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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/31
Report Released: August 06, 2009
Next Release Date: September 10, 2009




Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview
(Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
 Week Ended Year-To-Date[1] Month Ended January - July
8/1/2009 8/2/2008 8/1/2009 8/1/2008 July 2009 July 2008 2009 2008 Percent Change
Alabama 375 397 11,791 12,332 1,674 1,697 11,789 12,254 -3.8
Alaska 26 25 898 814 117 108 898 809 10.9
Arizona 137 184 4,273 4,486 615 787 4,273 4,450 -4.0
Arkansas 1 1 25 35 4 5 25 35 -26.5
Colorado 582 635 17,660 19,423 2,525 2,647 17,599 19,322 -8.9
Illinois 569 689 18,131 18,454 2,514 2,908 18,108 18,328 -1.2
Indiana 716 722 21,669 20,733 3,151 3,063 21,646 20,598 5.1
Kansas 4 5 99 171 18 21 99 170 -41.4
Kentucky Total 2,110 2,371 65,867 70,412 9,333 10,059 65,817 69,960 -5.9
   Eastern 1,536 1,790 48,126 53,124 6,824 7,608 48,101 52,777 -8.9
   Western 573 580 17,741 17,288 2,509 2,450 17,715 17,182 3.1
Louisiana 83 81 2,318 2,151 418 357 2,309 2,138 8.0
Maryland 52 50 1,796 1,430 242 213 1,796 1,421 26.4
Mississippi 77 64 1,930 1,868 264 304 1,922 1,858 3.5
Missouri 8 5 219 135 34 22 219 134 64.2
Montana 821 922 23,975 25,121 3,525 3,829 23,877 24,981 -4.4
New Mexico 421 594 13,381 14,784 1,893 2,528 13,372 14,670 -8.8
North Dakota 548 605 17,308 17,037 2,445 2,589 17,308 16,916 2.3
Ohio 483 516 15,338 15,003 2,125 2,188 15,321 14,907 2.8
Oklahoma 28 28 766 787 124 119 766 781 -1.9
Pennsylvania Total 1,097 1,189 34,953 38,662 4,915 5,063 34,935 38,432 -9.1
   Anthracite 24 35 850 961 108 149 850 954 -10.9
   Bituminous 1,073 1,154 34,103 37,702 4,807 4,914 34,085 37,479 -9.1
Tennessee 45 44 1,357 1,409 202 187 1,357 1,400 -3.1
Texas 735 802 20,975 22,019 3,166 3,327 20,880 21,900 -4.7
Utah 424 455 12,628 13,973 1,883 1,928 12,618 13,886 -9.1
Virginia 437 481 13,280 14,122 1,946 2,038 13,264 14,033 -5.5
West Virginia Total 2,752 3,006 86,558 93,920 12,191 12,737 86,466 93,358 -7.4
   Northern 739 727 24,375 24,141 3,304 3,075 24,354 24,004 1.5
   Southern 2,013 2,279 62,183 69,779 8,887 9,663 62,113 69,355 -10.4
Wyoming 8,283 9,443 248,589 266,866 36,860 40,439 247,526 265,461 -6.8
Appalachian Total 6,779 7,473 213,200 230,002 30,119 31,729 213,031 228,582 -6.8
Interior Total 2,794 2,977 83,875 83,639 12,202 12,577 83,691 83,122 0.7
Western Total 11,243 12,864 338,712 362,505 49,863 54,855 337,471 360,496 -6.4
East of Miss. River 8,714 9,528 272,672 288,345 38,557 40,455 272,422 286,548 -4.9
West of Miss. River 12,101 13,785 363,115 387,801 53,626 58,708 361,771 385,653 -6.2
Bituminous and Lignite 20,791 23,279 634,937 675,185 92,076 99,014 633,343 671,247 -5.6
Anthracite 24 35 850 961 108 149 850 954 -10.9
U.S. Total 20,815 23,314 635,787 676,146 92,184 99,162 634,193 672,201 -5.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 132,950 154,657 4,115,683 4,486,820 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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, 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."