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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/27
Report Released: July 08, 2010
Next Release Date: August 05, 2010



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 - June
7/3/2010 7/4/2009 7/3/2010 7/3/2009 June 2010 June 2009 2010 2009 Percent Change
Alabama 365 312 10,199 10,077 1,742 1,575 10,052 9,894 1.6
Alaska 32 27 975 946 144 159 962 932 3.3
Arizona 125 132 3,691 3,634 626 590 3,641 3,550 2.6
Arkansas s s s 4 s s s 4 -89.8
Colorado 380 497 13,745 15,050 1,991 2,411 13,585 14,814 -8.3
Illinois 589 595 16,493 17,783 2,784 3,122 16,253 17,470 -7.0
Indiana 651 588 18,551 19,131 3,279 3,097 18,286 18,816 -2.8
Kansas 3 3 83 94 19 16 82 92 -11.4
Kentucky Total 1,961 1,752 54,178 58,045 9,370 9,227 53,384 57,091 -6.5
  Eastern 1,326 1,213 36,256 41,118 6,494 6,395 35,721 40,444 -11.7
  Western 634 539 17,922 16,928 2,876 2,832 17,662 16,648 6.1
Louisiana 106 83 2,037 1,756 497 318 1,992 1,714 16.3
Maryland 44 35 1,336 1,151 253 154 1,319 1,129 16.8
Mississippi 65 19 1,798 1,713 248 270 1,771 1,704 3.9
Missouri 8 6 229 227 40 37 225 224 0.5
Montana 837 645 21,021 20,136 3,565 3,152 20,666 19,843 4.1
New Mexico 478 475 11,424 12,957 1,879 2,434 11,231 12,690 -11.5
North Dakota 509 493 15,209 15,075 2,538 2,362 15,006 14,772 1.6
Ohio 477 451 13,655 14,275 2,286 2,291 13,461 14,029 -4.0
Oklahoma 21 16 551 513 106 82 543 503 7.9
Pennsylvania Total 1,078 993 31,413 30,752 5,268 5,173 30,978 30,195 2.6
  Anthracite 21 32 880 889 152 147 871 870 0.2
  Bituminous 1,057 962 30,533 29,862 5,116 5,026 30,107 29,325 2.7
Tennessee 35 36 925 1,183 183 199 911 1,164 -21.7
Texas 618 615 19,372 17,677 3,054 3,027 19,109 17,407 9.8
Utah 491 381 11,314 10,519 2,002 1,730 11,115 10,290 8.0
Virginia 380 345 10,891 9,902 1,908 1,468 10,736 9,692 10.8
West Virginia Total 2,537 2,228 71,283 73,571 12,125 11,488 70,251 72,361 -2.9
  Northern 732 644 21,090 20,601 3,513 3,206 20,793 20,239 2.7
  Southern 1,805 1,584 50,193 52,970 8,612 8,282 49,458 52,122 -5.1
Wyoming 8,232 8,435 213,086 217,476 34,371 34,200 209,582 213,712 -1.9
Appalachian Total 6,243 5,613 175,959 182,029 30,258 28,743 173,431 178,907 -3.1
Interior Total 2,696 2,465 77,036 75,825 12,902 12,802 75,923 74,581 1.8
Western Total 11,085 11,086 290,465 295,794 47,115 47,036 285,788 290,602 -1.7
East of Miss. River 8,183 7,354 230,723 237,583 39,445 38,065 227,402 233,545 -2.6
West of Miss. River 11,841 11,810 312,737 316,064 50,830 50,517 307,739 310,546 -0.9
Bituminous and Lignite 20,003 19,132 542,580 552,758 90,123 88,435 534,270 543,222 -1.6
Anthracite 21 32 880 889 152 147 871 870 0.2
U.S. Total 20,024 19,163 543,460 553,648 90,275 88,582 535,141 544,091 -1.6
Railroad Cars Loaded 127,876 119,078 3,530,448 3,589,335 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."