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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production


Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/18
Report Released: May 09, 2013
Next Release Date: June 06, 2013
  Week Ended Year-To-Date1 Month Ended January - April
Coal-Producing Region and State
(thousand short tons) 		5/4/2013 5/5/2012 5/4/2013 5/4/2012 April 2013 April 2012 2013 2012 Percent Change
Alabama 381 403 6,726 7,087 1,684 1,733 6,498 6,768 -4.0
Alaska 44 42 740 759 194 176 714 725 -1.5
Arizona 126 154 2,069 2,941 558 651 1,993 2,818 -29.3
Arkansas 2 1 36 26 11 4 35 26 35.0
Colorado 340 607 6,724 9,703 1,636 2,285 6,527 9,319 -30.0
Illinois 843 958 15,440 16,252 3,701 4,138 14,941 15,548 -3.9
Indiana 695 699 12,565 13,133 3,053 3,017 12,153 12,610 -3.6
Kansas 1 s 13 5 3 2 12 4 NM
Kentucky Total 1,788 1,737 32,408 35,102 7,865 7,490 31,346 33,794 -7.2
  Eastern 933 945 17,540 19,708 4,112 4,065 16,983 18,976 -10.5
  Western 856 793 14,868 15,395 3,753 3,425 14,362 14,818 -3.1
Louisiana 72 121 1,168 1,089 311 202 1,126 1,012 11.3
Maryland 28 45 607 805 123 191 590 770 -23.4
Mississippi 6 50 1,048 971 232 150 1,044 940 11.1
Missouri 7 8 133 156 31 35 129 149 -13.3
Montana 819 666 11,688 12,317 3,626 2,487 11,217 11,913 -5.8
New Mexico 403 376 6,872 6,708 1,320 1,625 6,632 6,419 3.3
North Dakota 506 486 9,583 9,702 2,311 2,120 9,280 9,314 -0.4
Ohio 528 568 9,688 9,884 2,318 2,452 9,376 9,462 -0.9
Oklahoma 19 21 308 383 86 87 297 366 -19.0
Pennsylvania Total 1,070 1,126 19,202 20,511 4,716 4,847 18,563 19,639 -5.5
  Anthracite 43 48 799 801 190 207 773 763 1.3
  Bituminous 1,027 1,078 18,403 19,710 4,526 4,640 17,790 18,876 -5.8
Tennessee 23 28 443 491 103 122 429 468 -8.4
Texas 804 780 14,309 13,801 3,585 3,464 13,847 13,338 3.8
Utah 364 216 4,731 5,803 1,194 1,071 4,514 5,639 -19.9
Virginia 326 402 6,189 7,150 1,432 1,734 5,995 6,852 -12.5
West Virginia Total 2,355 2,308 42,618 44,523 10,352 9,959 41,220 42,797 -3.7
  Northern 797 748 14,171 15,143 3,508 3,227 13,697 14,578 -6.0
  Southern 1,558 1,560 28,447 29,380 6,844 6,732 27,523 28,219 -2.5
Wyoming 6,957 6,331 125,911 137,104 28,233 27,583 121,915 133,338 -8.6
Appalachian Total 5,643 5,825 103,012 110,159 24,840 25,104 99,654 105,733 -5.7
Interior Total 3,306 3,430 59,889 61,210 14,765 14,523 57,947 58,812 -1.5
Western Total 9,559 8,878 168,319 185,037 39,072 37,997 162,792 179,485 -9.3
East of Miss. River 8,043 8,325 146,933 155,910 35,580 35,833 142,155 149,649 -5.0
West of Miss. River 10,464 9,808 184,287 200,496 43,098 41,791 178,239 194,380 -8.3
Bituminous and Lignite 18,465 18,085 330,421 355,605 78,488 77,417 319,620 343,266 -6.9
Anthracite 43 48 799 801 190 207 773 763 1.3
U.S. Total 18,508 18,133 331,220 356,406 78,678 77,624 320,394 344,029 -6.9
Railroad Cars Loaded 113,569 111,143 2,040,863 2,159,320 - - - - - - - - - -
  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."