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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/24
Report Released: June 18, 2009
Next Release Date: June 25, 2009




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
6/13/2009 6/6/2009 6/14/2008 6/13/2009 6/13/2008 Percent Change 6/13/2009 6/14/2008 Percent Change
Alabama 385 375 365 9,222 9,745 -5.4 20,632 20,193 2.2
Alaska 25 24 24 723 647 11.8 1,553 1,228 26.5
Arizona 146 142 164 3,320 3,296 0.7 8,048 7,535 6.8
Arkansas 1 1 1 18 28 -33.6 60 77 -22.4
Colorado 593 579 679 13,686 15,060 -9.1 30,583 35,018 -12.7
Illinois 582 568 529 14,238 14,203 0.2 33,134 29,840 11.0
Indiana 699 682 654 16,868 16,050 5.1 37,102 35,022 5.9
Kansas 3 3 3 75 141 -46.9 163 357 -54.4
Kentucky Total 2,109 2,057 2,246 51,580 54,808 -5.9 117,031 115,931 0.9
  Eastern 1,559 1,521 1,737 37,654 41,247 -8.7 86,591 87,269 -0.8
  Western 549 536 510 13,927 13,561 2.7 30,439 28,662 6.2
Louisiana 95 81 83 1,668 1,601 4.2 3,902 3,723 4.8
Maryland 70 69 43 1,390 1,110 25.2 3,086 2,354 31.1
Mississippi 95 45 48 1,539 1,356 13.5 3,019 3,268 -7.6
Missouri 6 5 4 173 103 66.8 316 232 36.5
Montana 791 772 701 18,499 19,472 -5.0 43,729 44,503 -1.7
New Mexico 473 461 575 10,381 10,847 -4.3 25,167 23,520 7.0
North Dakota 557 543 556 13,570 13,094 3.6 30,103 29,228 3.0
Ohio 470 459 482 12,102 11,624 4.1 26,725 24,267 10.1
Oklahoma 30 30 20 572 618 -7.5 1,309 1,493 -12.3
Pennsylvania Total 1,194 1,164 1,180 27,246 30,715 -11.3 61,857 64,348 -3.9
  Anthracite 24 23 21 687 758 -9.5 1,640 1,592 3.0
  Bituminous 1,169 1,141 1,159 26,560 29,957 -11.3 60,217 62,756 -4.0
Tennessee 46 44 44 1,050 1,115 -5.9 2,272 2,528 -10.1
Texas 747 728 641 15,964 17,031 -6.3 37,867 40,566 -6.7
Utah 440 429 395 9,712 11,059 -12.2 23,008 23,912 -3.8
Virginia 474 463 477 10,215 10,906 -6.3 23,910 23,117 3.4
West Virginia Total 2,843 2,774 3,099 67,659 73,563 -8.0 152,013 154,557 -1.6
  Northern 815 795 707 19,153 19,312 -0.8 40,744 40,887 -0.4
  Southern 2,028 1,979 2,391 48,506 54,251 -10.6 111,269 113,670 -2.1
Wyoming 7,515 7,859 8,084 191,843 205,781 -6.8 452,669 458,313 -1.2
Appalachian Total 7,040 6,869 7,426 166,538 180,025 -7.5 377,086 378,632 -0.4
Interior Total 2,808 2,680 2,492 65,041 64,693 0.5 147,311 143,240 2.8
Western Total 10,539 10,809 11,178 261,734 279,257 -6.3 614,861 623,256 -1.3
East of Miss. River 8,967 8,701 9,167 213,110 225,196 -5.4 480,780 475,424 1.1
West of Miss. River 11,421 11,658 11,929 280,203 298,779 -6.2 658,478 669,704 -1.7
Bituminous and Lignite 20,364 20,335 21,075 492,626 523,217 -5.8 1,137,618 1,143,536 -0.5
Anthracite 24 23 21 687 758 -9.5 1,640 1,592 3.0
U.S. Total 20,388 20,359 21,096 493,313 523,975 -5.9 1,139,258 1,145,129 -0.5
Railroad Cars Loaded 129,338 129,376 137,127 3,214,512 3,494,218 -8.0 7,372,863 7,520,204 -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."