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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/3
Report Released: January 21, 2010
Next Release Date: January 28, 2010




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
1/16/2010
1/9/2010
1/17/2009
1/16/2010
1/16/2009
Percent Change
1/16/2010
1/17/2009
Percent Change
Alabama 378 361 417 798 981 -18.7 19,323 20,987 -7.9
Alaska 27 25 37 52 84 -38.4 1,640 1,485 10.4
Arizona 134 129 144 278 334 -16.8 7,265 7,954 -8.7
Arkansas s s s s 1 -80.9 12 67 -81.5
Colorado 577 552 597 1,247 1,368 -8.8 29,680 31,786 -6.6
Illinois 586 560 656 1,208 1,500 -19.5 33,284 33,035 0.8
Indiana 678 648 766 1,433 1,794 -20.1 36,485 36,081 1.1
Kansas 5 5 3 10 8 20.0 207 222 -6.7
Kentucky Total 2,006 1,917 2,374 4,136 5,489 -24.7 108,739 120,178 -9.5
  Eastern 1,417 1,354 1,717 2,903 3,968 -26.8 76,473 89,955 -15.0
  Western 589 563 657 1,233 1,521 -19.0 32,266 30,223 6.8
Louisiana 65 78 96 158 194 -18.5 3,656 3,812 -4.1
Maryland 34 32 54 68 126 -46.0 2,021 2,879 -29.8
Mississippi 51 54 41 121 122 -1.1 3,391 2,773 22.3
Missouri 8 7 9 16 21 -23.8 434 258 68.4
Montana 776 742 816 1,699 1,873 -9.3 40,324 44,447 -9.3
New Mexico 449 429 433 960 1,024 -6.2 26,147 25,725 1.6
North Dakota 556 531 621 1,162 1,482 -21.6 29,066 29,649 -2.0
Ohio 492 470 575 1,043 1,350 -22.7 27,021 26,377 2.4
Oklahoma 23 22 21 48 49 -2.0 1,072 1,431 -25.1
Pennsylvania Total 1,082 1,035 1,188 2,261 2,765 -18.2 58,013 64,738 -10.4
  Anthracite 29 27 35 59 81 -27.8 1,685 1,716 -1.8
  Bituminous 1,053 1,007 1,153 2,202 2,683 -17.9 56,327 63,021 -10.6
Tennessee 41 39 46 81 106 -23.9 2,237 2,309 -3.1
Texas 647 618 655 1,436 1,494 -3.9 35,440 38,695 -8.4
Utah 405 387 413 821 947 -13.2 21,528 23,984 -10.2
Virginia 406 388 424 844 988 -14.6 20,187 24,589 -17.9
West Virginia Total 2,636 2,521 3,042 5,541 7,071 -21.6 139,267 156,905 -11.2
  Northern 785 751 859 1,590 1,952 -18.5 38,883 41,033 -5.2
  Southern 1,851 1,770 2,183 3,951 5,119 -22.8 100,383 115,872 -13.4
Wyoming 7,956 6,751 9,041 16,790 20,540 -18.3 422,539 464,856 -9.1
Appalachian Total 6,485 6,200 7,462 13,538 17,355 -22.0 344,541 388,740 -11.4
Interior Total 2,651 2,556 2,905 5,663 6,704 -15.5 146,248 146,596 -0.2
Western Total 10,879 9,546 12,104 23,010 27,651 -16.8 578,188 629,886 -8.2
East of Miss. River 8,389 8,026 9,582 17,533 22,292 -21.3 449,967 490,851 -8.3
West of Miss. River 11,626 10,276 12,888 24,678 29,418 -16.1 619,010 674,371 -8.2
Bituminous and Lignite 19,987 18,274 22,435 42,152 51,629 -18.4 1,067,292 1,163,506 -8.3
Anthracite 29 27 35 59 81 -27.8 1,685 1,716 -1.8
U.S. Total 20,015 18,301 22,471 42,211 51,710 -18.4 1,068,977 1,165,222 -8.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 122,477 106,605 141,927 344,773 426,528 -19.2 6,767,930 7,652,052 -11.6
  [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."