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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/05
Report Released: February 09, 2012
Next Release Date: March 08, 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 - January
2/4/2012 2/5/2011 2/4/2012 2/4/2011 January 2012 January 2011 2012 2011 Percent Change
Alabama 369 422 1,860 2,088 1,639 1,755 1,639 1,755 -6.6
Alaska 38 46 191 230 168 193 168 193 -13.0
Arizona 132 155 661 766 582 642 582 642 -9.4
Arkansas 1 3 5 14 5 12 5 12 -60.5
Colorado 611 471 3,148 2,326 2,794 2,028 2,794 2,028 37.8
Illinois 673 701 3,392 3,472 2,994 2,957 2,994 2,957 1.3
Indiana 685 755 3,455 3,736 3,049 3,172 3,049 3,172 -3.9
Kansas 1 s 7 s 7 s 7 s NM
Kentucky Total 2,042 2,195 10,298 10,865 9,084 9,205 9,084 9,205 -1.3
  Eastern 1,273 1,357 6,419 6,721 5,660 5,670 5,660 5,670 -0.2
  Western 769 838 3,879 4,144 3,424 3,535 3,424 3,535 -3.1
Louisiana 44 60 269 316 244 278 244 278 -12.3
Maryland 36 47 180 232 159 195 159 195 -18.6
Mississippi 80 10 334 225 288 219 288 219 31.5
Missouri 8 8 41 41 36 34 36 34 5.5
Montana 545 652 3,095 3,188 2,781 2,791 2,781 2,791 -0.3
New Mexico 411 371 2,055 2,117 1,810 1,831 1,810 1,831 -1.2
North Dakota 570 590 2,808 2,907 2,466 2,435 2,466 2,435 1.3
Ohio 521 572 2,630 2,832 2,321 2,406 2,321 2,406 -3.6
Oklahoma 20 22 98 108 86 91 86 91 -5.4
Pennsylvania Total 1,109 1,218 5,591 6,031 4,930 5,088 4,930 5,088 -3.1
  Anthracite 38 46 190 227 168 191 168 191 -12.1
  Bituminous 1,071 1,172 5,401 5,804 4,762 4,897 4,762 4,897 -2.8
Tennessee 31 25 157 122 139 102 139 102 35.3
Texas 805 818 3,963 4,015 3,501 3,530 3,501 3,530 -0.8
Utah 299 461 1,156 1,972 978 1,621 978 1,621 -39.7
Virginia 386 466 1,945 2,305 1,716 1,960 1,716 1,960 -12.4
West Virginia Total 2,558 2,800 12,901 13,862 11,383 11,769 11,383 11,769 -3.3
  Northern 820 913 4,136 4,518 3,648 3,830 3,648 3,830 -4.7
  Southern 1,738 1,887 8,765 9,343 7,734 7,939 7,734 7,939 -2.6
Wyoming 7,820 7,777 42,992 41,710 38,501 37,084 38,501 37,084 3.8
Appalachian Total 6,282 6,905 31,683 34,192 27,945 28,944 27,945 28,944 -3.5
Interior Total 3,086 3,216 15,444 16,073 13,633 13,828 13,633 13,828 -1.4
Western Total 10,427 10,524 56,107 55,215 50,080 48,626 50,080 48,626 3.0
East of Miss. River 8,489 9,209 42,743 45,770 37,700 38,826 37,700 38,826 -2.9
West of Miss. River 11,306 11,436 60,490 59,711 53,958 52,571 53,958 52,571 2.6
Bituminous and Lignite 19,758 20,599 103,043 105,253 91,490 91,207 91,490 91,207 0.3
Anthracite 38 46 190 227 168 191 168 191 -12.1
U.S. Total 19,796 20,645 103,233 105,480 91,657 91,398 91,657 91,398 0.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 123,759 128,978 648,624 649,179 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."