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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/49
Report Released: December 10, 2009
Next Release Date: February 11, 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 - November
12/5/2009 12/6/2008 12/5/2009 12/5/2008 November 2009 November 2008 2009 2008 Percent Change
Alabama 389 426 18,512 19,731 1,626 1,700 18,202 19,310 -5.7
Alaska 28 34 1,541 1,358 117 137 1,519 1,324 14.7
Arizona 133 154 6,640 7,505 557 613 6,533 7,351 -11.1
Arkansas 1 2 21 63 3 7 21 61 -66.3
Colorado 586 554 28,038 30,123 2,481 2,325 27,606 29,686 -7.0
Illinois 590 683 30,532 30,728 2,476 2,776 30,074 30,101 -0.1
Indiana 715 728 35,036 33,575 2,999 2,946 34,478 32,895 4.8
Kansas 5 1 189 225 19 5 185 224 -17.2
Kentucky Total 2,101 2,318 104,875 112,858 8,798 9,344 103,225 110,649 -6.7
   Eastern 1,498 1,707 75,032 84,775 6,264 6,856 73,848 83,121 -11.2
   Western 603 611 29,843 28,083 2,534 2,488 29,377 27,528 6.7
Louisiana 67 82 3,519 3,551 346 362 3,470 3,486 -0.5
Maryland 36 74 2,213 2,605 151 297 2,184 2,532 -13.7
Mississippi 48 63 3,181 2,659 322 79 3,146 2,609 20.6
Missouri 8 5 402 229 33 22 396 223 77.3
Montana 820 918 38,426 41,627 3,481 3,880 37,829 40,929 -7.6
New Mexico 584 458 23,409 24,096 2,444 1,844 22,949 23,656 -3.0
North Dakota 537 582 27,133 27,673 2,241 2,320 26,704 27,091 -1.4
Ohio 495 536 25,065 24,440 2,076 2,172 24,680 23,942 3.1
Oklahoma 26 26 1,118 1,376 108 103 1,097 1,350 -18.7
Pennsylvania Total 1,147 1,286 55,485 61,100 4,799 5,164 54,578 59,856 -8.8
   Anthracite 25 35 1,428 1,593 106 140 1,407 1,558 -9.7
   Bituminous 1,122 1,251 54,057 59,507 4,693 5,024 53,171 58,298 -8.8
Tennessee 46 43 2,197 2,184 193 172 2,160 2,141 0.9
Texas 693 788 33,771 36,314 2,945 3,344 33,271 35,730 -6.9
Utah 415 504 19,849 22,631 1,738 2,033 19,523 22,151 -11.9
Virginia 402 501 19,375 23,038 1,686 2,032 19,062 22,573 -15.6
West Virginia Total 2,767 2,990 134,933 147,617 11,656 12,109 132,774 144,825 -8.3
   Northern 783 818 37,346 38,301 3,282 3,307 36,733 37,530 -2.1
   Southern 1,984 2,171 97,587 109,316 8,374 8,802 96,041 107,295 -10.5
Wyoming 8,442 9,765 396,557 434,617 34,698 39,616 390,453 427,357 -8.6
Appalachian Total 6,780 7,562 332,811 365,489 28,450 30,503 327,488 358,300 -8.6
Interior Total 2,755 2,988 137,612 136,803 11,784 12,133 135,514 134,208 1.0
Western Total 11,545 12,971 541,593 589,629 47,757 52,769 533,116 579,543 -8.0
East of Miss. River 8,737 9,646 431,403 460,534 36,781 38,793 424,563 451,434 -6.0
West of Miss. River 12,343 13,875 580,614 631,387 51,210 56,612 571,556 620,617 -7.9
Bituminous and Lignite 21,054 23,487 1,010,589 1,090,328 87,885 95,264 994,711 1,070,493 -7.1
Anthracite 25 35 1,428 1,593 106 140 1,407 1,558 -9.7
U.S. Total 21,080 23,522 1,012,017 1,091,921 87,991 95,405 996,119 1,072,051 -7.1
Railroad Cars Loaded 133,472 154,595 6,506,352 7,247,314 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."