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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/23
Report Released: June 11, 2009
Next Release Date: June 18, 2009



Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
6/6/2009 5/30/2009 6/7/2008 6/6/2009 6/6/2008 Percent Change 6/6/2009 6/7/2008 Percent Change
Alabama 375 324 368 8,804 9,380 -6.1 20,579 20,210 1.8
Alaska 24 21 24 545 623 -12.5 1,399 1,232 13.5
Arizona 142 123 122 3,474 3,132 10.9 8,367 7,538 11.0
Arkansas 1 1 1 27 27 -0.1 69 78 -11.3
Colorado 579 500 614 14,094 14,388 -2.0 31,670 35,178 -10.0
Illinois 568 491 587 12,867 13,672 -5.9 32,291 30,049 7.5
Indiana 682 590 660 15,406 15,396 0.1 36,293 35,089 3.4
Kansas 3 2 6 93 138 -32.2 185 364 -49.1
Kentucky Total 2,057 1,779 2,234 46,743 52,561 -11.1 114,440 116,098 -1.4
  Eastern 1,521 1,315 1,668 34,832 39,511 -11.8 85,507 87,390 -2.2
  Western 536 463 566 11,911 13,049 -8.7 28,933 28,708 0.8
Louisiana 81 57 36 1,668 1,523 9.5 3,984 3,699 7.7
Maryland 69 59 54 1,246 1,067 16.8 2,985 2,356 26.7
Mississippi 45 89 36 1,425 1,309 8.8 2,953 3,290 -10.2
Missouri 5 5 5 125 100 25.1 272 233 16.9
Montana 772 667 745 18,212 18,766 -3.0 44,142 44,629 -1.1
New Mexico 461 399 559 11,701 10,272 13.9 27,062 23,564 14.8
North Dakota 543 470 542 12,184 12,539 -2.8 29,272 29,236 0.1
Ohio 459 396 501 10,304 11,141 -7.5 25,409 24,211 4.9
Oklahoma 30 26 20 693 599 15.8 1,450 1,508 -3.9
Pennsylvania Total 1,164 1,007 1,224 26,900 29,535 -8.9 62,690 64,550 -2.9
  Anthracite 23 20 35 493 738 -33.1 1,467 1,604 -8.5
  Bituminous 1,141 986 1,189 26,406 28,797 -8.3 61,223 62,946 -2.7
Tennessee 44 38 43 1,026 1,071 -4.3 2,291 2,536 -9.7
Texas 728 630 708 16,730 16,381 2.1 39,274 40,773 -3.7
Utah 429 371 405 9,743 10,664 -8.6 23,434 24,045 -2.5
Virginia 463 400 473 10,509 10,429 0.8 24,681 23,229 6.3
West Virginia Total 2,774 2,398 3,058 64,459 70,466 -8.5 151,912 154,668 -1.8
  Northern 795 688 824 17,742 18,601 -4.6 40,040 41,059 -2.5
  Southern 1,979 1,711 2,234 46,717 51,865 -9.9 111,871 113,609 -1.5
Wyoming 7,859 8,043 8,578 185,068 197,634 -6.4 453,979 458,423 -1.0
Appalachian Total 6,869 5,939 7,388 158,080 172,601 -8.4 376,054 379,150 -0.8
Interior Total 2,680 2,354 2,625 60,943 62,193 -2.0 145,705 143,791 1.3
Western Total 10,809 10,594 11,589 255,021 268,018 -4.8 619,325 623,846 -0.7
East of Miss. River 8,701 7,572 9,237 199,688 216,027 -7.6 476,525 476,286 0.1
West of Miss. River 11,658 11,315 12,366 274,356 286,784 -4.3 664,560 670,501 -0.9
Bituminous and Lignite 20,335 18,866 21,568 473,551 502,074 -5.7 1,139,618 1,145,183 -0.5
Anthracite 23 20 35 493 738 -33.1 1,467 1,604 -8.5
U.S. Total 20,359 18,886 21,602 474,044 502,812 -5.7 1,141,085 1,146,787 -0.5
Railroad Cars Loaded 129,376 116,647 141,482 3,085,174 3,357,091 -8.1 7,380,652 7,531,474 -2.0
  [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 released for 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."