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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
6/28/2008 6/21/2008 6/30/2007 6/28/2008 6/28/2007 Percent Change 6/28/2008 6/30/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 395 366 344 10,593 9,727 8.9 20,311 18,775 8.2
Alaska 28 26 26 731 791 -7.7 1,258 1,500 -16.2
Arizona 161 149 151 3,501 4,031 -13.1 7,423 8,243 -9.9
Arkansas 1 1 1 34 36 -4.7 81 51 59.2
Colorado 829 769 754 17,771 17,880 -0.6 36,076 37,050 -2.6
Illinois 611 567 657 15,980 18,297 -12.7 30,070 35,198 -14.6
Indiana 717 665 648 17,708 17,268 2.5 35,301 35,059 0.7
Kansas 6 6 9 201 220 -8.6 400 488 -18.1
Kentucky Total 2,432 2,257 2,166 60,149 58,479 2.9 116,427 117,119 -0.6
Eastern 1,836 1,703 1,667 44,765 44,378 0.9 87,012 89,440 -2.7
Western 596 553 499 15,384 14,101 9.1 29,414 27,679 6.3
Louisiana 93 92 65 1,907 1,138 67.6 3,815 3,349 13.9
Maryland 42 39 41 1,144 1,134 0.9 2,296 3,355 -31.5
Mississippi 107 107 83 1,725 1,765 -2.2 3,484 3,646 -4.5
Missouri 4 4 4 115 116 -0.6 235 240 -2.3
Montana 859 797 743 22,493 19,798 13.6 45,883 41,570 10.4
New Mexico 508 471 556 10,794 12,838 -15.9 22,289 26,132 -14.7
North Dakota 577 536 506 14,088 14,432 -2.4 29,161 30,422 -4.1
Ohio 478 444 383 12,203 10,667 14.4 24,009 21,937 9.4
Oklahoma 37 34 32 867 833 4.0 1,675 1,764 -5.0
Pennsylvania Total 1,304 1,210 1,242 33,847 33,917 -0.2 64,861 65,717 -1.3
Anthracite 25 23 29 850 789 7.7 1,612 1,557 3.5
Bituminous 1,280 1,187 1,212 32,997 33,129 -0.4 63,248 64,160 -1.4
Tennessee 54 50 46 1,295 1,326 -2.3 2,604 2,696 -3.4
Texas 798 740 762 20,004 19,884 0.6 41,857 43,585 -4.0
Utah 485 450 474 12,717 12,356 2.9 24,566 25,062 -2.0
Virginia 490 455 529 11,710 14,261 -17.9 22,715 28,905 -21.4
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1,099 -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,212 2,981 2,884 79,332 78,044 1.7 153,921 152,029 1.2
Northern 833 773 790 21,952 22,185 -1.1 41,558 41,797 -0.6
Southern 2,379 2,207 2,094 57,380 55,859 2.7 112,363 110,232 1.9
Wyoming 7,539 7,798 9,146 219,575 216,750 1.3 453,860 445,986 1.8
Appalachian Total 7,812 7,248 7,135 194,889 193,455 0.7 377,729 382,855 -1.3
Interior Total 2,970 2,770 2,759 73,925 73,658 0.4 146,330 151,058 -3.1
Western Total 10,985 10,995 12,355 301,670 298,877 0.9 620,515 617,064 0.6
East of Miss. River 9,843 9,140 9,021 245,685 244,887 0.3 475,998 484,437 -1.7
West of Miss. River 11,924 11,873 13,228 324,798 321,103 1.2 668,577 666,540 0.3
Bituminous and Lignite 21,742 20,990 22,220 569,634 565,201 0.8 1,142,963 1,149,420 -0.6
Anthracite 25 23 29 850 789 7.7 1,612 1,557 3.5
U.S. Total 21,767 21,013 22,249 570,483 565,990 0.8 1,144,575 1,150,977 -0.6
Railroad Cars Loaded 142,450 135,792 143,505 3,772,460 3,666,867 2.9 7,509,625 7,402,782 1.4
  [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.
  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 BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Railway and to Union Pacific Railroad for their assistance and for trainload and carload statistics; and, Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S.  Department of Labor, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."