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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/5
Report Released: February 04, 2010
Next Release Date: February 11, 2010




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
1/30/2010
1/23/2010
1/31/2009
1/30/2010
1/30/2009
Percent Change
1/30/2010
1/31/2009
Percent Change
Alabama 385 413 413 1,596 1,796 -11.1 19,307 20,931 -7.8
Alaska 27 29 37 108 157 -31.2 1,624 1,499 8.3
Arizona 137 147 143 562 615 -8.7 7,267 7,945 -8.5
Arkansas s s s s 1 -86.9 12 65 -81.9
Colorado 588 631 592 2,467 2,536 -2.7 29,732 31,685 -6.2
Illinois 597 641 650 2,446 2,782 -12.1 33,240 33,119 0.4
Indiana 691 742 760 2,866 3,293 -13.0 36,419 36,247 0.5
Kansas 5 5 3 20 15 33.0 210 216 -2.9
Kentucky Total 2,044 2,195 2,353 8,375 10,132 -17.3 108,336 120,200 -9.9
  Eastern 1,444 1,550 1,702 5,897 7,326 -19.5 76,109 89,830 -15.3
  Western 600 645 651 2,478 2,805 -11.7 32,227 30,370 6.1
Louisiana 82 78 68 318 352 -9.5 3,661 3,829 -4.4
Maryland 34 37 54 139 232 -39.8 1,987 2,904 -31.6
Mississippi 73 62 100 256 277 -7.5 3,366 2,829 19.0
Missouri 8 9 9 33 39 -16.1 433 267 61.9
Montana 791 849 809 3,339 3,470 -3.8 40,368 44,305 -8.9
New Mexico 458 492 429 1,910 1,871 2.0 26,249 25,863 1.5
North Dakota 566 608 616 2,336 2,696 -13.3 29,025 29,782 -2.5
Ohio 502 539 570 2,084 2,475 -15.8 26,937 26,567 1.4
Oklahoma 24 25 20 97 89 8.3 1,081 1,411 -23.4
Pennsylvania Total 1,103 1,184 1,177 4,548 5,087 -10.6 57,977 64,414 -10.0
  Anthracite 29 31 35 119 150 -20.4 1,677 1,725 -2.8
  Bituminous 1,074 1,153 1,143 4,429 4,938 -10.3 56,300 62,689 -10.2
Tennessee 42 45 46 167 196 -15.0 2,232 2,302 -3.0
Texas 659 708 650 2,803 2,776 1.0 35,525 38,545 -7.8
Utah 412 443 410 1,677 1,755 -4.4 21,575 23,780 -9.3
Virginia 413 444 420 1,701 1,817 -6.4 20,215 24,539 -17.6
West Virginia Total 2,687 2,885 3,015 11,113 13,020 -14.6 138,891 156,772 -11.4
  Northern 800 859 852 3,249 3,632 -10.5 38,863 41,121 -5.5
  Southern 1,887 2,026 2,164 7,864 9,389 -16.2 100,028 115,651 -13.5
Wyoming 8,622 8,017 8,006 33,429 37,515 -10.9 422,336 464,380 -9.1
Appalachian Total 6,610 7,097 7,397 27,246 31,950 -14.7 343,655 388,260 -11.5
Interior Total 2,739 2,915 2,911 11,317 12,431 -9.0 146,174 146,900 -0.5
Western Total 11,602 11,216 11,042 45,828 50,616 -9.5 578,175 629,238 -8.1
East of Miss. River 8,572 9,187 9,558 35,292 41,108 -14.1 448,907 490,825 -8.5
West of Miss. River 12,379 12,041 11,792 49,099 53,889 -8.9 619,097 673,573 -8.1
Bituminous and Lignite 20,922 21,197 21,315 84,271 94,847 -11.2 1,066,327 1,162,673 -8.3
Anthracite 29 31 35 119 150 -20.4 1,677 1,725 -2.8
U.S. Total 20,951 21,228 21,350 84,390 94,997 -11.2 1,068,004 1,164,398 -8.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 130,845 133,989 132,854 609,607 696,386 -12.5 6,762,906 7,637,394 -11.5
  [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."