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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/18
Report Released: May 10, 2012
Next Release Date: June 07, 2012



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 - April
5/5/2012 5/7/2011 5/5/2012 5/5/2011 April 2012 April 2011 2012 2011 Percent Change
Alabama 351 392 6,562 7,305 1,510 1,664 6,282 6,993 -10.2
Alaska 41 37 696 782 171 158 663 752 -11.8
Arizona 132 158 2,369 2,773 558 670 2,263 2,647 -14.5
Arkansas 1 3 21 53 6 13 20 50 -60.3
Colorado 661 384 10,671 9,008 2,487 2,283 10,184 8,726 16.7
Illinois 656 688 12,046 12,339 2,832 2,932 11,537 11,805 -2.3
Indiana 669 690 12,278 13,018 2,888 2,935 11,755 12,480 -5.8
Kansas 2 s 30 3 9 1 28 3 NM
Kentucky Total 1,927 2,085 36,244 38,265 8,306 8,880 34,734 36,631 -5.2
  Eastern 1,187 1,333 22,519 23,878 5,107 5,669 21,581 22,824 -5.4
  Western 740 751 13,725 14,388 3,199 3,210 13,153 13,807 -4.7
Louisiana 105 19 942 1,079 175 256 865 1,065 -18.8
Maryland 35 44 640 813 150 188 612 779 -21.4
Mississippi 51 36 960 873 151 224 923 846 9.0
Missouri 9 9 150 153 36 39 143 145 -1.7
Montana 798 526 11,973 12,896 2,982 3,120 11,392 12,514 -9.0
New Mexico 361 684 7,016 7,411 1,559 1,871 6,731 6,872 -2.0
North Dakota 485 449 9,840 9,986 2,118 1,972 9,452 9,626 -1.8
Ohio 527 512 9,431 9,812 2,273 2,179 9,021 9,413 -4.2
Oklahoma 21 23 358 394 89 96 341 376 -9.4
Pennsylvania Total 1,084 1,133 19,870 21,099 4,665 4,811 19,014 20,204 -5.9
  Anthracite 39 40 689 782 169 171 657 750 -12.4
  Bituminous 1,045 1,092 19,182 20,317 4,496 4,640 18,356 19,454 -5.6
Tennessee 28 29 545 459 119 124 523 436 20.0
Texas 783 878 14,482 15,148 3,481 3,899 13,916 14,513 -4.1
Utah 168 342 3,867 6,285 833 1,313 3,736 6,017 -37.9
Virginia 378 454 6,917 8,179 1,633 1,936 6,623 7,826 -15.4
West Virginia Total 2,470 2,707 45,691 49,055 10,657 11,534 43,763 46,943 -6.8
  Northern 786 834 14,619 15,742 3,390 3,549 14,003 15,089 -7.2
  Southern 1,684 1,873 31,072 33,313 7,266 7,985 29,760 31,854 -6.6
Wyoming 6,143 7,150 133,451 149,467 26,761 35,235 129,009 144,298 -10.6
Appalachian Total 6,060 6,603 112,176 120,601 26,114 28,106 107,419 115,418 -6.9
Interior Total 3,037 3,098 54,991 57,446 12,867 13,607 52,681 55,090 -4.4
Western Total 8,788 9,729 179,883 198,608 37,468 46,622 173,431 191,451 -9.4
East of Miss. River 8,175 8,769 151,184 161,218 35,184 37,408 144,787 154,356 -6.2
West of Miss. River 9,710 10,661 195,866 215,437 41,265 50,927 188,744 207,603 -9.1
Bituminous and Lignite 17,846 19,389 346,361 375,873 76,280 88,164 332,874 361,209 -7.8
Anthracite 39 40 689 782 169 171 657 750 -12.4
U.S. Total 17,885 19,430 347,050 376,655 76,449 88,335 333,531 361,959 -7.9
Railroad Cars Loaded 111,143 122,604 2,159,320 2,413,327 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."