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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/53
Report Released: January 05, 2012
Next Release Date: February 09, 2012



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 - December
12/31/2011 1/1/2011 12/31/2011 12/31/2010 December 2011 December 2010 2011 2010 Percent Change
Alabama 343 336 19,969 20,396 1,675 1,611 19,969 20,396 -2.1
Alaska 32 40 2,075 2,151 166 204 2,075 2,151 -3.6
Arizona 113 138 7,861 7,752 594 697 7,861 7,752 1.4
Arkansas 2 2 132 32 9 9 132 32 NM
Colorado 515 409 27,776 25,163 2,331 1,891 27,776 25,163 10.4
Illinois 577 610 36,471 33,465 2,823 2,898 36,471 33,465 9.0
Indiana 603 673 36,758 35,317 2,950 3,208 36,758 35,317 4.1
Kansas 1 3 34 133 7 14 34 133 -74.7
Kentucky Total 1,809 1,879 108,586 105,267 8,849 8,956 108,586 105,267 3.2
  Eastern 1,156 1,212 68,268 68,273 5,651 5,799 68,268 68,273 *
  Western 653 666 40,318 36,994 3,198 3,157 40,318 36,994 9.0
Louisiana 56 84 3,729 3,945 295 375 3,729 3,945 -5.5
Maryland 32 38 2,281 2,585 157 182 2,281 2,585 -11.8
Mississippi 62 120 2,753 4,004 333 375 2,753 4,004 -31.2
Missouri 7 8 459 458 39 38 459 458 0.1
Montana 584 531 41,591 44,732 3,477 3,582 41,591 44,732 -7.0
New Mexico 411 340 22,220 20,991 1,857 1,869 22,220 20,991 5.9
North Dakota 417 421 27,477 28,949 2,190 2,323 27,477 28,949 -5.1
Ohio 461 479 27,455 26,728 2,258 2,273 27,455 26,728 2.7
Oklahoma 18 16 1,131 1,010 96 83 1,131 1,010 12.0
Pennsylvania Total 999 1,055 60,193 58,964 4,885 5,042 60,193 58,964 2.1
  Anthracite 33 30 2,190 1,776 162 143 2,190 1,776 23.3
  Bituminous 966 1,025 58,003 57,188 4,723 4,899 58,003 57,188 1.4
Tennessee 27 31 1,522 1,780 131 151 1,522 1,780 -14.5
Texas 705 758 44,546 40,982 3,158 3,423 44,546 40,982 8.7
Utah 294 382 19,178 19,351 1,493 2,019 19,178 19,351 -0.9
Virginia 362 404 22,322 22,385 1,771 1,919 22,322 22,385 -0.3
West Virginia Total 2,391 2,447 136,592 135,307 11,699 11,650 136,592 135,307 1.0
  Northern 756 810 42,500 41,306 3,699 3,863 42,500 41,306 2.9
  Southern 1,635 1,638 94,092 94,000 8,000 7,788 94,092 94,000 0.1
Wyoming 8,374 7,825 436,092 442,522 39,035 38,000 436,092 442,522 -1.5
Appalachian Total 5,770 6,002 338,602 336,418 28,226 28,628 338,602 336,418 0.6
Interior Total 2,684 2,939 166,330 156,340 12,908 13,579 166,330 156,340 6.4
Western Total 10,740 10,086 584,268 591,611 51,145 50,584 584,268 591,611 -1.2
East of Miss. River 7,664 8,071 454,902 446,197 37,529 38,265 454,902 446,197 2.0
West of Miss. River 11,530 10,956 634,298 638,171 54,749 54,526 634,298 638,171 -0.6
Bituminous and Lignite 19,161 18,997 1,087,010 1,082,592 92,116 92,648 1,087,010 1,082,592 0.4
Anthracite 33 30 2,190 1,776 162 143 2,190 1,776 23.3
U.S. Total 19,194 19,027 1,089,200 1,084,368 92,278 92,791 1,089,200 1,084,368 0.4
Railroad Cars Loaded 113,021 112,696 7,056,608 6,927,635 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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.
NM Not Meaningful
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."