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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/05
Report Released: February 09, 2012
Next Release Date: February 16, 2012




Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
2/4/2012 1/28/2012 2/5/2011 2/4/2012 2/4/2011 Percent Change 2/4/2012 2/5/2011 Percent Change
Alabama 369 372 422 1,860 2,088 -11.0 19,738 20,509 -3.8
Alaska 38 37 46 191 230 -17.1 2,035 2,169 -6.2
Arizona 132 129 155 661 766 -13.7 7,756 7,806 -0.6
Arkansas 1 1 3 5 14 -62.4 123 47 164.6
Colorado 611 581 471 3,148 2,326 35.4 28,549 24,724 15.5
Illinois 673 679 701 3,392 3,472 -2.3 36,363 33,798 7.6
Indiana 685 692 755 3,455 3,736 -7.5 36,452 35,746 2.0
Kansas 1 1 s 7 s NM 41 123 -67.0
Kentucky Total 2,042 2,062 2,195 10,298 10,865 -5.2 107,960 105,991 1.9
  Eastern 1,273 1,286 1,357 6,419 6,721 -4.5 67,945 68,437 -0.7
  Western 769 777 838 3,879 4,144 -6.4 40,015 37,554 6.6
Louisiana 44 54 60 269 316 -14.9 3,675 3,892 -5.6
Maryland 36 36 47 180 232 -22.2 2,229 2,594 -14.1
Mississippi 80 67 10 334 225 48.4 2,861 3,865 -26.0
Missouri 8 8 8 41 41 0.5 459 456 0.6
Montana 545 370 652 3,095 3,188 -2.9 41,420 44,051 -6.0
New Mexico 411 411 371 2,055 2,117 -2.9 22,150 21,041 5.3
North Dakota 570 561 590 2,808 2,907 -3.4 27,378 28,873 -5.2
Ohio 521 527 572 2,630 2,832 -7.1 27,233 26,915 1.2
Oklahoma 20 19 22 98 108 -9.9 1,121 1,026 9.2
Pennsylvania Total 1,109 1,120 1,218 5,591 6,031 -7.3 59,734 58,973 1.3
  Anthracite 38 38 46 190 227 -16.2 2,153 1,842 16.9
  Bituminous 1,071 1,082 1,172 5,401 5,804 -6.9 57,581 57,131 0.8
Tennessee 31 32 25 157 122 28.8 1,557 1,746 -10.8
Texas 805 791 818 3,963 4,015 -1.3 44,387 41,295 7.5
Utah 299 219 461 1,156 1,972 -41.4 18,351 19,231 -4.6
Virginia 386 389 466 1,945 2,305 -15.7 21,944 22,637 -3.1
West Virginia Total 2,558 2,584 2,800 12,901 13,862 -6.9 135,540 135,704 -0.1
  Northern 820 828 913 4,136 4,518 -8.5 42,092 41,836 0.6
  Southern 1,738 1,755 1,887 8,765 9,343 -6.2 93,448 93,868 -0.4
Wyoming 7,820 8,344 7,777 42,992 41,710 3.1 436,377 443,389 -1.6
Appalachian Total 6,282 6,345 6,905 31,683 34,192 -7.3 335,919 337,514 -0.5
Interior Total 3,086 3,090 3,216 15,444 16,073 -3.9 165,496 157,802 4.9
Western Total 10,427 10,652 10,524 56,107 55,215 1.6 584,016 591,284 -1.2
East of Miss. River 8,489 8,560 9,209 42,743 45,770 -6.6 451,610 448,478 0.7
West of Miss. River 11,306 11,527 11,436 60,490 59,711 1.3 633,822 638,122 -0.7
Bituminous and Lignite 19,758 20,049 20,599 103,043 105,253 -2.1 1,083,279 1,084,758 -0.1
Anthracite 38 38 46 190 227 -16.2 2,153 1,842 16.9
U.S. Total 19,796 20,087 20,645 103,233 105,480 -2.1 1,085,432 1,086,600 -0.1
Railroad Cars Loaded 123,759 125,857 128,978 648,624 649,179 -0.1 6,927,075 6,967,796 -0.6
  [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."