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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/02
Report Released: January 19, 2012
Next Release Date: January 26, 2012




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
1/14/2012 1/7/2012 1/15/2011 1/14/2012 1/14/2011 Percent Change 1/14/2012 1/15/2011 Percent Change
Alabama 381 361 412 742 829 -10.5 19,879 20,433 -2.7
Alaska 41 37 46 78 92 -15.2 2,061 2,161 -4.7
Arizona 141 128 153 269 305 -11.8 7,825 7,775 0.6
Arkansas 1 1 3 2 6 NM 129 38 NM
Colorado 657 627 395 1,284 897 43.1 28,121 24,956 12.7
Illinois 694 659 686 1,353 1,377 -1.8 36,419 33,618 8.3
Indiana 707 671 738 1,378 1,482 -7.0 36,630 35,485 3.2
Kansas 2 1 s 3 s 1,675.3 36 129 -71.7
Kentucky Total 2,107 2,000 2,146 4,108 4,311 -4.7 108,325 105,598 2.6
  Eastern 1,314 1,247 1,327 2,560 2,668 -4.0 68,139 68,369 -0.3
  Western 794 753 819 1,547 1,643 -5.8 40,186 37,228 7.9
Louisiana 49 43 63 92 142 -35.0 3,672 3,949 -7.0
Maryland 37 35 46 72 92 -21.9 2,260 2,591 -12.8
Mississippi 46 59 17 105 88 19.5 2,768 3,956 -30.0
Missouri 9 8 8 17 16 2.8 459 458 0.4
Montana 818 759 771 1,577 1,256 25.5 41,819 44,463 -5.9
New Mexico 374 448 334 822 706 16.4 22,329 20,865 7.0
North Dakota 550 526 569 1,076 1,113 -3.4 27,439 28,872 -5.0
Ohio 538 511 559 1,049 1,123 -6.6 27,361 26,799 2.1
Oklahoma 21 19 22 40 43 -7.9 1,128 1,017 10.9
Pennsylvania Total 1,144 1,086 1,191 2,230 2,394 -6.8 60,010 58,968 1.8
  Anthracite 39 37 45 76 90 -15.8 2,176 1,803 20.7
  Bituminous 1,105 1,049 1,146 2,154 2,304 -6.5 57,835 57,165 1.2
Tennessee 32 31 24 63 49 29.4 1,536 1,769 -13.1
Texas 776 742 789 1,517 1,534 -1.1 44,427 41,043 8.2
Utah 179 199 355 379 692 -45.2 18,856 19,227 -1.9
Virginia 398 378 455 776 915 -15.2 22,166 22,493 -1.5
West Virginia Total 2,640 2,506 2,738 5,146 5,500 -6.4 136,148 135,473 0.5
  Northern 846 803 893 1,650 1,793 -8.0 42,332 41,554 1.9
  Southern 1,794 1,702 1,846 3,496 3,708 -5.7 93,816 93,919 -0.1
Wyoming 8,765 9,416 8,415 18,182 16,885 7.7 436,309 443,592 -1.6
Appalachian Total 6,484 6,154 6,753 12,637 13,570 -6.9 337,500 336,896 0.2
Interior Total 3,099 2,956 3,145 6,055 6,331 -4.4 165,854 156,920 5.7
Western Total 11,524 12,141 11,038 23,665 21,945 7.8 584,759 591,912 -1.2
East of Miss. River 8,725 8,296 9,013 17,021 18,160 -6.3 453,503 447,183 1.4
West of Miss. River 12,382 12,954 11,923 25,336 23,686 7.0 634,611 638,544 -0.6
Bituminous and Lignite 21,068 21,214 20,891 42,281 41,756 1.3 1,085,938 1,083,924 0.2
Anthracite 39 37 45 76 90 -15.8 2,176 1,803 20.7
U.S. Total 21,106 21,251 20,936 42,357 41,846 1.2 1,088,114 1,085,727 0.2
Railroad Cars Loaded 137,274 133,219 133,013 270,493 246,864 9.6 6,947,224 6,962,739 -0.2
  [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."