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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/18
Report Released: May 06, 2010
Next Release Date: June 10, 2010



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 - April
5/1/2010 5/2/2009 5/1/2010 5/1/2009 April 2010 April 2009 2010 2009 Percent Change
Alabama 384 350 6,817 6,970 1,760 1,606 6,815 6,900 -1.2
Alaska 31 35 495 638 142 160 495 631 -21.6
Arizona 139 131 2,430 2,457 636 607 2,430 2,431 *
Arkansas s s s 4 s s s 4 -89.2
Colorado 504 546 10,099 10,188 2,305 2,480 10,046 10,102 -0.6
Illinois 625 698 10,668 11,604 2,831 3,160 10,642 11,476 -7.3
Indiana 746 692 12,471 13,014 3,375 3,130 12,447 12,885 -3.4
Kansas 4 4 84 63 20 18 84 62 35.1
Kentucky Total 2,086 2,058 36,294 39,847 9,501 9,339 36,242 39,456 -8.1
  Eastern 1,441 1,424 25,482 28,528 6,587 6,486 25,459 28,253 -9.9
  Western 645 634 10,812 11,319 2,914 2,853 10,783 11,203 -3.8
Louisiana 31 63 1,175 1,148 144 192 1,172 1,138 2.9
Maryland 62 34 723 842 273 149 722 835 -13.6
Mississippi 83 2 1,070 1,110 242 224 1,061 1,110 -4.4
Missouri 9 8 145 155 40 38 145 153 -5.5
Montana 810 716 14,151 13,764 3,626 3,219 14,054 13,656 2.9
New Mexico 475 542 8,195 8,149 2,163 2,528 8,186 8,045 1.8
North Dakota 567 524 10,022 10,395 2,596 2,382 10,022 10,290 -2.6
Ohio 520 512 8,968 9,733 2,361 2,313 8,949 9,637 -7.1
Oklahoma 23 18 415 350 107 84 415 347 19.8
Pennsylvania Total 1,192 1,152 19,888 20,555 5,411 5,256 19,869 20,332 -2.3
  Anthracite 35 33 540 597 158 146 540 590 -8.5
  Bituminous 1,157 1,119 19,348 19,958 5,253 5,109 19,329 19,742 -2.1
Tennessee 41 44 728 796 187 202 728 787 -7.4
Texas 730 689 12,041 11,551 3,239 3,073 11,947 11,449 4.4
Utah 430 386 7,349 7,058 1,956 1,751 7,338 6,985 5.1
Virginia 433 328 7,392 6,938 1,962 1,486 7,376 6,877 7.3
West Virginia Total 2,740 2,566 47,803 50,834 12,461 11,690 47,712 50,355 -5.2
  Northern 798 716 14,098 14,239 3,638 3,234 14,075 14,104 -0.2
  Southern 1,943 1,850 33,705 36,595 8,824 8,456 33,637 36,251 -7.2
Wyoming 8,232 7,728 141,348 145,595 35,326 33,856 140,292 144,445 -2.9
Appalachian Total 6,814 6,409 117,800 125,195 31,002 29,188 117,631 123,977 -5.1
Interior Total 2,897 2,808 48,882 50,319 12,913 12,772 48,697 49,827 -2.3
Western Total 11,189 10,608 194,089 198,243 48,752 46,984 192,863 196,583 -1.9
East of Miss. River 8,913 8,435 152,822 162,243 40,364 38,555 152,565 160,651 -5.0
West of Miss. River 11,986 11,389 207,950 211,514 52,302 50,389 206,626 209,736 -1.5
Bituminous and Lignite 20,864 19,792 360,232 373,160 92,509 88,797 358,651 369,797 -3.0
Anthracite 35 33 540 597 158 146 540 590 -8.5
U.S. Total 20,900 19,825 360,772 373,757 92,667 88,944 359,191 370,388 -3.0
Railroad Cars Loaded 132,604 123,208 2,361,657 2,467,942 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."