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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/04
Report Released: February 02, 2012
Next Release Date: February 09, 2012




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
1/28/2012 1/21/2012 1/29/2011 1/28/2012 1/28/2011 Percent Change 1/28/2012 1/29/2011 Percent Change
Alabama 372 377 423 1,491 1,667 -10.6 19,791 20,477 -3.4
Alaska 37 38 47 153 184 -16.9 2,044 2,166 -5.6
Arizona 129 131 155 529 611 -13.5 7,779 7,793 -0.2
Arkansas 1 1 3 4 11 -62.3 125 44 NM
Colorado 581 672 468 2,537 1,855 36.8 28,408 24,803 14.5
Illinois 679 687 704 2,720 2,770 -1.8 36,392 33,727 7.9
Indiana 692 700 757 2,770 2,981 -7.1 36,522 35,648 2.5
Kansas 1 1 s 6 s NM 39 125 -68.6
Kentucky Total 2,062 2,086 2,202 8,256 8,670 -4.8 108,112 105,825 2.2
  Eastern 1,286 1,300 1,361 5,146 5,364 -4.1 68,029 68,392 -0.5
  Western 777 786 841 3,110 3,306 -6.0 40,083 37,433 7.1
Louisiana 54 79 48 225 257 -12.5 3,692 3,915 -5.7
Maryland 36 36 47 144 185 -21.9 2,240 2,592 -13.6
Mississippi 67 82 64 254 209 21.4 2,791 3,928 -29.0
Missouri 8 8 8 33 33 0.7 459 457 0.5
Montana 370 604 692 2,550 2,531 0.8 41,527 44,166 -6.0
New Mexico 411 411 520 1,644 1,742 -5.7 22,111 21,076 4.9
North Dakota 561 601 580 2,238 2,317 -3.4 27,398 28,873 -5.1
Ohio 527 533 574 2,108 2,259 -6.7 27,284 26,867 1.5
Oklahoma 19 19 22 78 86 -9.7 1,123 1,023 9.8
Pennsylvania Total 1,120 1,133 1,222 4,483 4,813 -6.9 59,843 58,951 1.5
  Anthracite 38 39 46 153 181 -15.8 2,161 1,828 18.2
  Bituminous 1,082 1,094 1,176 4,330 4,632 -6.5 57,682 57,123 1.0
Tennessee 32 32 25 126 98 29.4 1,551 1,753 -11.6
Texas 791 849 804 3,158 3,199 -1.3 44,401 41,212 7.7
Utah 219 259 392 857 1,513 -43.3 18,513 19,191 -3.5
Virginia 389 394 467 1,559 1,840 -15.3 22,024 22,582 -2.5
West Virginia Total 2,584 2,613 2,809 10,343 11,061 -6.5 135,781 135,582 0.1
  Northern 828 838 916 3,316 3,605 -8.0 42,184 41,728 1.1
  Southern 1,755 1,776 1,893 7,027 7,456 -5.8 93,597 93,854 -0.3
Wyoming 8,344 8,647 8,586 35,172 33,829 4.0 436,334 443,816 -1.7
Appalachian Total 6,345 6,418 6,927 25,400 27,286 -6.9 336,542 337,196 -0.2
Interior Total 3,090 3,213 3,251 12,358 12,854 -3.9 165,626 157,511 5.2
Western Total 10,652 11,363 11,441 45,679 44,581 2.5 584,113 591,883 -1.3
East of Miss. River 8,560 8,673 9,293 34,254 36,554 -6.3 452,330 447,932 1.0
West of Miss. River 11,527 12,321 12,326 49,184 48,168 2.1 633,951 638,657 -0.7
Bituminous and Lignite 20,049 20,955 21,574 83,285 84,541 -1.5 1,084,120 1,084,761 -0.1
Anthracite 38 39 46 153 181 -15.8 2,161 1,828 18.2
U.S. Total 20,087 20,993 21,620 83,438 84,722 -1.5 1,086,281 1,086,589 *
Railroad Cars Loaded 125,857 128,515 136,854 524,865 512,325 2.4 6,932,294 6,967,207 -0.5
  [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.
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."