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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/42
Report Released: October 23, 2008
Next Release Date: October 30, 2008

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
10/18/2008 10/11/2008 10/20/2007 10/18/2008 10/18/2007 Percent Change 10/18/2008 10/20/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 401 412 377 16,528 15,629 5.8 20,344 19,105 6.5
Alaska 27 27 29 1,125 1,042 7.9 1,401 1,343 4.2
Arizona 156 160 138 6,082 6,539 -7.0 7,497 8,127 -7.8
Arkansas 1 1 2 47 65 -27.6 64 72 -10.9
Colorado 692 711 682 28,863 29,251 -1.3 35,817 36,481 -1.8
Illinois 601 618 513 24,598 27,563 -10.8 29,777 34,042 -12.5
Indiana 725 745 649 28,361 28,243 0.4 34,979 35,210 -0.7
Kansas 6 6 8 242 340 -28.8 321 452 -29.1
Kentucky Total 2,225 2,288 2,165 96,141 93,102 3.3 118,106 115,478 2.3
  Eastern 1,659 1,706 1,624 72,488 70,445 2.9 88,965 87,452 1.7
  Western 565 581 541 23,653 22,657 4.4 29,141 28,026 4.0
Louisiana 92 89 90 3,105 2,228 39.4 3,980 3,124 27.4
Maryland 56 58 49 1,873 1,839 1.8 2,325 2,366 -1.7
Mississippi 0 2 84 2,500 2,947 -15.2 3,076 3,668 -16.1
Missouri 6 6 5 179 188 -4.8 226 248 -8.6
Montana 889 914 914 34,129 33,751 1.1 43,519 42,254 3.0
New Mexico 615 632 480 20,016 19,520 2.5 24,845 24,827 0.1
North Dakota 589 606 570 23,067 23,699 -2.7 28,861 29,890 -3.4
Ohio 483 496 448 19,938 17,880 11.5 24,534 22,252 10.3
Oklahoma 35 36 30 1,215 1,336 -9.1 1,521 1,684 -9.7
Pennsylvania Total 1,236 1,271 1,205 52,904 52,719 0.4 65,122 65,309 -0.3
  Anthracite 21 22 32 1,170 1,242 -5.8 1,490 1,541 -3.3
  Bituminous 1,215 1,249 1,173 51,734 51,477 0.5 63,633 63,769 -0.2
Tennessee 52 54 53 2,019 2,114 -4.5 2,548 2,629 -3.1
Texas 754 776 836 30,488 33,233 -8.3 38,971 42,076 -7.4
Utah 468 481 509 19,226 19,083 0.8 24,341 24,404 -0.3
Virginia 520 534 415 19,446 21,253 -8.5 23,563 26,777 -12.0
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 259 -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,131 3,219 2,834 128,876 124,039 3.9 157,737 152,620 3.4
  Northern 814 837 748 33,442 34,479 -3.0 41,020 42,079 -2.5
  Southern 2,317 2,383 2,086 95,434 89,560 6.6 116,716 110,541 5.6
Wyoming 9,005 9,036 8,610 368,814 358,856 2.8 461,141 451,681 2.1
Appalachian Total 7,538 7,751 7,004 314,071 305,918 2.7 385,139 378,511 1.8
Interior Total 2,785 2,860 2,758 114,389 118,799 -3.7 142,057 148,602 -4.4
Western Total 12,440 12,568 11,932 501,321 491,741 1.9 627,421 619,266 1.3
East of Miss. River 9,429 9,697 8,791 393,184 387,327 1.5 482,112 479,458 0.6
West of Miss. River 13,334 13,481 12,903 536,598 529,131 1.4 672,505 666,922 0.8
Bituminous and Lignite 22,742 23,157 21,662 928,612 915,215 1.5 1,153,127 1,144,839 0.7
Anthracite 21 22 32 1,170 1,242 -5.8 1,490 1,541 -3.3
U.S. Total 22,763 23,179 21,694 929,782 916,458 1.5 1,154,617 1,146,380 0.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 152,546 156,493 144,457 6,180,132 5,969,608 3.5 7,614,556 7,394,226 3.0
  [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."