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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/40
Report Released: October 08, 2009
Next Release Date: October 15, 2009



Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
10/3/2009
9/26/2009
10/4/2008
10/3/2009
10/3/2008
Percent Change
10/3/2009
10/4/2008
Percent Change
Alabama 377 376 407 15,012 15,871 -5.4 20,296 20,471 -0.9
Alaska 27 26 32 1,291 1,047 23.3 1,721 1,378 24.9
Arizona 138 137 168 5,422 6,109 -11.2 7,338 7,821 -6.2
Arkansas 1 1 2 15 46 -67.4 38 66 -41.9
Colorado 584 582 648 22,736 25,084 -9.4 29,611 33,515 -11.6
Illinois 572 570 686 25,227 24,535 2.8 33,738 30,750 9.7
Indiana 718 716 713 28,551 26,976 5.8 37,591 34,922 7.6
Kansas 4 4 3 148 213 -30.3 165 307 -46.3
Kentucky Total 2,117 2,111 2,454 85,812 91,828 -6.6 114,703 118,182 -2.9
  Eastern 1,542 1,537 1,840 61,375 69,284 -11.4 82,669 89,071 -7.2
  Western 575 573 614 24,437 22,544 8.4 32,034 29,111 10.0
Louisiana 84 100 85 2,907 2,799 3.9 3,942 3,867 1.9
Maryland 53 52 55 1,852 1,932 -4.1 2,780 2,503 11.1
Mississippi 55 42 75 2,641 2,386 10.7 3,088 3,111 -0.8
Missouri 8 8 4 330 179 84.1 398 237 67.9
Montana 824 821 896 30,991 33,301 -6.9 42,371 44,579 -5.0
New Mexico 423 422 463 18,453 19,940 -7.5 24,151 25,748 -6.2
North Dakota 550 548 580 22,242 22,390 -0.7 29,478 29,269 0.7
Ohio 485 484 521 20,603 19,580 5.2 27,255 25,126 8.5
Oklahoma 28 28 27 880 1,142 -22.9 1,202 1,510 -20.4
Pennsylvania Total 1,102 1,098 1,283 45,187 49,437 -8.6 61,184 64,056 -4.5
  Anthracite 24 24 38 1,199 1,274 -5.9 1,637 1,652 -0.9
  Bituminous 1,077 1,074 1,245 43,988 48,162 -8.7 59,547 62,404 -4.6
Tennessee 45 45 44 1,780 1,793 -0.7 2,320 2,434 -4.7
Texas 738 735 814 27,404 29,160 -6.0 37,154 39,468 -5.9
Utah 425 424 492 16,068 18,056 -11.0 22,365 24,196 -7.6
Virginia 439 437 474 15,658 18,494 -15.3 21,895 23,472 -6.7
West Virginia Total 2,762 2,753 3,012 109,865 120,495 -8.8 147,074 155,106 -5.2
  Northern 742 739 787 30,339 30,878 -1.7 40,559 39,988 1.4
  Southern 2,020 2,014 2,225 79,527 89,617 -11.3 106,515 115,117 -7.5
Wyoming 7,926 7,554 9,414 324,921 351,325 -7.5 440,040 462,584 -4.9
Appalachian Total 6,804 6,782 7,635 271,332 296,887 -8.6 365,472 382,238 -4.4
Interior Total 2,783 2,777 3,025 112,540 109,980 2.3 149,351 143,350 4.2
Western Total 10,897 10,515 12,692 442,124 477,252 -7.4 597,075 629,090 -5.1
East of Miss. River 8,725 8,683 9,724 352,188 373,328 -5.7 471,924 480,133 -1.7
West of Miss. River 11,759 11,391 13,628 473,808 510,790 -7.2 639,974 674,545 -5.1
Bituminous and Lignite 20,460 20,050 23,314 824,797 882,844 -6.6 1,110,261 1,153,025 -3.7
Anthracite 24 24 38 1,199 1,274 -5.9 1,637 1,652 -0.9
U.S. Total 20,484 20,074 23,352 825,997 884,118 -6.6 1,111,898 1,154,677 -3.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 131,260 127,563 156,779 5,324,135 5,871,093 -9.3 7,105,611 7,598,072 -6.5
  [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."