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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/14
Report Released: April 09, 2009
Next Release Date: May 07, 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 - March
4/4/2009
4/5/2008
4/4/2009
4/4/2008
March 2009
March 2008
2009
2008
 Percent Change
Alabama 408 384 5,506 5,933 1,811 1,853 5,261 5,637 -6.7
Alaska 25 26 331 400 110 126 317 381 -16.8
Arizona 165 126 2,222 1,995 733 615 2,123 1,896 12.0
Arkansas 1 1 14 15 5 5 14 14 -3.8
Colorado 666 627 9,008 8,639 2,969 2,808 8,622 8,246 4.6
Illinois 585 589 7,873 8,182 2,600 2,581 7,527 7,745 -2.8
Indiana 697 664 9,406 9,219 3,095 2,887 8,992 8,718 3.1
Kansas 5 6 69 83 22 26 66 78 -16.2
Kentucky Total 2,128 2,276 28,655 31,658 9,452 9,899 27,388 29,931 -8.5
   Eastern 1,595 1,702 21,456 23,903 7,080 7,449 20,505 22,593 -9.2
   Western 534 574 7,199 7,755 2,372 2,451 6,884 7,338 -6.2
Louisiana 69 76 1,082 1,101 341 352 1,042 1,054 -1.1
Maryland 48 53 641 563 211 172 613 520 17.8
Mississippi 69 63 907 822 309 274 867 785 10.4
Missouri 6 5 77 56 25 17 73 52 39.7
Montana 844 796 11,426 11,790 3,763 3,875 10,940 11,331 -3.4
New Mexico 566 523 7,647 5,045 2,513 1,521 7,310 4,610 58.6
North Dakota 548 540 7,407 7,463 2,432 2,292 7,078 7,023 0.8
Ohio 464 500 6,272 6,456 2,063 2,019 5,997 6,079 -1.3
Oklahoma 32 22 434 408 143 128 414 392 5.7
Pennsylvania Total 1,237 1,255 16,661 18,086 5,491 5,654 15,923 17,125 -7.0
   Anthracite 21 35 287 412 95 127 274 385 -28.7
   Bituminous 1,215 1,220 16,374 17,673 5,396 5,527 15,649 16,741 -6.5
Tennessee 47 45 635 666 210 207 607 631 -3.9
Texas 763 723 10,326 9,756 3,404 3,200 9,888 9,331 6.0
Utah 444 437 5,969 6,874 1,972 2,177 5,705 6,561 -13.1
Virginia 477 461 6,442 6,007 2,121 1,874 6,159 5,651 9.0
West Virginia Total 2,971 3,091 40,070 41,849 13,201 13,124 38,307 39,532 -3.1
   Northern 800 820 10,750 10,887 3,556 3,411 10,274 10,257 0.2
   Southern 2,170 2,270 29,320 30,961 9,645 9,713 28,033 29,275 -4.2
Wyoming 7,809 8,948 115,815 121,160 36,985 39,246 111,330 115,782 -3.8
Appalachian Total 7,246 7,492 97,684 103,462 32,188 32,352 93,372 97,769 -4.5
Interior Total 2,760 2,723 37,386 37,397 12,316 11,920 35,766 35,507 0.7
Western Total 11,066 12,022 159,826 163,366 51,477 52,660 153,425 155,829 -1.5
East of Miss. River 9,131 9,383 123,068 129,439 40,565 40,545 117,642 122,355 -3.9
West of Miss. River 11,942 12,855 171,827 174,786 55,416 56,388 164,921 166,751 -1.1
Bituminous and Lignite 21,052 22,203 294,608 303,813 95,887 96,805 282,289 288,721 -2.2
Anthracite 21 35 287 412 95 127 274 385 -28.7
U.S. Total 21,073 22,238 294,895 304,225 95,981 96,933 282,563 289,106 -2.3
  [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."