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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/34
Report Released: August 26, 2010
Next Release Date: September 02, 2010



Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
8/21/2010 8/14/2010 8/22/2009 8/21/2010 8/21/2009 Percent Change 8/21/2010 8/22/2009 Percent Change
Alabama 385 383 357 12,799 12,508 2.3 19,436 20,137 -3.5
Alaska 35 35 29 1,208 1,146 5.4 1,909 1,732 10.2
Arizona 135 137 157 4,602 4,703 -2.2 7,372 7,687 -4.1
Arkansas s s s 1 4 -88.4 1 35 -97.5
Colorado 373 373 583 16,291 19,008 -14.3 25,489 29,694 -14.2
Illinois 620 617 661 20,686 22,278 -7.1 32,414 34,858 -7.0
Indiana 685 682 683 23,183 23,775 -2.5 36,135 37,046 -2.5
Kansas 4 4 4 107 123 -13.1 169 167 1.2
Kentucky Total 2,064 2,054 1,998 68,133 71,628 -4.9 103,028 114,652 -10.1
  Eastern 1,396 1,390 1,360 45,696 50,370 -9.3 68,845 82,313 -16.4
  Western 668 665 637 22,437 21,257 5.5 34,183 32,339 5.7
Louisiana 19 80 71 2,581 2,346 10.0 3,886 3,802 2.2
Maryland 46 46 34 1,647 1,380 19.3 2,571 2,626 -2.1
Mississippi 69 74 91 2,328 2,212 5.3 3,547 3,014 17.7
Missouri 9 9 9 286 287 -0.3 451 384 17.5
Montana 915 934 793 27,036 25,514 6.0 40,913 42,385 -3.5
New Mexico 334 334 492 14,099 16,300 -13.5 22,913 25,369 -9.7
North Dakota 587 581 592 19,199 19,101 0.5 30,043 29,870 0.6
Ohio 502 500 540 17,052 17,947 -5.0 26,580 27,655 -3.9
Oklahoma 23 24 18 707 634 11.6 1,030 1,119 -8.0
Pennsylvania Total 1,134 1,129 1,050 39,084 37,897 3.1 59,973 61,027 -1.7
  Anthracite 23 22 40 1,032 1,159 -11.0 1,807 1,804 0.2
  Bituminous 1,112 1,107 1,011 38,052 36,737 3.6 58,166 59,223 -1.8
Tennessee 37 37 38 1,177 1,445 -18.5 1,831 2,240 -18.3
Texas 713 705 712 24,218 22,511 7.6 36,707 37,081 -1.0
Utah 522 564 461 14,918 13,655 9.3 22,970 22,676 1.3
Virginia 400 398 414 13,597 12,720 6.9 21,378 21,811 -2.0
West Virginia Total 2,670 2,658 2,485 89,337 90,470 -1.3 135,500 145,327 -6.8
  Northern 770 766 691 26,296 25,299 3.9 39,666 39,866 -0.5
  Southern 1,900 1,891 1,795 63,041 65,171 -3.3 95,834 105,462 -9.1
Wyoming 8,645 8,666 8,634 273,095 277,303 -1.5 425,354 450,259 -5.5
Appalachian Total 6,570 6,540 6,281 220,388 224,737 -1.9 336,113 363,138 -7.4
Interior Total 2,808 2,858 2,887 96,535 95,427 1.2 148,523 149,845 -0.9
Western Total 11,546 11,625 11,741 370,449 376,731 -1.7 576,963 609,672 -5.4
East of Miss. River 8,612 8,577 8,353 289,022 294,259 -1.8 442,393 470,395 -6.0
West of Miss. River 12,313 12,446 12,556 398,350 402,636 -1.1 619,207 652,259 -5.1
Bituminous and Lignite 20,902 21,001 20,869 686,340 695,736 -1.4 1,059,792 1,120,851 -5.4
Anthracite 23 22 40 1,032 1,159 -11.0 1,807 1,804 0.2
U.S. Total 20,924 21,023 20,909 687,372 696,895 -1.4 1,061,600 1,122,655 -5.4
Railroad Cars Loaded 138,161 140,400 136,685 4,467,958 4,521,953 -1.2 6,795,690 7,225,127 -5.9
  [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."