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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/23
Report Released: June 10, 2010
Next Release Date: July 08, 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 - May
6/5/2010
6/6/2009
6/5/2010
6/5/2009
May 2010
May 2009
2010
2009
Percent Change
Alabama 390 358 8,746 8,673 1,545 1,419 8,360 8,319 0.5
Alaska 32 36 653 809 126 143 621 773 -19.7
Arizona 141 134 3,128 3,094 557 530 2,987 2,960 0.9
Arkansas s s 1 4 s s 1 4 -87.0
Colorado 511 558 12,627 12,844 2,184 2,302 12,229 12,403 -1.4
Illinois 634 714 13,802 15,004 2,585 2,872 13,227 14,348 -7.8
Indiana 757 707 16,214 16,380 3,063 2,835 15,510 15,719 -1.3
Kansas 4 4 105 80 17 14 101 76 32.2
Kentucky Total 2,117 2,105 46,760 49,864 8,519 8,408 44,761 47,864 -6.5
  Eastern 1,462 1,456 32,711 35,459 5,842 5,796 31,301 34,049 -8.1
  Western 655 649 14,049 14,405 2,677 2,612 13,460 13,815 -2.6
Louisiana 111 66 1,670 1,448 411 258 1,583 1,396 13.4
Maryland 63 35 1,035 1,009 251 139 973 975 -0.2
Mississippi 64 48 1,462 1,472 351 324 1,412 1,434 -1.5
Missouri 9 9 189 195 35 34 180 187 -3.6
Montana 822 732 18,214 17,247 3,542 3,035 17,596 16,691 5.4
New Mexico 482 555 10,580 10,789 1,932 2,211 10,118 10,256 -1.3
North Dakota 575 536 12,864 12,947 2,267 2,121 12,289 12,410 -1.0
Ohio 528 524 11,577 12,224 2,139 2,100 11,088 11,738 -5.5
Oklahoma 24 19 533 439 94 74 509 421 21.0
Pennsylvania Total 1,210 1,178 25,870 26,162 4,833 4,690 24,703 25,022 -1.3
  Anthracite 36 33 716 756 141 132 681 723 -5.7
  Bituminous 1,174 1,145 25,154 25,406 4,692 4,557 24,022 24,299 -1.1
Tennessee 41 45 933 1,010 163 178 892 965 -7.6
Texas 741 704 15,704 14,901 3,208 2,931 15,155 14,379 5.4
Utah 437 394 9,508 8,936 1,757 1,575 9,095 8,560 6.3
Virginia 439 336 9,562 8,535 1,782 1,347 9,158 8,224 11.4
West Virginia Total 2,780 2,625 61,547 63,324 11,256 10,518 58,968 60,873 -3.1
  Northern 809 732 18,099 17,722 3,269 2,928 17,344 17,033 1.8
  Southern 1,971 1,893 43,448 45,602 7,987 7,590 41,624 43,840 -5.1
Wyoming 7,665 8,098 180,220 185,533 34,266 35,067 174,558 179,512 -2.8
Appalachian Total 6,913 6,557 151,980 156,397 27,812 26,187 145,443 150,164 -3.1
Interior Total 2,999 2,919 63,729 64,329 12,440 11,952 61,137 61,779 -1.0
Western Total 10,665 11,044 247,794 252,198 46,630 46,983 239,494 243,566 -1.7
East of Miss. River 9,023 8,675 197,507 203,658 36,487 34,829 189,052 195,480 -3.3
West of Miss. River 11,554 11,845 265,995 269,266 50,395 50,293 257,022 260,029 -1.2
Bituminous and Lignite 20,542 20,486 462,786 472,169 86,741 84,989 445,392 454,787 -2.1
Anthracite 36 33 716 756 141 132 681 723 -5.7
U.S. Total 20,577 20,520 463,502 472,924 86,882 85,122 446,073 455,510 -2.1
Railroad Cars Loaded 130,792 129,376 3,012,745 3,085,174 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."