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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/44
Report Released: November 6, 2008
Next Release Date: November 13, 2008

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
11/1/2008 10/25/2008 11/3/2007 11/1/2008 11/1/2007 Percent Change 11/1/2008 11/3/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 397 411 369 17,336 16,380 5.8 20,403 19,127 6.7
Alaska 26 27 28 1,178 1,099 7.2 1,397 1,337 4.5
Arizona 154 160 135 6,396 6,814 -6.1 7,538 8,067 -6.6
Arkansas 1 1 2 49 68 -27.7 63 74 -14.6
Colorado 685 709 667 30,257 30,611 -1.2 35,854 36,354 -1.4
Illinois 595 616 501 25,809 28,585 -9.7 29,968 33,718 -11.1
Indiana 717 743 634 29,821 29,535 1.0 35,149 35,055 0.3
Kansas 6 6 8 254 356 -28.7 317 446 -29.0
Kentucky Total 2,202 2,280 2,117 100,622 97,416 3.3 118,283 115,143 2.7
  Eastern 1,643 1,700 1,588 75,830 73,681 2.9 89,079 87,150 2.2
  Western 560 579 529 24,792 23,735 4.5 29,203 27,992 4.3
Louisiana 81 95 87 3,281 2,393 37.1 3,992 3,110 28.4
Maryland 56 58 48 1,986 1,936 2.6 2,341 2,354 -0.6
Mississippi 54 60 63 2,614 3,079 -15.1 3,064 3,645 -15.9
Missouri 6 6 5 191 198 -3.2 229 244 -6.3
Montana 880 911 893 35,919 35,573 1.0 43,493 42,338 2.7
New Mexico 608 630 470 21,254 20,477 3.8 25,129 24,678 1.8
North Dakota 583 604 558 24,255 24,835 -2.3 28,914 29,735 -2.8
Ohio 478 495 438 20,910 18,774 11.4 24,615 22,235 10.7
Oklahoma 35 36 30 1,286 1,396 -7.9 1,531 1,672 -8.4
Pennsylvania Total 1,223 1,266 1,178 55,394 55,120 0.5 65,216 65,093 0.2
  Anthracite 21 22 31 1,213 1,306 -7.1 1,469 1,543 -4.8
  Bituminous 1,202 1,245 1,147 54,181 53,814 0.7 63,748 63,550 0.3
Tennessee 52 54 51 2,124 2,219 -4.3 2,549 2,626 -2.9
Texas 747 773 818 32,008 34,901 -8.3 38,828 42,018 -7.6
Utah 463 479 498 20,168 20,097 0.4 24,271 24,312 -0.2
Virginia 515 533 405 20,493 22,079 -7.2 23,786 26,447 -10.1
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 151 -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,099 3,208 2,771 135,184 129,686 4.2 158,410 152,335 4.0
  Northern 805 834 731 35,081 35,969 -2.5 41,173 41,989 -1.9
  Southern 2,294 2,375 2,040 100,102 93,718 6.8 117,237 110,346 6.2
Wyoming 9,142 9,150 9,061 387,106 376,640 2.8 461,524 452,730 1.9
Appalachian Total 7,462 7,724 6,849 329,257 319,876 2.9 386,400 377,367 2.4
Interior Total 2,801 2,914 2,677 120,104 124,246 -3.3 142,345 147,973 -3.8
Western Total 12,542 12,670 12,309 526,533 516,146 2.0 628,120 619,703 1.4
East of Miss. River 9,387 9,721 8,577 412,292 404,810 1.8 483,784 477,777 1.3
West of Miss. River 13,417 13,586 13,257 563,602 555,458 1.5 673,080 667,266 0.9
Bituminous and Lignite 22,783 23,286 21,803 974,682 958,962 1.6 1,155,396 1,143,500 1.0
Anthracite 21 22 31 1,213 1,306 -7.1 1,469 1,543 -4.8
U.S. Total 22,804 23,308 21,834 975,894 960,268 1.6 1,156,865 1,145,043 1.0
Railroad Cars Loaded 151,751 156,712 145,069 6,488,595 6,261,838 3.6 7,630,789 7,397,018 3.2
  [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 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."