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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/42
Report Released: October 22, 2009
Next Release Date: October 29, 2009



Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State		 Week Ended  Year-To-Date[1] 52 Weeks Ended
10/17/2009 10/10/2009 10/18/2008 10/17/2009 10/17/2008 Percent Change 10/17/2009 10/18/2008 Percent Change
Alabama 395 386 430 15,792 16,743 -5.7 20,204 20,562 -1.7
Alaska 28 27 35 1,346 1,117 20.4 1,705 1,393 22.4
Arizona 144 141 156 5,707 6,424 -11.2 7,308 7,840 -6.8
Arkansas 1 1 2 17 50 -66.6 36 67 -46.5
Colorado 612 598 560 23,946 26,231 -8.7 29,685 33,244 -10.7
Illinois 599 585 690 26,410 25,935 1.8 33,522 31,142 7.6
Indiana 753 735 735 30,039 28,467 5.5 37,587 35,109 7.1
Kansas 4 4 1 157 216 -27.1 171 294 -42.0
Kentucky Total 2,219 2,166 2,343 90,197 96,584 -6.6 114,335 118,604 -3.6
  Eastern 1,616 1,578 1,726 64,568 72,787 -11.3 82,361 89,292 -7.8
  Western 603 589 617 25,628 23,796 7.7 31,974 29,312 9.1
Louisiana 26 87 84 3,020 2,963 1.9 3,892 3,847 1.2
Maryland 55 54 75 1,961 2,084 -5.9 2,737 2,537 7.9
Mississippi 56 58 0 2,755 2,398 14.9 3,199 2,974 7.6
Missouri 8 8 6 346 190 81.9 403 237 69.8
Montana 863 843 928 32,697 35,178 -7.1 42,194 44,679 -5.6
New Mexico 443 433 463 19,329 20,878 -7.4 24,087 25,717 -6.3
North Dakota 577 563 589 23,381 23,584 -0.9 29,424 29,378 0.2
Ohio 508 496 542 21,608 20,678 4.5 27,161 25,293 7.4
Oklahoma 29 28 26 938 1,195 -21.5 1,206 1,501 -19.6
Pennsylvania Total 1,154 1,127 1,300 47,469 52,074 -8.8 60,829 64,313 -5.4
  Anthracite 25 25 36 1,250 1,346 -7.2 1,616 1,666 -3.0
  Bituminous 1,129 1,102 1,264 46,219 50,727 -8.9 59,213 62,646 -5.5
Tennessee 48 46 44 1,874 1,881 -0.4 2,325 2,411 -3.5
Texas 773 755 797 28,931 30,779 -6.0 37,066 39,365 -5.8
Utah 446 435 510 16,949 19,090 -11.2 22,212 24,217 -8.3
Virginia 460 449 506 16,567 19,520 -15.1 21,776 23,656 -7.9
West Virginia Total 2,894 2,826 3,022 115,585 126,626 -8.7 146,664 155,586 -5.7
  Northern 777 759 827 31,875 32,556 -2.1 40,418 40,158 0.6
  Southern 2,117 2,067 2,195 83,710 94,070 -11.0 106,246 115,428 -8.0
Wyoming 7,721 7,751 9,019 340,393 369,438 -7.9 437,443 462,922 -5.5
Appalachian Total 7,130 6,961 7,645 285,423 312,394 -8.6 364,057 383,650 -5.1
Interior Total 2,852 2,849 2,958 118,242 115,989 1.9 149,055 143,849 3.6
Western Total 10,834 10,790 12,260 463,749 501,941 -7.6 594,057 629,389 -5.6
East of Miss. River 9,140 8,927 9,688 370,256 392,990 -5.8 470,339 482,186 -2.5
West of Miss. River 11,676 11,673 13,175 497,158 537,334 -7.5 636,830 674,702 -5.6
Bituminous and Lignite 20,790 20,576 22,827 866,164 928,977 -6.8 1,105,553 1,155,222 -4.3
Anthracite 25 25 36 1,250 1,346 -7.2 1,616 1,666 -3.0
U.S. Total 20,816 20,601 22,863 867,413 930,323 -6.8 1,107,169 1,156,888 -4.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 133,176 132,096 152,546 5,589,407 6,180,132 -9.6 7,061,844 7,614,556 -7.3
  [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, 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."