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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/27
Report Released: July 09, 2009
Next Release Date: August 06, 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 - June
7/4/2009 7/5/2008 7/4/2009 7/4/2008 June 2009 June 2008 2009 2008 Percent Change
Alabama 333 316 10,315 10,757 1,651 1,543 10,115 10,557 -4.2
Alaska 22 20 794 717 107 102 781 701 11.3
Arizona 126 146 3,734 3,760 627 652 3,658 3,662 -0.1
Arkansas 1 1 22 30 6 4 22 29 -26.6
Colorado 513 527 15,371 16,987 2,498 2,837 15,074 16,676 -9.6
Illinois 504 526 15,892 15,794 2,482 2,310 15,594 15,419 1.1
Indiana 605 573 18,854 17,903 2,987 2,778 18,495 17,535 5.5
Kansas 2 4 83 151 12 17 81 148 -45.1
Kentucky Total 1,825 1,902 57,570 61,187 9,021 9,522 56,484 59,901 -5.7
   Eastern 1,349 1,445 42,083 46,150 6,680 7,299 41,278 45,169 -8.6
   Western 475 457 15,487 15,036 2,340 2,223 15,206 14,732 3.2
Louisiana 94 65 1,946 1,821 391 290 1,891 1,781 6.2
Maryland 61 39 1,590 1,237 302 195 1,554 1,208 28.6
Mississippi 19 92 1,669 1,608 255 276 1,658 1,554 6.7
Missouri 5 4 189 114 24 17 186 112 66.1
Montana 685 699 20,746 21,595 3,323 3,043 20,352 21,152 -3.8
New Mexico 409 479 11,723 12,447 2,023 2,417 11,480 12,142 -5.5
North Dakota 482 482 15,152 14,635 2,393 2,331 14,863 14,327 3.7
Ohio 407 413 13,437 12,977 2,006 2,061 13,196 12,719 3.7
Oklahoma 26 21 658 676 130 83 642 662 -3.0
Pennsylvania Total 1,033 964 30,637 33,991 5,113 5,038 30,020 33,369 -10.0
   Anthracite 21 26 755 824 103 102 743 805 -7.8
   Bituminous 1,012 939 29,882 33,167 5,010 4,936 29,278 32,564 -10.1
Tennessee 39 36 1,179 1,239 196 185 1,156 1,213 -4.8
Texas 646 615 18,084 18,944 3,130 2,808 17,714 18,573 -4.6
Utah 381 358 10,961 12,214 1,882 1,689 10,735 11,958 -10.2
Virginia 410 391 11,561 12,249 2,023 2,022 11,318 11,995 -5.6
West Virginia Total 2,460 2,462 75,735 82,198 12,141 13,112 74,275 80,621 -7.9
   Northern 705 587 21,468 21,340 3,484 3,128 21,049 20,929 0.6
   Southern 1,755 1,874 54,267 60,858 8,658 9,983 53,226 59,692 -10.8
Wyoming 8,182 8,489 215,366 229,969 33,190 34,867 210,666 225,022 -6.4
Appalachian Total 6,093 6,065 186,537 200,799 30,113 31,456 182,912 196,853 -7.1
Interior Total 2,378 2,358 72,885 72,078 11,759 10,806 71,489 70,545 1.3
Western Total 10,799 11,200 293,847 312,323 46,042 47,937 287,608 305,641 -5.9
East of Miss. River 7,696 7,713 238,439 251,140 38,178 39,042 233,865 246,093 -5.0
West of Miss. River 11,574 11,910 314,829 334,060 49,736 51,156 308,144 326,946 -5.8
Bituminous and Lignite 19,249 19,598 552,514 584,376 87,811 90,096 541,267 572,234 -5.4
Anthracite 21 26 755 824 103 102 743 805 -7.8
U.S. Total 19,270 19,624 553,269 585,200 87,914 90,199 542,009 573,039 -5.4
Railroad Cars Loaded 119,078 121,959 3,589,335 3,894,419 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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, 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."