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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/45
Report Released: November 10, 2011
Next Release Date: December 08, 2011



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 - October
11/5/2011 11/6/2010 11/5/2011 11/5/2010 October 2011 October 2010 2011 2010 Percent Change
Alabama 387 363 17,328 17,563 1,612 1,492 17,019 17,204 -1.1
Alaska 39 48 1,795 1,790 167 199 1,764 1,742 1.3
Arizona 140 164 6,498 6,514 594 683 6,386 6,350 0.6
Arkansas 2 2 112 17 9 8 110 15 NM
Colorado 548 447 23,668 21,728 3,005 2,127 23,264 21,376 8.8
Illinois 651 659 29,271 28,322 2,749 2,745 28,766 27,717 3.8
Indiana 681 728 30,765 29,635 2,866 3,028 30,234 28,955 4.4
Kansas 2 3 38 108 7 14 36 105 -65.1
Kentucky Total 2,043 2,030 91,309 89,435 8,578 8,413 89,707 87,512 2.5
  Eastern 1,305 1,311 57,540 58,050 5,458 5,413 56,508 56,781 -0.5
  Western 738 719 33,769 31,385 3,120 3,000 33,199 30,731 8.0
Louisiana 68 81 3,080 3,243 261 317 3,030 3,178 -4.7
Maryland 36 41 1,840 2,266 151 169 1,811 2,225 -18.6
Mississippi 32 97 2,198 3,359 176 318 2,175 3,282 -33.7
Missouri 9 9 379 391 39 37 372 382 -2.6
Montana 954 1,021 35,099 37,957 4,107 4,317 34,404 37,181 -7.5
New Mexico 346 305 18,490 17,738 1,636 1,555 18,217 17,445 4.4
North Dakota 561 566 23,733 24,739 2,411 2,434 23,284 24,173 -3.7
Ohio 521 516 23,239 22,700 2,195 2,145 22,834 22,220 2.8
Oklahoma 23 20 960 863 96 81 942 844 11.6
Pennsylvania Total 1,128 1,140 50,163 50,074 4,718 4,705 49,271 48,971 0.6
  Anthracite 37 32 1,763 1,524 155 131 1,733 1,492 16.1
  Bituminous 1,091 1,108 48,400 48,550 4,563 4,574 47,538 47,479 0.1
Tennessee 30 34 1,229 1,516 126 139 1,204 1,482 -18.7
Texas 770 828 35,946 34,672 3,531 3,808 35,390 34,058 3.9
Utah 336 316 16,707 16,240 1,708 1,359 16,443 15,939 3.2
Virginia 409 436 19,007 18,984 1,722 1,812 18,689 18,579 0.6
West Virginia Total 2,700 2,645 117,384 114,675 11,361 10,986 115,276 112,204 2.7
  Northern 854 876 36,847 34,473 3,587 3,628 36,178 33,648 7.5
  Southern 1,846 1,769 80,537 80,202 7,774 7,358 79,098 78,556 0.7
Wyoming 8,882 8,421 364,752 373,143 38,969 38,940 358,331 366,883 -2.3
Appalachian Total 6,518 6,486 287,728 285,827 27,342 26,861 282,612 279,665 1.1
Interior Total 2,976 3,146 136,520 131,994 12,855 13,356 134,254 129,266 3.9
Western Total 11,806 11,288 490,742 499,849 52,597 51,614 482,093 491,088 -1.8
East of Miss. River 8,619 8,689 383,733 378,527 36,253 35,952 376,987 370,350 1.8
West of Miss. River 12,680 12,231 531,257 539,142 56,540 55,879 521,973 529,669 -1.5
Bituminous and Lignite 21,262 20,887 913,227 916,145 92,638 91,700 897,226 898,527 -0.1
Anthracite 37 32 1,763 1,524 155 131 1,733 1,492 16.1
U.S. Total 21,300 20,919 914,990 917,669 92,794 91,831 898,959 900,019 -0.1
Railroad Cars Loaded 138,155 135,763 5,977,153 5,995,988 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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."