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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/33
Report Released: August 19, 2010
Next Release Date: August 26, 2010



Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
8/14/2010 8/7/2010 8/15/2009 8/14/2010 8/14/2009 Percent Change 8/14/2010 8/15/2009 Percent Change
Alabama 377 376 354 12,409 12,150 2.1 19,403 20,178 -3.8
Alaska 35 33 29 1,174 1,117 5.1 1,904 1,728 10.2
Arizona 137 130 155 4,466 4,546 -1.8 7,394 7,715 -4.2
Arkansas s s s s 4 -88.6 1 36 -97.6
Colorado 351 351 577 15,896 18,426 -13.7 25,677 29,749 -13.7
Illinois 608 607 655 20,056 21,617 -7.2 32,446 34,888 -7.0
Indiana 671 671 676 22,487 23,092 -2.6 36,123 37,083 -2.6
Kansas 4 3 4 103 119 -12.9 169 167 1.3
Kentucky Total 2,022 2,020 1,978 66,037 69,630 -5.2 102,930 115,049 -10.5
  Eastern 1,368 1,367 1,347 44,278 49,010 -9.7 68,788 82,762 -16.9
  Western 654 654 631 21,759 20,620 5.5 34,142 32,287 5.7
Louisiana 80 92 80 2,563 2,274 12.7 3,939 3,812 3.3
Maryland 45 45 33 1,600 1,347 18.8 2,558 2,647 -3.3
Mississippi 74 81 80 2,260 2,122 6.5 3,569 2,952 20.9
Missouri 9 8 9 278 278 -0.3 452 381 18.7
Montana 779 779 785 25,966 24,722 5.0 40,635 42,519 -4.4
New Mexico 334 334 487 13,765 15,809 -12.9 23,070 25,475 -9.4
North Dakota 583 583 586 18,615 18,510 0.6 30,051 29,886 0.6
Ohio 492 492 535 16,542 17,407 -5.0 26,610 27,633 -3.7
Oklahoma 24 22 18 684 616 11.1 1,024 1,129 -9.3
Pennsylvania Total 1,112 1,111 1,040 37,932 36,846 2.9 59,871 61,178 -2.1
  Anthracite 22 22 39 1,009 1,120 -9.8 1,824 1,799 1.4
  Bituminous 1,090 1,089 1,001 36,923 35,727 3.3 58,047 59,379 -2.2
Tennessee 36 36 38 1,139 1,406 -19.0 1,831 2,245 -18.4
Texas 708 708 705 23,508 21,799 7.8 36,709 37,175 -1.3
Utah 553 553 456 14,385 13,194 9.0 22,898 22,672 1.0
Virginia 392 392 410 13,190 12,306 7.2 21,386 21,884 -2.3
West Virginia Total 2,616 2,614 2,460 86,626 87,985 -1.5 135,274 145,839 -7.2
  Northern 754 754 684 25,514 24,609 3.7 39,575 39,904 -0.8
  Southern 1,862 1,860 1,777 61,112 63,377 -3.6 95,699 105,935 -9.7
Wyoming 8,370 8,370 8,376 264,155 268,702 -1.7 425,048 451,008 -5.8
Appalachian Total 6,438 6,433 6,217 213,716 218,458 -2.2 335,722 364,367 -7.9
Interior Total 2,831 2,847 2,858 93,699 92,542 1.3 148,574 149,910 -0.9
Western Total 11,143 11,134 11,452 358,421 365,025 -1.8 576,677 610,752 -5.6
East of Miss. River 8,445 8,445 8,259 280,278 285,910 -2.0 442,001 471,577 -6.3
West of Miss. River 11,967 11,968 12,268 385,558 390,115 -1.2 618,971 653,452 -5.3
Bituminous and Lignite 20,390 20,391 20,488 664,827 674,905 -1.5 1,059,149 1,123,230 -5.7
Anthracite 22 22 39 1,009 1,120 -9.8 1,824 1,799 1.4
U.S. Total 20,412 20,413 20,527 665,836 676,024 -1.5 1,060,973 1,125,029 -5.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 140,400 132,558 133,486 4,329,797 4,385,268 -1.3 6,794,214 7,243,943 -6.2
  [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."