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Weekly Coal Production

Data for week ended: May 11, 2013  |  Release date:  May 16, 2013  |  Next release date: May 23, 2013  

For the week ended May 11, 2013:
  • U.S. coal production totaled approximately 18.5 million short tons (mmst)
  • This production estimate is 0.2 percent lower than last week's estimate and 1.8 percent higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2012
  • Coal production east of the Mississippi River totaled 8.1 mmst
  • Coal production west of the Mississippi River totaled 10.3 mmst
  • U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 349.7 mmst, 6.6 percent lower than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2012


    EIA revises its first-round weekly estimates of State-level coal production using Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) quarterly coal production data. After revision, EIA's State-level weekly numbers summed for the quarter match the MSHA data.

    Data for 2012 are revised to match MSHA. Data for 2013 are preliminary EIA estimates.

    State Month ended April 2013 Month ended April 2012 January thru April 2013 Total
    Alabama 1,684 1,733 6,498
    Alaska 194 176 714
    Arizona 558 651 1,993
    Arkansas 11 4 35
    Colorado 1,636 2,285 6,527
    Illinois 3,701 4,138 14,941
    Indiana 3,053 3,017 12,153
    Kansas 3 2 12
    Kentucky 7,865 7,490 31,346
    Louisiana 311 202 1,126
    Maryland 123 191 590
    Mississippi 232 150 1,044
    Missouri 31 35 129
    Montana 3,626 2,487 11,217
    New Mexico 1,320 1,625 6,632
    North Dakota 2,311 2,120 9,280
    Ohio 2,318 2,452 9,376
    Oklahoma 86 87 297
    Pennsylvania 4,716 4,847 18,563
    Tennessee 103 122 429
    Texas 3,585 3,464 13,847
    Utah 1,194 1,071 4,514
    Virginia 1,432 1,734 5,995
    West Virginia 10,352 9,959 41,220
    Wyoming 28,233 27,583 121,915



    • U.S. monthly coal production for April 2013


    thousand short tons
    Current estimates*  
    weekly
    monthly
    *Tables contain both current EIA original estimates (shaded) and revised estimates (not shaded). The revised estimates (not shaded) include the most recent MSHA data available as of the release date of the table. Most recent MSHA data available are for the fourth quarter of 2012.

     

    Revised estimates**  
    2012 weekly    monthly
    previous years
    **As of week ended March 23, 2013, fourth quarter 2012 EIA original estimates have been revised to match actual fourth quarter 2012 MSHA production. Tables contain only revised estimates.

     

    See also:

    · Archive of original estimates (2002-current)
    · Evaluation of coal production estimates