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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/25
Report Released: June 25, 2009
Next Release Date: July 02, 2009



Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
6/20/2009
6/13/2009
6/21/2008
6/20/2009
6/20/2008
Percent Change
6/20/2009
6/21/2008
Percent Change
Alabama 381 385 359 9,604 10,104 -5.0 20,654 20,175 2.4
Alaska 25 25 24 748 671 11.5 1,554 1,224 27.0
Arizona 145 146 162 3,464 3,458 0.2 8,031 7,531 6.7
Arkansas 1 1 1 20 28 -30.6 61 76 -20.9
Colorado 588 593 668 14,274 15,729 -9.2 30,503 34,859 -12.5
Illinois 577 582 520 14,816 14,724 0.6 33,191 29,634 12.0
Indiana 694 699 643 17,561 16,693 5.2 37,152 34,955 6.3
Kansas 3 3 3 78 144 -46.1 163 351 -53.7
Kentucky Total 2,091 2,109 2,209 53,671 57,018 -5.9 116,912 115,762 1.0
  Eastern 1,546 1,559 1,708 39,200 42,955 -8.7 86,430 87,147 -0.8
  Western 545 549 501 14,471 14,063 2.9 30,483 28,616 6.5
Louisiana 95 95 77 1,763 1,679 5.0 3,920 3,723 5.3
Maryland 70 70 43 1,460 1,153 26.6 3,114 2,353 32.3
Mississippi 52 95 85 1,591 1,437 10.7 2,986 3,288 -9.2
Missouri 6 6 4 178 107 66.2 318 231 37.9
Montana 784 791 689 19,284 20,162 -4.4 43,824 44,378 -1.2
New Mexico 469 473 565 10,850 11,412 -4.9 25,071 23,475 6.8
North Dakota 552 557 546 14,122 13,641 3.5 30,109 29,220 3.0
Ohio 466 470 474 12,568 12,098 3.9 26,717 24,321 9.8
Oklahoma 30 30 19 602 637 -5.6 1,320 1,477 -10.6
Pennsylvania Total 1,183 1,194 1,160 28,430 31,876 -10.8 61,880 64,146 -3.5
  Anthracite 24 24 21 711 779 -8.8 1,643 1,581 4.0
  Bituminous 1,160 1,169 1,140 27,719 31,097 -10.9 60,237 62,565 -3.7
Tennessee 45 46 43 1,095 1,158 -5.4 2,274 2,519 -9.7
Texas 740 747 631 16,704 17,663 -5.4 37,976 40,360 -5.9
Utah 436 440 388 10,148 11,448 -11.4 23,056 23,780 -3.0
Virginia 470 474 469 10,685 11,375 -6.1 23,911 23,005 3.9
West Virginia Total 2,819 2,843 3,047 70,478 76,612 -8.0 151,785 154,442 -1.7
  Northern 808 815 696 19,961 20,008 -0.2 40,856 40,716 0.3
  Southern 2,011 2,028 2,352 50,517 56,604 -10.8 110,928 113,725 -2.5
Wyoming 7,692 7,515 8,025 199,535 213,814 -6.7 452,336 458,274 -1.3
Appalachian Total 6,981 7,040 7,303 173,519 187,331 -7.4 376,764 378,108 -0.4
Interior Total 2,742 2,808 2,484 67,783 67,177 0.9 147,569 142,711 3.4
Western Total 10,691 10,539 11,068 272,425 290,335 -6.2 614,484 622,739 -1.3
East of Miss. River 8,848 8,967 9,053 221,958 234,249 -5.2 480,575 474,600 1.3
West of Miss. River 11,566 11,421 11,802 291,769 310,594 -6.1 658,242 668,958 -1.6
Bituminous and Lignite 20,390 20,364 20,834 513,017 544,064 -5.7 1,137,174 1,141,977 -0.4
Anthracite 24 24 21 711 779 -8.8 1,643 1,581 4.0
U.S. Total 20,414 20,388 20,855 513,727 544,843 -5.7 1,138,817 1,143,558 -0.4
Railroad Cars Loaded 129,047 129,338 135,792 3,343,559 3,630,010 -7.9 7,366,118 7,510,680 -1.9
  [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."