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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/19
Report Released: May 17, 2012
Next Release Date: May 24, 2012




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
5/12/2012 5/5/2012 5/14/2011 5/12/2012 5/12/2011 Percent Change 5/12/2012 5/14/2011 Percent Change
Alabama 353 351 400 6,916 7,703 -10.2 18,450 20,498 -10.0
Alaska 40 41 38 736 820 -10.2 2,058 2,177 -5.5
Arizona 132 132 162 2,501 2,935 -14.8 7,645 7,949 -3.8
Arkansas 1 1 3 22 56 -59.8 99 89 11.9
Colorado 490 661 417 11,161 9,417 18.5 28,838 24,469 17.9
Illinois 659 656 702 12,705 13,038 -2.6 37,060 34,324 8.0
Indiana 673 669 704 12,951 13,719 -5.6 36,772 36,506 0.7
Kansas 2 2 s 32 3 NM 66 96 -31.2
Kentucky Total 1,938 1,927 2,129 38,182 40,384 -5.5 105,381 106,760 -1.3
  Eastern 1,193 1,187 1,361 23,712 25,233 -6.0 65,344 68,169 -4.1
  Western 744 740 767 14,469 15,151 -4.5 40,037 38,591 3.7
Louisiana 98 105 68 1,040 1,134 -8.2 3,754 3,874 -3.1
Maryland 35 35 45 675 858 -21.4 2,363 2,500 -5.5
Mississippi 90 51 86 1,050 945 11.0 2,829 3,612 -21.7
Missouri 9 9 10 158 162 -2.4 459 451 1.8
Montana 740 798 673 12,713 13,529 -6.0 40,600 43,092 -5.8
New Mexico 321 361 599 7,336 8,028 -8.6 21,104 21,273 -0.8
North Dakota 501 485 463 10,341 10,446 -1.0 28,017 28,438 -1.5
Ohio 530 527 523 9,961 10,332 -3.6 27,637 27,008 2.3
Oklahoma 21 21 23 379 417 -9.2 1,100 1,055 4.3
Pennsylvania Total 1,090 1,084 1,156 20,960 22,251 -5.8 59,590 58,603 1.7
  Anthracite 40 39 41 728 823 -11.6 2,192 1,965 11.6
  Bituminous 1,050 1,045 1,115 20,232 21,427 -5.6 57,398 56,638 1.3
Tennessee 28 28 30 573 489 17.2 1,562 1,634 -4.4
Texas 808 783 906 15,291 16,046 -4.7 44,766 42,907 4.3
Utah 190 168 402 4,057 6,674 -39.2 16,759 18,068 -7.2
Virginia 380 378 463 7,298 8,641 -15.5 21,119 23,016 -8.2
West Virginia Total 2,484 2,470 2,764 48,174 51,806 -7.0 130,350 136,209 -4.3
  Northern 791 786 851 15,409 16,589 -7.1 40,560 42,682 -5.0
  Southern 1,693 1,684 1,912 32,765 35,217 -7.0 89,790 93,527 -4.0
Wyoming 6,250 6,143 7,834 139,701 157,111 -11.1 418,881 442,536 -5.3
Appalachian Total 6,093 6,060 6,743 118,269 127,314 -7.1 326,415 337,637 -3.3
Interior Total 3,106 3,037 3,270 58,098 60,672 -4.2 166,941 161,505 3.4
Western Total 8,663 8,788 10,589 188,546 208,960 -9.8 563,902 588,001 -4.1
East of Miss. River 8,260 8,175 9,002 159,444 170,168 -6.3 443,112 450,670 -1.7
West of Miss. River 9,603 9,710 11,599 205,469 226,778 -9.4 614,146 636,474 -3.5
Bituminous and Lignite 17,823 17,846 20,560 364,184 396,122 -8.1 1,055,066 1,085,178 -2.8
Anthracite 40 39 41 728 823 -11.6 2,192 1,965 11.6
U.S. Total 17,863 17,885 20,601 364,913 396,945 -8.1 1,057,259 1,087,143 -2.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 111,933 111,143 132,139 2,271,253 2,535,931 -10.4 6,659,791 6,969,437 -4.4
  [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.
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."