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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/43
Report Released: October 29, 2009
Next Release Date: November 05, 2009




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
10/24/2009
10/17/2009
10/25/2008
10/24/2009
10/24/2008
Percent Change
10/24/2009
10/25/2008
Percent Change
Alabama 391 395 441 16,183 17,184 -5.8 20,154 20,622 -2.3
Alaska 28 28 36 1,374 1,153 19.2 1,698 1,400 21.3
Arizona 134 144 159 5,841 6,584 -11.3 7,282 7,860 -7.3
Arkansas 1 1 2 17 52 -66.6 35 68 -48.7
Colorado 588 612 574 24,535 26,804 -8.5 29,699 33,128 -10.4
Illinois 593 599 707 27,003 26,641 1.4 33,407 31,331 6.6
Indiana 719 753 754 30,757 29,220 5.3 37,552 35,207 6.7
Kansas 5 4 1 162 217 -25.5 174 288 -39.6
Kentucky Total 2,110 2,219 2,401 92,307 98,983 -6.7 114,045 118,818 -4.0
  Eastern 1,504 1,616 1,769 66,073 74,555 -11.4 82,097 89,420 -8.2
  Western 606 603 632 26,234 24,428 7.4 31,947 29,398 8.7
Louisiana 52 26 86 3,072 3,049 0.8 3,858 3,856 0.1
Maryland 36 55 77 1,997 2,160 -7.5 2,696 2,564 5.2
Mississippi 29 56 73 2,785 2,463 13.0 3,155 2,984 5.7
Missouri 8 8 6 354 196 80.7 405 238 70.1
Montana 824 863 951 33,521 36,126 -7.2 42,066 44,708 -5.9
New Mexico 587 443 475 19,916 21,353 -6.7 24,199 25,706 -5.9
North Dakota 540 577 603 23,920 24,188 -1.1 29,360 29,405 -0.2
Ohio 497 508 555 22,105 21,233 4.1 27,103 25,395 6.7
Oklahoma 26 29 27 963 1,222 -21.1 1,205 1,497 -19.5
Pennsylvania Total 1,153 1,154 1,332 48,621 53,405 -9.0 60,650 64,427 -5.9
  Anthracite 26 25 36 1,275 1,383 -7.8 1,605 1,670 -3.9
  Bituminous 1,127 1,129 1,295 47,346 52,022 -9.0 59,045 62,757 -5.9
Tennessee 46 48 45 1,920 1,926 -0.3 2,327 2,402 -3.1
Texas 696 773 816 29,627 31,593 -6.2 36,945 39,337 -6.1
Utah 417 446 522 17,366 19,613 -11.5 22,106 24,225 -8.7
Virginia 404 460 519 16,970 20,039 -15.3 21,661 23,756 -8.8
West Virginia Total 2,761 2,894 3,097 118,346 129,720 -8.8 146,327 155,820 -6.1
  Northern 787 777 848 32,661 33,403 -2.2 40,357 40,250 0.3
  Southern 1,974 2,117 2,249 85,684 96,317 -11.0 105,971 115,570 -8.3
Wyoming 7,903 7,721 9,164 348,296 378,584 -8.0 436,181 463,238 -5.8
Appalachian Total 6,792 7,130 7,834 292,215 320,223 -8.7 363,015 384,408 -5.6
Interior Total 2,733 2,852 3,105 120,975 119,081 1.6 148,684 144,203 3.1
Western Total 11,020 10,834 12,485 474,769 514,403 -7.7 592,592 629,671 -5.9
East of Miss. River 8,739 9,140 10,000 378,994 402,976 -6.0 469,077 483,328 -2.9
West of Miss. River 11,807 11,676 13,423 508,965 550,731 -7.6 635,214 674,954 -5.9
Bituminous and Lignite 20,520 20,790 23,387 886,684 952,324 -6.9 1,102,686 1,156,611 -4.7
Anthracite 26 25 36 1,275 1,383 -7.8 1,605 1,670 -3.9
U.S. Total 20,546 20,816 23,424 887,959 953,707 -6.9 1,104,291 1,158,282 -4.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 131,015 133,176 156,712 5,720,422 6,336,844 -9.7 7,036,147 7,624,107 -7.7
  [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."