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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/43
Report Released: October 30, 2008
Next Release Date: November 6, 2008

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
10/25/2008 10/18/2008 10/27/2007 10/25/2008 10/25/2007 Percent Change 10/25/2008 10/27/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 411 401 381 16,939 16,009 5.8 20,374 19,122 6.5
Alaska 27 27 29 1,152 1,071 7.6 1,399 1,341 4.3
Arizona 160 156 139 6,241 6,678 -6.5 7,518 8,100 -7.2
Arkansas 1 1 2 48 67 -27.6 64 73 -12.8
Colorado 709 692 689 29,572 29,938 -1.2 35,836 36,429 -1.6
Illinois 616 601 518 25,214 28,079 -10.2 29,875 33,889 -11.8
Indiana 743 725 655 29,104 28,897 0.7 35,066 35,144 -0.2
Kansas 6 6 8 248 348 -28.8 319 449 -29.1
Kentucky Total 2,280 2,225 2,187 98,420 95,284 3.3 118,198 115,349 2.5
  Eastern 1,700 1,659 1,641 74,188 72,082 2.9 89,025 87,330 1.9
  Western 579 565 547 24,232 23,202 4.4 29,173 28,019 4.1
Louisiana 95 92 77 3,200 2,308 38.6 3,998 3,096 29.1
Maryland 58 56 49 1,930 1,888 2.2 2,333 2,361 -1.2
Mississippi 60 0 63 2,560 3,016 -15.1 3,073 3,664 -16.1
Missouri 6 6 5 185 193 -3.9 228 246 -7.5
Montana 911 889 923 35,039 34,672 1.1 43,507 42,312 2.8
New Mexico 630 615 485 20,646 20,004 3.2 24,990 24,761 0.9
North Dakota 604 589 576 23,671 24,274 -2.5 28,889 29,822 -3.1
Ohio 495 483 453 20,432 18,332 11.5 24,575 22,252 10.4
Oklahoma 36 35 31 1,251 1,367 -8.5 1,526 1,678 -9.1
Pennsylvania Total 1,266 1,236 1,217 54,171 53,934 0.4 65,171 65,222 -0.1
  Anthracite 22 21 32 1,192 1,275 -6.5 1,479 1,543 -4.1
  Bituminous 1,245 1,215 1,185 52,979 52,659 0.6 63,692 63,680 *
Tennessee 54 52 53 2,072 2,167 -4.4 2,549 2,629 -3.0
Texas 773 754 845 31,261 34,076 -8.3 38,899 42,061 -7.5
Utah 479 468 514 19,706 19,596 0.6 24,306 24,367 -0.3
Virginia 533 520 419 19,979 21,671 -7.8 23,677 26,619 -11.1
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 205 -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,208 3,131 2,863 132,084 126,895 4.1 158,082 152,527 3.6
  Northern 834 814 755 34,276 35,232 -2.7 41,099 42,047 -2.3
  Southern 2,375 2,317 2,108 97,809 91,663 6.7 116,983 110,480 5.9
Wyoming 9,150 9,005 8,848 377,964 367,639 2.8 461,443 452,064 2.1
Appalachian Total 7,724 7,538 7,076 321,796 312,978 2.8 385,787 378,063 2.0
Interior Total 2,914 2,785 2,750 117,304 121,552 -3.5 142,221 148,320 -4.1
Western Total 12,670 12,440 12,204 513,991 503,871 2.0 627,887 619,402 1.4
East of Miss. River 9,721 9,429 8,859 402,906 396,172 1.7 482,974 478,779 0.9
West of Miss. River 13,586 13,334 13,171 550,184 542,229 1.5 672,920 667,005 0.9
Bituminous and Lignite 23,286 22,742 21,998 951,898 937,126 1.6 1,154,416 1,144,242 0.9
Anthracite 22 21 32 1,192 1,275 -6.5 1,479 1,543 -4.1
U.S. Total 23,308 22,763 22,030 953,090 938,401 1.6 1,155,895 1,145,785 0.9
Railroad Cars Loaded 156,712 152,546 147,161 6,336,844 6,116,769 3.6 7,624,107 7,396,880 3.1
  [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."