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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 - April
5/31/2008 6/2/2007 5/31/2008 5/31/2007 May 2008 May 2007 2008 2007 Percent Change
Alabama 368 353 8,519 8,208 1,732 1,542 8,519 8,208 3.8
Alaska 26 26 562 681 122 118 562 681 -17.6
Arizona 110 155 2,625 3,367 517 683 2,625 3,367 -22.0
Arkansas 2 1 41 29 7 6 41 29 40.4
Colorado 692 774 15,686 14,661 3,273 3,409 15,686 14,661 7.0
Illinois 626 674 14,679 15,470 2,948 2,996 14,679 15,470 -5.1
Indiana 669 665 15,573 14,442 3,150 2,921 15,573 14,442 7.8
Kansas 10 9 222 182 48 38 222 182 21.9
Kentucky Total 2,240 2,223 50,851 49,083 10,550 9,855 50,851 49,083 3.6
  Eastern 1,629 1,711 37,075 37,137 7,668 7,591 37,075 37,137 -0.2
  Western 611 512 13,775 11,945 2,883 2,263 13,775 11,945 15.3
Louisiana 70 66 1,686 880 300 118 1,686 880 91.5
Maryland 48 42 989 959 228 186 989 959 3.1
Mississippi 45 83 1,381 1,460 280 251 1,381 1,460 -5.4
Missouri 5 4 103 97 23 19 103 97 5.9
Montana 843 762 18,805 16,635 3,990 3,351 18,805 16,635 13.0
New Mexico 456 571 10,269 10,400 2,145 2,509 10,269 10,400 -1.3
North Dakota 521 519 12,429 12,196 2,449 2,274 12,429 12,196 1.9
Ohio 458 393 10,378 8,993 2,160 1,724 10,378 8,993 15.4
Oklahoma 36 32 818 694 167 143 818 694 17.8
Pennsylvania Total 1,251 1,274 28,614 28,485 5,887 5,613 28,614 28,485 0.5
  Anthracite 38 30 808 661 179 132 808 661 22.3
  Bituminous 1,213 1,244 27,806 27,823 5,709 5,480 27,806 27,823 -0.1
Tennessee 49 48 1,084 1,126 231 214 1,084 1,126 -3.7
Texas 813 783 18,228 16,628 3,849 3,424 18,228 16,628 9.6
Utah 459 487 10,141 10,311 2,163 2,170 10,141 10,311 -1.7
Virginia 449 543 10,772 11,966 2,114 2,402 10,772 11,966 -10.0
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Virginia Total 2,950 2,960 67,196 65,522 13,898 13,074 67,196 65,522 2.6
  Northern 897 811 20,848 18,789 4,226 3,621 20,848 18,789 11.0
  Southern 2,053 2,149 46,348 46,733 9,672 9,453 46,348 46,733 -0.8
Wyoming 8,007 8,594 189,211 183,470 35,319 37,961 189,211 183,470 3.1
Appalachian Total 7,202 7,323 164,628 162,397 33,919 32,346 164,628 162,397 1.4
Interior Total 2,886 2,829 66,506 61,828 13,656 12,180 66,506 61,828 7.6
Western Total 11,114 11,889 259,728 251,723 49,979 52,474 259,728 251,723 3.2
East of Miss. River 9,153 9,256 210,037 205,714 43,181 40,776 210,037 205,714 2.1
West of Miss. River 12,050 12,785 280,826 270,234 54,373 56,223 280,826 270,234 3.9
Bituminous and Lignite 21,165 22,011 490,054 475,286 97,375 96,867 490,054 475,286 3.1
Anthracite 38 30 808 661 179 132 808 661 22.3
U.S. Total 21,203 22,041 490,862 475,947 97,554 96,999 490,862 475,947 3.1
Railroad Cars Loaded 136,953 142,702 3,215,609 3,091,992 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."