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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report: Weekly Coal Production Overview #40
Released Date: October 9, 2008
Next Released Date: November 13, 2008

Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview
(Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended
Year-To-Date[1]
Month Ended
January - September
10/4/2008 10/6/2007 10/4/2008 10/4/2007 September 2008 September 2007 2008 2007 Percent Change
Alabama 386 393 15,715 14,844 1,652 1,483 15,484 14,534 6.5
Alaska 28 26 1,071 987 119 53 1,054 966 9.1
Arizona 157 155 5,765 6,239 675 642 5,671 6,115 -7.3
Arkansas 1 1 45 63 5 8 44 62 -29.0
Colorado 810 703 27,461 27,837 3,404 3,035 26,992 27,392 -1.5
Illinois 597 485 23,380 26,561 2,538 2,407 23,026 26,208 -12.1
Indiana 701 639 26,891 26,940 2,986 2,866 26,476 26,463 *
Kansas 6 7 230 325 26 30 227 319 -29.1
Kentucky Total 2,377 2,104 91,628 88,785 10,144 8,884 90,213 87,179 3.5
  Eastern 1,794 1,608 69,122 67,169 7,668 6,651 68,051 65,923 3.2
  Western 583 496 22,506 21,616 2,476 2,234 22,162 21,256 4.3
Louisiana 94 18 2,925 2,062 311 234 2,870 2,051 39.9
Maryland 41 67 1,759 1,717 177 164 1,734 1,664 4.2
Mississippi 70 78 2,498 2,809 283 309 2,458 2,760 -11.0
Missouri 4 6 167 177 18 17 165 172 -4.4
Montana 839 844 32,326 31,988 3,520 3,761 31,843 31,475 1.2
New Mexico 496 475 18,769 18,549 2,119 1,646 18,473 18,183 1.6
North Dakota 564 500 21,872 22,627 2,419 2,403 21,533 22,227 -3.1
Ohio 467 468 18,959 16,945 1,990 1,852 18,681 16,596 12.6
Oklahoma 36 31 1,143 1,273 155 128 1,122 1,249 -10.2
Pennsylvania Total 1,275 1,141 50,398 50,353 5,448 4,807 49,637 49,470 0.3
  Anthracite 24 25 1,127 1,186 103 116 1,113 1,166 -4.6
  Bituminous 1,251 1,116 49,271 49,167 5,345 4,692 48,525 48,303 0.5
Tennessee 52 57 1,913 2,002 225 193 1,881 1,956 -3.8
Texas 780 850 28,958 31,509 3,268 3,588 28,510 31,001 -8.0
Utah 474 487 18,278 18,075 2,021 1,654 17,996 17,702 1.7
Virginia 479 417 18,392 20,409 2,041 1,813 18,108 20,099 -9.9
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Virginia Total 3,140 2,737 122,526 118,411 13,374 11,933 120,663 116,369 3.7
  Northern 815 739 31,792 32,973 3,471 3,191 31,308 32,416 -3.4
  Southern 2,325 1,998 90,734 85,438 9,903 8,743 89,355 83,952 6.4
Wyoming 9,348 9,165 350,773 340,981 39,865 38,493 345,404 335,551 2.9
Appalachian Total 7,635 6,886 298,782 291,849 32,574 28,896 294,239 286,611 2.7
Interior Total 2,872 2,612 108,744 113,336 12,067 11,821 107,060 111,541 -4.0
Western Total 12,716 12,356 476,314 467,283 54,141 51,687 468,966 459,611 2.0
East of Miss. River 9,585 8,585 374,058 369,776 40,858 36,711 368,361 363,298 1.4
West of Miss. River 13,638 13,269 509,783 502,692 57,925 55,693 501,903 494,465 1.5
Bituminous and Lignite 23,199 21,829 882,713 871,282 98,679 92,288 869,152 856,597 1.5
Anthracite 24 25 1,127 1,186 103 116 1,113 1,166 -4.6
U.S. Total 23,223 21,854 883,841 872,468 98,782 92,404 870,264 857,763 1.5
Railroad Cars Loaded 156,779 145,302 5,871,093 5,677,053 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."