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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/45
Report Released: November 12, 2009
Next Release Date: November 19, 2009




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
11/7/2009 10/31/2009 11/8/2008 11/7/2009 11/7/2008 Percent Change 11/7/2009 11/8/2008 Percent Change
Alabama 393 393 432 16,969 18,042 -5.9 20,082 20,713 -3.0
Alaska 28 28 35 1,430 1,222 17.0 1,685 1,411 19.4
Arizona 135 135 156 6,110 6,894 -11.4 7,241 7,890 -8.2
Arkansas 1 1 2 19 56 -66.6 32 68 -52.7
Colorado 591 591 563 25,717 27,923 -7.9 29,763 32,858 -9.4
Illinois 595 595 694 28,194 28,019 0.6 33,221 31,665 4.9
Indiana 722 722 739 32,201 30,688 4.9 37,529 35,355 6.1
Kansas 5 5 1 171 220 -22.2 180 274 -34.2
Kentucky Total 2,121 2,120 2,356 96,548 103,660 -6.9 113,611 119,087 -4.6
  Eastern 1,512 1,511 1,735 69,096 78,000 -11.4 81,677 89,559 -8.8
  Western 609 609 620 27,452 25,660 7.0 31,934 29,528 8.1
Louisiana 61 52 88 3,185 3,211 -0.8 3,808 3,858 -1.3
Maryland 36 36 75 2,070 2,310 -10.4 2,619 2,614 0.2
Mississippi 73 39 66 2,897 2,595 11.6 3,136 2,980 5.2
Missouri 8 8 6 370 207 78.9 410 240 71.2
Montana 828 827 933 35,176 37,981 -7.4 41,869 44,701 -6.3
New Mexico 590 589 466 21,095 22,277 -5.3 24,453 25,654 -4.7
North Dakota 542 542 592 25,005 25,362 -1.4 29,269 29,419 -0.5
Ohio 500 499 544 23,104 22,314 3.5 27,022 25,564 5.7
Oklahoma 26 26 26 1,016 1,274 -20.3 1,205 1,487 -19.0
Pennsylvania Total 1,158 1,158 1,307 50,937 55,999 -9.0 60,372 64,569 -6.5
  Anthracite 26 26 36 1,327 1,454 -8.7 1,585 1,676 -5.4
  Bituminous 1,133 1,132 1,271 49,610 54,545 -9.0 58,787 62,892 -6.5
Tennessee 47 47 44 2,013 2,013 * 2,333 2,383 -2.1
Texas 699 699 801 31,026 33,185 -6.5 36,754 39,225 -6.3
Utah 419 419 512 18,204 20,630 -11.8 21,927 24,207 -9.4
Virginia 406 406 509 17,782 21,050 -15.5 21,461 23,923 -10.3
West Virginia Total 2,774 2,773 3,038 123,893 135,752 -8.7 145,845 156,084 -6.6
  Northern 791 790 832 34,242 35,054 -2.3 40,287 40,379 -0.2
  Southern 1,984 1,983 2,207 89,651 100,699 -11.0 105,558 115,705 -8.8
Wyoming 7,797 7,459 9,088 363,552 396,838 -8.4 433,193 463,275 -6.5
Appalachian Total 6,826 6,823 7,685 305,864 335,479 -8.8 361,412 385,409 -6.2
Interior Total 2,799 2,755 3,043 126,529 125,114 1.1 148,210 144,680 2.4
Western Total 10,930 10,590 12,346 496,289 539,127 -7.9 589,401 629,414 -6.4
East of Miss. River 8,825 8,788 9,804 396,608 422,441 -6.1 467,231 484,936 -3.7
West of Miss. River 11,729 11,380 13,270 532,075 577,278 -7.8 631,792 674,567 -6.3
Bituminous and Lignite 20,529 20,143 23,039 927,356 998,266 -7.1 1,097,438 1,157,827 -5.2
Anthracite 26 26 36 1,327 1,454 -8.7 1,585 1,676 -5.4
U.S. Total 20,555 20,168 23,075 928,682 999,719 -7.1 1,099,023 1,159,503 -5.2
Railroad Cars Loaded 130,366 127,542 154,103 5,978,330 6,642,698 -10.0 6,988,201 7,631,871 -8.4
  [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, Washington, 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."