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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 - March
4/5/2008 4/7/2007 4/5/2008 4/5/2007 March 2008 March 2007 2008 2007 Percent Change
Alabama 381 339 5,377 5,469 1,668 1,785 5,073 5,199 -2.4
Alaska 27 25 341 475 106 156 319 455 -29.7
Arizona 114 149 1,686 2,160 517 700 1,595 2,041 -21.8
Arkansas 2 1 28 18 9 6 27 17 57.0
Colorado 717 743 9,775 8,536 3,149 2,775 9,247 7,988 15.8
Illinois 648 647 9,339 10,159 2,945 3,331 8,837 9,657 -8.5
Indiana 692 638 9,866 9,244 3,088 3,013 9,325 8,746 6.6
Kansas 10 8 135 114 42 37 127 107 18.9
Kentucky Total 2,320 2,134 31,727 31,639 9,894 10,310 29,905 29,961 -0.2
  Eastern 1,687 1,643 23,172 23,718 7,200 7,708 21,838 22,419 -2.6
  Western 633 491 8,556 7,921 2,694 2,602 8,066 7,541 7.0
Louisiana 89 14 1,227 714 387 102 1,161 704 64.9
Maryland 50 40 575 631 178 206 535 600 -10.7
Mississippi 74 48 815 910 265 327 761 874 -13.0
Missouri 5 4 61 62 19 20 57 59 -3.7
Montana 873 732 11,605 10,596 3,751 3,501 10,969 10,063 9.0
New Mexico 472 548 6,381 5,944 1,982 1,896 6,009 5,512 9.0
North Dakota 539 499 7,985 8,163 2,466 2,664 7,553 7,764 -2.7
Ohio 475 377 6,464 5,922 2,024 1,939 6,095 5,628 8.3
Oklahoma 37 31 515 441 159 143 486 416 16.7
Pennsylvania Total 1,295 1,224 17,939 18,531 5,585 6,039 16,915 17,564 -3.7
  Anthracite 39 29 484 427 150 139 453 404 12.0
  Bituminous 1,256 1,195 17,454 18,104 5,435 5,900 16,462 17,160 -4.1
Tennessee 51 46 665 750 205 245 624 714 -12.6
Texas 842 751 11,285 10,436 3,661 3,445 10,676 9,893 7.9
Utah 476 467 6,219 6,478 1,940 2,103 5,846 6,111 -4.3
Virginia 465 522 6,942 7,701 2,182 2,514 6,580 7,295 -9.8
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Virginia Total 3,055 2,842 42,016 42,308 13,159 13,812 39,633 40,091 -1.1
  Northern 929 779 13,190 12,395 4,144 4,059 12,462 11,786 5.7
  Southern 2,126 2,063 28,827 29,913 9,015 9,753 27,171 28,306 -4.0
Wyoming 8,787 8,386 123,298 114,505 39,641 36,556 116,944 108,441 7.8
Appalachian Total 7,458 7,031 103,150 105,032 32,200 34,250 97,294 99,511 -2.2
Interior Total 3,032 2,635 41,826 40,019 13,269 13,026 39,522 38,014 4.0
Western Total 12,005 11,548 167,290 156,855 53,551 50,353 158,483 148,375 6.8
East of Miss. River 9,505 8,856 131,726 133,265 41,192 43,523 124,283 126,329 -1.6
West of Miss. River 12,990 12,359 180,540 168,641 57,828 54,106 171,016 159,571 7.2
Bituminous and Lignite 22,456 21,186 311,782 301,479 98,870 97,490 294,847 285,496 3.3
Anthracite 39 29 484 427 150 139 453 404 12.0
U.S. Total 22,495 21,215 312,266 301,906 99,020 97,628 295,300 285,901 3.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 146,326 139,061 2,045,282 1,962,385 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."