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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/26
Report Released: July 02, 2009
Next Release Date: July 09, 2009


Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
6/27/2009 6/20/2009 6/28/2008 6/27/2009 6/27/2008 Percent Change 6/27/2009 6/28/2008 Percent Change
Alabama 378 381 387 9,982 10,491 -4.9 20,646 20,218 2.1
Alaska 24 25 26 772 696 10.9 1,553 1,224 26.9
Arizona 144 145 174 3,608 3,632 -0.7 8,001 7,554 5.9
Arkansas 1 1 1 21 29 -27.9 61 76 -19.7
Colorado 583 588 720 14,858 16,443 -9.6 30,367 34,824 -12.8
Illinois 573 577 561 15,388 15,283 0.7 33,202 29,532 12.4
Indiana 688 694 693 18,249 17,385 5.0 37,147 35,000 6.1
Kansas 3 3 4 80 148 -45.5 162 346 -53.2
Kentucky Total 2,074 2,091 2,381 55,745 59,395 -6.1 116,606 115,975 0.5
  Eastern 1,534 1,546 1,841 40,734 44,794 -9.1 86,123 87,319 -1.4
  Western 540 545 540 15,012 14,601 2.8 30,483 28,656 6.4
Louisiana 89 95 77 1,852 1,756 5.5 3,931 3,735 5.2
Maryland 69 70 46 1,529 1,199 27.6 3,137 2,358 33.0
Mississippi 59 52 85 1,650 1,522 8.4 2,960 3,290 -10.0
Missouri 6 6 4 184 111 65.3 320 230 38.8
Montana 778 784 743 20,062 20,899 -4.0 43,860 44,378 -1.2
New Mexico 465 469 609 11,314 12,021 -5.9 24,926 23,528 5.9
North Dakota 548 552 589 14,670 14,230 3.1 30,067 29,302 2.6
Ohio 462 466 511 13,030 12,608 3.4 26,668 24,449 9.1
Oklahoma 30 30 21 632 658 -4.0 1,329 1,466 -9.3
Pennsylvania Total 1,174 1,183 1,250 29,604 33,124 -10.6 61,804 64,155 -3.7
  Anthracite 24 24 22 734 801 -8.3 1,645 1,574 4.5
  Bituminous 1,150 1,160 1,228 28,870 32,323 -10.7 60,159 62,581 -3.9
Tennessee 45 45 46 1,140 1,204 -5.4 2,272 2,519 -9.8
Texas 734 740 680 17,438 18,337 -4.9 38,031 40,278 -5.6
Utah 433 436 418 10,581 11,865 -10.8 23,070 23,724 -2.8
Virginia 466 470 506 11,151 11,880 -6.1 23,871 22,982 3.9
West Virginia Total 2,797 2,819 3,284 73,275 79,889 -8.3 151,297 154,843 -2.3
  Northern 802 808 750 20,763 20,757 * 40,908 40,676 0.6
  Southern 1,995 2,011 2,535 52,512 59,132 -11.2 110,389 114,167 -3.3
Wyoming 7,649 7,692 7,759 207,184 221,607 -6.5 452,226 456,887 -1.0
Appalachian Total 6,925 6,981 7,871 180,445 195,188 -7.6 375,818 378,842 -0.8
Interior Total 2,723 2,742 2,665 70,506 69,830 1.0 147,627 142,611 3.5
Western Total 10,624 10,691 11,038 283,048 301,393 -6.1 614,070 621,421 -1.2
East of Miss. River 8,786 8,848 9,750 230,744 243,980 -5.4 479,611 475,321 0.9
West of Miss. River 11,486 11,566 11,824 303,255 322,432 -5.9 657,904 667,553 -1.4
Bituminous and Lignite 20,248 20,390 21,552 533,265 565,610 -5.7 1,135,870 1,141,301 -0.5
Anthracite 24 24 22 734 801 -8.3 1,645 1,574 4.5
U.S. Total 20,272 20,414 21,574 533,999 566,411 -5.7 1,137,515 1,142,874 -0.5
Railroad Cars Loaded 126,698 129,047 142,450 3,470,257 3,772,460 -8.0 7,350,366 7,509,625 -2.1
  [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 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."