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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/03
Report Released: January 26, 2012
Next Release Date: February 02, 2012




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
1/21/2012 1/14/2012 1/22/2011 1/21/2012 1/21/2011 Percent Change 1/21/2012 1/22/2011 Percent Change
Alabama 377 381 415 1,118 1,244 -10.1 19,841 20,437 -2.9
Alaska 38 41 45 115 137 -15.8 2,053 2,161 -5.0
Arizona 131 141 151 399 456 -12.4 7,805 7,777 0.4
Arkansas 1 1 3 3 9 -61.9 127 41 NM
Colorado 672 657 498 1,956 1,384 41.4 28,296 24,874 13.8
Illinois 687 694 690 2,040 2,067 -1.3 36,416 33,643 8.2
Indiana 700 707 743 2,078 2,225 -6.6 36,587 35,536 3.0
Kansas 1 2 s 4 s NM 38 127 -70.2
Kentucky Total 2,086 2,107 2,159 6,194 6,470 -4.3 108,252 105,617 2.5
  Eastern 1,300 1,314 1,335 3,861 4,003 -3.5 68,105 68,320 -0.3
  Western 786 794 824 2,333 2,467 -5.4 40,147 37,296 7.6
Louisiana 79 49 66 171 208 -17.5 3,686 3,943 -6.5
Maryland 36 37 46 108 138 -21.5 2,251 2,589 -13.1
Mississippi 82 46 62 187 145 28.9 2,788 3,947 -29.4
Missouri 8 9 8 25 24 2.0 459 457 0.6
Montana 604 818 573 2,180 1,853 17.7 41,849 44,227 -5.4
New Mexico 411 374 520 1,233 1,223 0.8 22,220 20,956 6.0
North Dakota 601 550 623 1,677 1,736 -3.4 27,418 28,872 -5.0
Ohio 533 538 563 1,582 1,686 -6.2 27,331 26,809 1.9
Oklahoma 19 21 21 59 64 -8.6 1,126 1,019 10.5
Pennsylvania Total 1,133 1,144 1,198 3,363 3,592 -6.4 59,945 58,905 1.8
  Anthracite 39 39 45 114 135 -15.4 2,169 1,814 19.6
  Bituminous 1,094 1,105 1,153 3,248 3,457 -6.0 57,776 57,091 1.2
Tennessee 32 32 24 95 73 30.0 1,544 1,759 -12.3
Texas 849 776 863 2,367 2,387 -0.8 44,414 41,130 8.0
Utah 259 179 430 638 1,119 -43.0 18,686 19,212 -2.7
Virginia 394 398 458 1,170 1,373 -14.8 22,102 22,518 -1.8
West Virginia Total 2,613 2,640 2,755 7,759 8,254 -6.0 136,007 135,403 0.4
  Northern 838 846 898 2,487 2,690 -7.5 42,272 41,603 1.6
  Southern 1,776 1,794 1,857 5,272 5,564 -5.3 93,735 93,801 -0.1
Wyoming 8,647 8,765 8,380 26,828 25,270 6.2 436,576 443,905 -1.7
Appalachian Total 6,418 6,484 6,794 19,055 20,362 -6.4 337,124 336,741 0.1
Interior Total 3,213 3,099 3,280 9,268 9,596 -3.4 165,787 157,137 5.5
Western Total 11,363 11,524 11,220 35,027 33,177 5.6 584,902 591,986 -1.2
East of Miss. River 8,673 8,725 9,112 25,694 27,266 -5.8 453,063 447,163 1.3
West of Miss. River 12,321 12,382 12,181 37,657 35,869 5.0 634,751 638,701 -0.6
Bituminous and Lignite 20,955 21,068 21,248 63,236 63,000 0.4 1,085,645 1,084,049 0.1
Anthracite 39 39 45 114 135 -15.4 2,169 1,814 19.6
U.S. Total 20,993 21,106 21,293 63,350 63,135 0.3 1,087,814 1,085,863 0.2
Railroad Cars Loaded 128,515 137,274 132,448 399,008 379,877 5.0 6,943,291 6,961,198 -0.3
  [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.
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."