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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/4
Report Released: January 28, 2010
Next Release Date: February 04, 2010





Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
1/23/2010
1/16/2010
1/24/2009
1/23/2010
1/23/2009
Percent Change
1/23/2010
1/24/2009
Percent Change
Alabama 413 378 402 1,211 1,383 -12.4 19,335 20,952 -7.7
Alaska 29 27 36 81 120 -32.6 1,634 1,492 9.5
Arizona 147 134 139 425 472 -10.1 7,273 7,947 -8.5
Arkansas s s s s 1 -84.7 12 66 -81.7
Colorado 631 577 576 1,878 1,946 -3.5 29,736 31,726 -6.3
Illinois 641 586 632 1,849 2,133 -13.3 33,293 33,066 0.7
Indiana 742 678 739 2,175 2,534 -14.2 36,488 36,152 0.9
Kansas 5 5 3 15 12 30.4 209 219 -4.7
Kentucky Total 2,195 2,006 2,289 6,331 7,780 -18.6 108,644 120,150 -9.6
  Eastern 1,550 1,417 1,656 4,454 5,625 -20.8 76,367 89,864 -15.0
  Western 645 589 633 1,877 2,155 -12.9 32,277 30,286 6.6
Louisiana 78 65 87 236 282 -16.2 3,647 3,826 -4.7
Maryland 37 34 52 105 178 -41.0 2,006 2,891 -30.6
Mississippi 62 51 61 183 181 1.0 3,392 2,789 21.6
Missouri 9 8 9 25 30 -17.5 434 262 65.4
Montana 849 776 787 2,548 2,663 -4.3 40,386 44,363 -9.0
New Mexico 492 449 418 1,452 1,442 0.7 26,220 25,787 1.7
North Dakota 608 556 599 1,770 2,080 -14.9 29,075 29,705 -2.1
Ohio 539 492 555 1,582 1,905 -17.0 27,005 26,463 2.1
Oklahoma 25 23 20 73 69 6.4 1,078 1,421 -24.2
Pennsylvania Total 1,184 1,082 1,145 3,445 3,911 -11.9 58,051 64,556 -10.1
  Anthracite 31 29 34 90 115 -21.7 1,683 1,720 -2.2
  Bituminous 1,153 1,053 1,112 3,355 3,796 -11.6 56,369 62,836 -10.3
Tennessee 45 41 45 125 151 -16.8 2,237 2,305 -3.0
Texas 708 647 632 2,144 2,129 0.7 35,516 38,609 -8.0
Utah 443 405 398 1,264 1,345 -6.0 21,572 23,875 -9.6
Virginia 444 406 409 1,287 1,397 -7.8 20,222 24,557 -17.7
West Virginia Total 2,885 2,636 2,933 8,426 10,008 -15.8 139,218 156,789 -11.2
  Northern 859 785 828 2,449 2,781 -11.9 38,914 41,063 -5.2
  Southern 2,026 1,851 2,105 5,977 7,227 -17.3 100,305 115,726 -13.3
Wyoming 8,017 7,956 8,836 24,807 29,402 -15.6 421,720 465,045 -9.3
Appalachian Total 7,097 6,485 7,196 20,635 24,558 -16.0 344,442 388,376 -11.3
Interior Total 2,915 2,651 2,818 8,578 9,526 -10.0 146,345 146,697 -0.2
Western Total 11,216 10,879 11,789 34,226 39,473 -13.3 577,615 629,939 -8.3
East of Miss. River 9,187 8,389 9,263 26,720 31,562 -15.3 449,892 490,669 -8.3
West of Miss. River 12,041 11,626 12,540 36,719 41,995 -12.6 618,511 674,343 -8.3
Bituminous and Lignite 21,197 19,987 21,769 63,349 73,442 -13.7 1,066,720 1,163,292 -8.3
Anthracite 31 29 34 90 115 -21.7 1,683 1,720 -2.2
U.S. Total 21,228 20,015 21,803 63,439 73,557 -13.8 1,068,403 1,165,012 -8.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 133,989 122,477 137,004 478,762 563,532 -15.0 6,764,915 7,647,568 -11.5
  [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."