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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/49
Report Released: December 08, 2011
Next Release Date: January 05, 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 - November
12/3/2011 12/4/2010 12/3/2011 12/3/2010 November 2011 November 2010 2011 2010 Percent Change
Alabama 395 373 18,859 19,005 1,681 1,581 18,701 18,784 -0.4
Alaska 41 49 1,951 1,977 171 206 1,935 1,948 -0.7
Arizona 146 167 7,055 7,156 611 705 6,996 7,055 -0.8
Arkansas 2 2 120 25 9 9 119 24 NM
Colorado 531 406 25,639 23,464 2,151 1,896 25,415 23,272 9.2
Illinois 664 676 31,848 30,939 2,811 2,850 31,577 30,567 3.3
Indiana 695 747 33,460 32,527 2,943 3,154 33,177 32,108 3.3
Kansas 2 3 44 121 7 14 43 119 -63.4
Kentucky Total 2,084 2,081 99,393 97,494 8,841 8,799 98,548 96,311 2.3
  Eastern 1,332 1,344 62,705 63,255 5,660 5,693 62,168 62,474 -0.5
  Western 752 737 36,688 34,240 3,181 3,106 36,380 33,837 7.5
Louisiana 96 98 3,350 3,617 280 392 3,309 3,570 -7.3
Maryland 37 42 1,983 2,428 157 178 1,968 2,404 -18.1
Mississippi 68 42 2,475 3,649 271 346 2,446 3,629 -32.6
Missouri 10 9 416 426 40 38 412 420 -2.0
Montana 993 943 39,031 41,580 4,206 3,969 38,610 41,150 -6.2
New Mexico 475 474 20,218 19,395 1,809 1,677 20,026 19,122 4.7
North Dakota 556 561 25,937 26,963 2,430 2,454 25,714 26,626 -3.4
Ohio 531 530 25,301 24,750 2,251 2,235 25,085 24,455 2.6
Oklahoma 24 20 1,050 939 99 84 1,041 928 12.2
Pennsylvania Total 1,151 1,169 54,627 54,600 4,892 4,951 54,163 53,922 0.4
  Anthracite 38 33 1,910 1,653 162 141 1,895 1,633 16.1
  Bituminous 1,113 1,136 52,717 52,948 4,730 4,810 52,268 52,289 *
Tennessee 31 35 1,348 1,650 131 148 1,336 1,629 -18.0
Texas 763 820 38,971 37,923 3,256 3,501 38,646 37,559 2.9
Utah 420 446 18,261 17,587 1,648 1,393 18,091 17,332 4.4
Virginia 417 447 20,624 20,715 1,765 1,887 20,454 20,466 -0.1
West Virginia Total 2,755 2,712 128,068 125,177 11,671 11,452 126,948 123,656 2.7
  Northern 871 898 40,225 37,951 3,694 3,796 39,872 37,443 6.5
  Southern 1,883 1,814 87,842 87,225 7,977 7,656 87,076 86,213 1.0
Wyoming 9,219 8,981 400,365 408,528 38,110 37,640 396,441 404,522 -2.0
Appalachian Total 6,648 6,651 313,515 311,581 28,210 28,125 310,822 307,790 1.0
Interior Total 3,076 3,155 148,423 144,406 12,898 13,494 147,152 142,760 3.1
Western Total 12,382 12,027 538,457 546,650 51,136 49,939 533,229 541,027 -1.4
East of Miss. River 8,828 8,853 417,986 412,936 37,416 37,581 414,403 407,931 1.6
West of Miss. River 13,278 12,980 582,409 589,701 54,828 53,977 576,800 583,646 -1.2
Bituminous and Lignite 22,068 21,800 998,484 1,000,984 92,082 91,418 989,308 989,944 -0.1
Anthracite 38 33 1,910 1,653 162 141 1,895 1,633 16.1
U.S. Total 22,106 21,833 1,000,394 1,002,637 92,244 91,558 991,203 991,577 *
Railroad Cars Loaded 145,591 140,924 6,528,808 6,541,974 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."