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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/46
Report Released: November 19, 2009
Next Release Date: November 27, 2009




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
11/14/2009 11/7/2009 11/15/2008 11/14/2009 11/14/2008 Percent Change 11/14/2009 11/15/2008 Percent Change
Alabama 397 393 428 17,366 18,470 -6.0 20,051 20,760 -3.4
Alaska 29 28 34 1,459 1,256 16.1 1,679 1,416 18.6
Arizona 136 135 155 6,247 7,049 -11.4 7,223 7,906 -8.6
Arkansas 1 1 2 19 57 -66.5 31 68 -54.7
Colorado 597 591 557 26,314 28,480 -7.6 29,803 32,725 -8.9
Illinois 601 595 686 28,795 28,705 0.3 33,136 31,833 4.1
Indiana 729 722 731 32,930 31,419 4.8 37,527 35,430 5.9
Kansas 5 5 1 175 221 -20.6 184 268 -31.3
Kentucky Total 2,142 2,121 2,329 98,690 105,989 -6.9 113,424 119,229 -4.9
  Eastern 1,527 1,512 1,715 70,623 79,715 -11.4 81,488 89,634 -9.1
  Western 615 609 613 28,067 26,274 6.8 31,935 29,595 7.9
Louisiana 102 61 85 3,287 3,296 -0.3 3,825 3,859 -0.9
Maryland 37 36 75 2,107 2,385 -11.6 2,581 2,639 -2.2
Mississippi 88 73 0 2,985 2,602 14.7 3,224 2,945 9.5
Missouri 8 8 5 379 213 78.1 413 240 71.8
Montana 836 828 923 36,012 38,905 -7.4 41,782 44,700 -6.5
New Mexico 595 590 460 21,690 22,738 -4.6 24,588 25,629 -4.1
North Dakota 548 542 585 25,552 25,947 -1.5 29,232 29,428 -0.7
Ohio 504 500 538 23,608 22,852 3.3 26,988 25,649 5.2
Oklahoma 26 26 26 1,042 1,300 -19.8 1,206 1,483 -18.7
Pennsylvania Total 1,170 1,158 1,292 52,107 57,290 -9.0 60,250 64,643 -6.8
  Anthracite 26 26 35 1,353 1,489 -9.2 1,576 1,679 -6.1
  Bituminous 1,144 1,133 1,256 50,754 55,801 -9.0 58,674 62,964 -6.8
Tennessee 47 47 43 2,061 2,056 0.2 2,337 2,373 -1.5
Texas 706 699 792 31,732 33,978 -6.6 36,668 39,172 -6.4
Utah 423 419 507 18,627 21,136 -11.9 21,844 24,199 -9.7
Virginia 410 406 503 18,191 21,553 -15.6 21,368 24,008 -11.0
West Virginia Total 2,782 2,774 3,004 126,676 138,757 -8.7 145,624 156,224 -6.8
  Northern 798 791 822 35,041 35,876 -2.3 40,264 40,445 -0.4
  Southern 1,984 1,984 2,182 91,635 102,881 -10.9 105,360 115,779 -9.0
Wyoming 7,969 7,797 9,320 371,521 406,128 -8.5 431,842 463,423 -6.8
Appalachian Total 6,874 6,826 7,598 312,738 343,079 -8.8 360,688 385,930 -6.5
Interior Total 2,882 2,799 2,942 129,411 128,065 1.1 148,150 144,892 2.2
Western Total 11,133 10,930 12,540 507,422 551,640 -8.0 587,993 629,427 -6.6
East of Miss. River 8,907 8,825 9,628 405,515 432,080 -6.1 466,510 485,732 -4.0
West of Miss. River 11,981 11,729 13,452 544,055 590,704 -7.9 630,321 674,517 -6.6
Bituminous and Lignite 20,862 20,529 23,045 948,218 1,021,295 -7.2 1,095,255 1,158,570 -5.5
Anthracite 26 26 35 1,353 1,489 -9.2 1,576 1,679 -6.1
U.S. Total 20,888 20,555 23,080 949,570 1,022,784 -7.2 1,096,831 1,160,249 -5.5
Railroad Cars Loaded 133,389 130,366 152,812 6,111,719 6,795,510 -10.1 6,968,778 7,636,589 -8.7
  [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, 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."