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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/2
Report Released: January 14, 2010
Next Release Date: January 21, 2010




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
1/9/2010 1/2/2010 1/10/2009 1/9/2010 1/9/2009 Percent Change 1/9/2010 1/10/2009 Percent Change
Alabama 361 347 424 420 565 -25.6 19,362 21,008 -7.8
Alaska 25 25 38 25 47 -46.1 1,651 1,478 11.7
Arizona 129 119 147 143 190 -24.6 7,274 7,955 -8.6
Arkansas s 1 s s s -70.8 13 68 -81.3
Colorado 552 522 608 670 770 -12.9 29,700 31,826 -6.7
Illinois 560 526 667 621 844 -26.4 33,353 32,981 1.1
Indiana 648 638 780 756 1,027 -26.4 36,574 35,983 1.6
Kansas 5 4 4 5 5 7.5 206 224 -8.4
Kentucky Total 1,917 1,872 2,416 2,130 3,115 -31.6 109,107 120,124 -9.2
  Eastern 1,354 1,335 1,748 1,487 2,251 -33.9 76,773 89,987 -14.7
  Western 563 538 668 644 864 -25.5 32,333 30,136 7.3
Louisiana 78 73 72 93 100 -6.9 3,687 3,795 -2.8
Maryland 32 32 55 34 72 -52.4 2,041 2,866 -28.8
Mississippi 54 59 60 70 79 -11.7 3,381 2,802 20.7
Missouri 7 7 9 9 12 -31.1 435 253 72.3
Montana 742 731 831 923 1,055 -12.5 40,365 44,504 -9.3
New Mexico 429 520 441 511 591 -13.4 26,131 25,647 1.9
North Dakota 531 479 632 606 860 -29.5 29,131 29,571 -1.5
Ohio 470 441 585 551 775 -28.8 27,104 26,271 3.2
Oklahoma 22 23 21 25 28 -12.0 1,070 1,441 -25.8
Pennsylvania Total 1,035 1,023 1,209 1,179 1,576 -25.2 58,118 64,878 -10.4
  Anthracite 27 23 36 30 46 -35.2 1,692 1,711 -1.1
  Bituminous 1,007 1,000 1,173 1,149 1,530 -24.9 56,427 63,167 -10.7
Tennessee 39 41 47 40 60 -33.3 2,242 2,312 -3.0
Texas 618 617 667 790 837 -5.7 35,449 38,759 -8.5
Utah 387 370 421 417 533 -21.8 21,536 24,079 -10.6
Virginia 388 358 431 438 564 -22.3 20,205 24,607 -17.9
West Virginia Total 2,521 2,682 3,096 2,904 4,027 -27.9 139,672 156,917 -11.0
  Northern 751 698 874 805 1,092 -26.3 38,957 40,973 -4.9
  Southern 1,770 1,984 2,222 2,100 2,935 -28.5 100,715 115,944 -13.1
Wyoming 6,751 7,910 9,074 8,834 11,494 -23.1 423,624 464,728 -8.8
Appalachian Total 6,200 6,259 7,596 7,053 9,889 -28.7 345,518 388,845 -11.1
Interior Total 2,556 2,485 2,949 3,012 3,797 -20.7 146,502 146,442 *
Western Total 9,546 10,676 12,191 12,130 15,540 -21.9 579,413 629,789 -8.0
East of Miss. River 8,026 8,019 9,772 9,143 12,703 -28.0 451,160 490,747 -8.1
West of Miss. River 10,276 11,400 12,964 13,052 16,523 -21.0 620,272 674,329 -8.0
Bituminous and Lignite 18,274 19,397 22,700 22,166 29,180 -24.0 1,069,741 1,163,365 -8.0
Anthracite 27 23 36 30 46 -35.2 1,692 1,711 -1.1
U.S. Total 18,301 19,419 22,735 22,196 29,226 -24.1 1,071,433 1,165,076 -8.0
Railroad Cars Loaded 106,605 115,691 146,003 222,296 284,601 -21.9 6,787,380 7,655,886 -11.3
  [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."