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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/32
Report Released: August 12, 2010
Next Release Date: August 19, 2010



Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
8/7/2010 7/31/2010 8/8/2009 8/7/2010 8/7/2009 Percent Change 8/7/2010 8/8/2009 Percent Change
Alabama 376 382 355 12,032 11,797 2.0 19,380 20,229 -4.2
Alaska 33 34 29 1,139 1,088 4.7 1,898 1,725 10.0
Arizona 130 133 156 4,329 4,391 -1.4 7,412 7,747 -4.3
Arkansas s s s s 4 -88.8 1 37 -97.6
Colorado 351 366 580 15,545 17,848 -12.9 25,902 29,819 -13.1
Illinois 607 615 658 19,449 20,963 -7.2 32,493 34,933 -7.0
Indiana 671 680 679 21,816 22,416 -2.7 36,128 37,136 -2.7
Kansas 3 4 4 100 115 -12.8 170 168 1.2
Kentucky Total 2,020 2,048 1,987 64,015 67,653 -5.4 102,886 115,496 -10.9
  Eastern 1,367 1,385 1,353 42,910 47,663 -10.0 68,767 83,248 -17.4
  Western 654 662 634 21,104 19,989 5.6 34,118 32,248 5.8
Louisiana 92 101 90 2,483 2,193 13.2 3,939 3,811 3.4
Maryland 45 46 33 1,555 1,313 18.4 2,547 2,668 -4.6
Mississippi 81 106 76 2,186 2,042 7.0 3,576 2,957 20.9
Missouri 8 8 9 269 270 -0.3 452 377 19.8
Montana 779 876 789 25,187 23,936 5.2 40,642 42,672 -4.8
New Mexico 334 430 489 13,430 15,322 -12.3 23,223 25,593 -9.3
North Dakota 583 569 589 18,032 17,924 0.6 30,054 29,915 0.5
Ohio 492 498 537 16,050 16,872 -4.9 26,652 27,623 -3.5
Oklahoma 22 23 18 661 598 10.4 1,019 1,140 -10.6
Pennsylvania Total 1,111 1,126 1,045 36,820 35,806 2.8 59,800 61,355 -2.5
  Anthracite 22 22 39 987 1,080 -8.6 1,841 1,795 2.6
  Bituminous 1,089 1,103 1,005 35,833 34,726 3.2 57,958 59,560 -2.7
Tennessee 36 37 38 1,103 1,368 -19.4 1,833 2,252 -18.6
Texas 708 692 708 22,800 21,093 8.1 36,706 37,286 -1.6
Utah 553 512 458 13,832 12,737 8.6 22,802 22,679 0.5
Virginia 392 397 412 12,798 11,896 7.6 21,404 21,967 -2.6
West Virginia Total 2,614 2,649 2,472 84,009 85,525 -1.8 135,118 146,414 -7.7
  Northern 754 764 687 24,760 23,925 3.5 39,505 39,958 -1.1
  Southern 1,860 1,885 1,785 59,250 61,600 -3.8 95,614 106,456 -10.2
Wyoming 8,370 9,023 8,578 255,784 260,300 -1.7 425,054 451,700 -5.9
Appalachian Total 6,433 6,519 6,245 207,278 212,240 -2.3 335,500 365,756 -8.3
Interior Total 2,847 2,891 2,876 90,868 89,683 1.3 148,601 150,093 -1.0
Western Total 11,134 11,943 11,668 347,278 353,546 -1.8 576,986 611,851 -5.7
East of Miss. River 8,445 8,582 8,292 271,833 277,650 -2.1 441,815 473,031 -6.6
West of Miss. River 11,968 12,771 12,497 373,591 377,818 -1.1 619,272 654,670 -5.4
Bituminous and Lignite 20,391 21,331 20,750 644,437 654,388 -1.5 1,059,247 1,125,905 -5.9
Anthracite 22 22 39 987 1,080 -8.6 1,841 1,795 2.6
U.S. Total 20,413 21,353 20,789 645,424 655,469 -1.5 1,061,088 1,127,700 -5.9
Railroad Cars Loaded 132,558 140,833 136,099 4,189,397 4,251,782 -1.5 6,787,300 7,265,434 -6.6
  [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."