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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/44
Report Released: November 05, 2009
Next Release Date: November 12, 2009



Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
10/31/2009 10/24/2009 11/1/2008 10/31/2009 10/31/2008 Percent Change 10/31/2009 11/1/2008 Percent Change
Alabama 393 391 426 16,576 17,610 -5.9 20,121 20,679 -2.7
Alaska 28 28 34 1,402 1,187 18.1 1,692 1,406 20.3
Arizona 135 134 154 5,976 6,738 -11.3 7,263 7,880 -7.8
Arkansas 1 1 2 18 54 -66.6 33 68 -50.7
Colorado 591 588 555 25,126 27,360 -8.2 29,735 33,016 -9.9
Illinois 595 593 683 27,598 27,326 1.0 33,319 31,513 5.7
Indiana 722 719 728 31,479 29,949 5.1 37,546 35,301 6.4
Kansas 5 5 1 166 218 -23.9 177 281 -37.0
Kentucky Total 2,120 2,110 2,320 94,427 101,305 -6.8 113,845 119,020 -4.3
  Eastern 1,511 1,504 1,709 67,584 76,265 -11.4 81,900 89,541 -8.5
  Western 609 606 611 26,843 25,040 7.2 31,945 29,479 8.4
Louisiana 52 52 74 3,124 3,124 * 3,835 3,842 -0.2
Maryland 36 36 74 2,034 2,235 -9.0 2,658 2,590 2.6
Mississippi 39 29 66 2,824 2,530 11.6 3,129 2,987 4.8
Missouri 8 8 5 362 202 79.8 408 239 70.6
Montana 827 824 919 34,348 37,049 -7.3 41,975 44,733 -6.2
New Mexico 589 587 459 20,505 21,812 -6.0 24,329 25,696 -5.3
North Dakota 542 540 583 24,462 24,770 -1.2 29,319 29,430 -0.4
Ohio 499 497 536 22,604 21,770 3.8 27,066 25,493 6.2
Oklahoma 26 26 26 990 1,247 -20.7 1,206 1,493 -19.3
Pennsylvania Total 1,158 1,153 1,287 49,779 54,692 -9.0 60,521 64,536 -6.2
  Anthracite 26 26 35 1,301 1,418 -8.3 1,595 1,674 -4.7
  Bituminous 1,132 1,127 1,251 48,478 53,274 -9.0 58,926 62,861 -6.3
Tennessee 47 46 43 1,967 1,969 -0.1 2,331 2,394 -2.7
Texas 699 696 789 30,326 32,385 -6.4 36,856 39,308 -6.2
Utah 419 417 505 17,785 20,118 -11.6 22,021 24,232 -9.1
Virginia 406 404 501 17,376 20,541 -15.4 21,565 23,852 -9.6
West Virginia Total 2,773 2,761 2,992 121,119 132,716 -8.7 146,109 156,041 -6.4
  Northern 790 787 819 33,452 34,223 -2.3 40,328 40,338 *
  Southern 1,983 1,974 2,173 87,667 98,493 -11.0 105,781 115,703 -8.6
Wyoming 7,459 7,903 9,156 355,755 387,741 -8.2 434,484 463,334 -6.2
Appalachian Total 6,823 6,792 7,568 299,038 327,797 -8.8 362,271 385,127 -5.9
Interior Total 2,755 2,733 2,985 123,730 122,075 1.4 148,454 144,511 2.7
Western Total 10,590 11,020 12,364 485,359 526,775 -7.9 590,818 629,726 -6.2
East of Miss. River 8,788 8,739 9,655 387,782 412,641 -6.0 468,210 484,407 -3.3
West of Miss. River 11,380 11,807 13,261 520,345 564,005 -7.7 633,333 674,958 -6.2
Bituminous and Lignite 20,143 20,520 22,882 906,827 975,228 -7.0 1,099,948 1,157,690 -5.0
Anthracite 26 26 35 1,301 1,418 -8.3 1,595 1,674 -4.7
U.S. Total 20,168 20,546 22,917 908,128 976,646 -7.0 1,101,543 1,159,364 -5.0
Railroad Cars Loaded 127,542 131,015 151,751 5,847,964 6,488,595 -9.9 7,011,938 7,630,789 -8.1
  [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."