,740 25,877 3,443 3,258 25,563 25,579 -0.1
  Southern 2,324 2,157 68,192 66,063 9,855 8,904 67,678 65,261 3.7
Wyoming 9,308 9,081 264,366 260,123 39,862 38,139 261,788 257,422 1.7
Appalachian Total 7,632 7,162 230,390 227,312 32,405 29,556 228,750 224,590 1.9
Interior Total 2,870 2,880 87,352 87,555 12,134 12,032 86,663 86,560 0.1
Western Total 12,675 12,293 362,122 357,406 54,039 51,416 358,746 353,582 1.5
East of Miss. River 9,585 9,093 290,324 288,049 40,703 37,521 288,245 284,618 1.3
West of Miss. River 13,592 13,241 389,540 384,225 57,876 55,482 385,914 380,113 1.5
Bituminous and Lignite 23,153 22,306 678,902 671,346 98,476 92,884 673,202 663,816 1.4
Anthracite 24 29 962 927 103 120 957 916 4.5
U.S. Total 23,177 22,335 679,864 672,273 98,578 93,003 674,159 664,731 1.4
Railroad Cars Loaded 154,657 146,905 4,486,820 4,354,010 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."