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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/41
Report Released: October 15, 2009
Next Release Date: October 22, 2009



Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State		 Week Ended  Year-To-Date[1] 52 Weeks Ended
10/10/2009 10/3/2009 10/11/2008 10/10/2009 10/10/2008 Percent Change 10/10/2009 10/11/2008 Percent Change
Alabama 386 377 442 15,397 16,313 -5.6 20,239 20,509 -1.3
Alaska 27 27 36 1,318 1,083 21.7 1,712 1,387 23.5
Arizona 141 138 160 5,563 6,269 -11.3 7,319 7,822 -6.4
Arkansas 1 1 2 16 48 -67.0 37 67 -44.7
Colorado 598 584 576 23,334 25,669 -9.1 29,633 33,366 -11.2
Illinois 585 572 710 25,812 25,244 2.2 33,613 30,965 8.6
Indiana 735 718 756 29,286 27,731 5.6 37,570 35,022 7.3
Kansas 4 4 1 153 214 -28.8 168 301 -44.3
Kentucky Total 2,166 2,117 2,410 87,978 94,239 -6.6 114,460 118,426 -3.3
  Eastern 1,578 1,542 1,775 62,952 71,061 -11.4 82,471 89,190 -7.5
  Western 589 575 635 25,026 23,178 8.0 31,988 29,236 9.4
Louisiana 87 84 80 2,994 2,880 4.0 3,949 3,854 2.5
Maryland 54 53 77 1,906 2,008 -5.1 2,757 2,511 9.8
Mississippi 58 55 2 2,700 2,398 12.6 3,143 3,058 2.8
Missouri 8 8 6 338 185 82.8 400 236 69.3
Montana 843 824 955 31,834 34,246 -7.0 42,259 44,665 -5.4
New Mexico 433 423 476 18,886 20,415 -7.5 24,107 25,734 -6.3
North Dakota 563 550 605 22,804 22,996 -0.8 29,436 29,359 0.3
Ohio 496 485 557 21,099 20,136 4.8 27,194 25,200 7.9
Oklahoma 28 28 27 909 1,169 -22.3 1,203 1,505 -20.1
Pennsylvania Total 1,127 1,102 1,336 46,314 50,773 -8.8 60,974 64,218 -5.1
  Anthracite 25 24 37 1,224 1,311 -6.6 1,626 1,663 -2.2
  Bituminous 1,102 1,077 1,300 45,090 49,462 -8.8 59,349 62,555 -5.1
Tennessee 46 45 45 1,826 1,838 -0.6 2,321 2,420 -4.1
Texas 755 738 819 28,158 29,980 -6.1 37,090 39,405 -5.9
Utah 435 425 524 16,504 18,580 -11.2 22,276 24,217 -8.0
Virginia 449 439 521 16,107 19,013 -15.3 21,823 23,564 -7.4
West Virginia Total 2,826 2,762 3,108 112,691 123,601 -8.8 146,792 155,398 -5.5
  Northern 759 742 851 31,097 31,728 -2.0 40,468 40,079 1.0
  Southern 2,067 2,020 2,257 81,593 91,873 -11.2 106,325 115,319 -7.8
Wyoming 7,751 7,926 9,050 332,672 360,415 -7.7 438,741 462,513 -5.1
Appalachian Total 6,961 6,804 7,861 278,293 304,743 -8.7 364,572 383,009 -4.8
Interior Total 2,849 2,783 3,039 115,390 113,026 2.1 149,161 143,649 3.8
Western Total 10,790 10,897 12,383 452,915 489,671 -7.5 595,483 629,061 -5.3
East of Miss. River 8,927 8,725 9,964 361,116 383,294 -5.8 470,887 481,290 -2.2
West of Miss. River 11,673 11,759 13,318 485,482 524,147 -7.4 638,329 674,429 -5.4
Bituminous and Lignite 20,576 20,460 23,246 845,373 906,130 -6.7 1,107,591 1,154,057 -4.0
Anthracite 25 24 37 1,224 1,311 -6.6 1,626 1,663 -2.2
U.S. Total 20,601 20,484 23,283 846,598 907,441 -6.7 1,109,216 1,155,719 -4.0
Railroad Cars Loaded 132,096 131,260 156,493 5,456,231 6,027,586 -9.5 7,081,214 7,606,467 -6.9
  [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, 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."