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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/36
Report Released: September 10, 2009
Next Release Date: October 08, 2009




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 - August
9/5/2009 9/6/2008 9/5/2009 9/5/2008 August 2009 August 2008 2009 2008 Percent Change
Alabama 383 373 13,505 14,235 1,632 1,672 13,200 13,926 -5.2
Alaska 27 24 1,185 940 114 107 1,163 916 27.0
Arizona 140 173 4,872 5,376 595 775 4,760 5,224 -8.9
Arkansas 1 1 12 41 3 5 11 40 -71.6
Colorado 593 598 20,399 22,563 2,623 2,779 19,963 22,101 -9.7
Illinois 580 648 22,941 21,845 2,507 2,945 22,491 21,273 5.7
Indiana 729 679 25,678 24,235 3,142 3,073 25,109 23,671 6.1
Kansas 4 5 132 194 18 21 128 191 -32.8
Kentucky Total 2,149 2,229 77,343 82,001 9,230 10,060 75,654 80,020 -5.5
   Eastern 1,565 1,684 55,207 61,871 6,702 7,577 53,969 60,354 -10.6
   Western 584 546 22,136 20,130 2,528 2,484 21,685 19,666 10.3
Louisiana 79 76 2,581 2,538 391 341 2,522 2,479 1.8
Maryland 53 47 1,642 1,676 228 211 1,599 1,632 -2.0
Mississippi 86 44 2,402 2,131 371 240 2,339 2,098 11.5
Missouri 8 5 298 159 34 21 292 155 88.4
Montana 836 867 27,695 29,684 3,719 4,051 27,086 29,032 -6.7
New Mexico 429 559 16,762 17,658 1,841 2,517 16,423 17,187 -4.4
North Dakota 558 569 20,041 19,938 2,377 2,543 19,594 19,459 0.7
Ohio 493 485 18,662 17,500 2,124 2,197 18,278 17,104 6.9
Oklahoma 28 26 769 922 120 117 747 898 -16.9
Pennsylvania Total 1,118 1,118 40,782 44,425 4,788 5,032 39,898 43,464 -8.2
   Anthracite 25 33 1,102 1,130 105 147 1,082 1,101 -1.6
   Bituminous 1,093 1,085 39,680 43,295 4,683 4,885 38,816 42,363 -8.4
Tennessee 46 41 1,598 1,625 196 184 1,561 1,584 -1.5
Texas 749 754 24,454 25,976 3,340 3,531 23,913 25,432 -6.0
Utah 432 428 14,367 16,212 1,854 1,933 14,028 15,819 -11.3
Virginia 445 453 13,904 16,475 1,920 2,053 13,558 16,086 -15.7
West Virginia Total 2,804 2,827 98,819 108,581 12,080 12,805 96,632 106,163 -9.0
   Northern 753 684 27,372 27,729 3,239 3,094 26,782 27,098 -1.2
   Southern 2,051 2,143 71,447 80,852 8,841 9,711 69,849 79,066 -11.7
Wyoming 8,279 9,497 292,958 313,701 36,400 41,244 286,972 306,706 -6.4
Appalachian Total 6,907 7,028 244,118 266,388 29,670 31,731 238,696 260,313 -8.3
Interior Total 2,848 2,783 101,402 98,171 12,453 12,779 99,236 95,902 3.5
Western Total 11,295 12,714 398,279 426,073 49,524 55,948 389,989 416,445 -6.4
East of Miss. River 8,886 8,944 317,275 334,729 38,217 40,473 310,319 327,021 -5.1
West of Miss. River 12,163 13,580 426,524 455,903 53,430 59,986 417,603 445,639 -6.3
Bituminous and Lignite 21,025 22,492 742,697 789,502 91,541 100,312 726,839 771,559 -5.8
Anthracite 25 33 1,102 1,130 105 147 1,082 1,101 -1.6
U.S. Total 21,050 22,524 743,799 790,632 91,647 100,458 727,922 772,659 -5.8
Railroad Cars Loaded 135,803 148,207 4,797,236 5,254,235 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."