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Weekly U.S. Coal Production


Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/20
Report Released: May 23, 2013
Next Release Date: May 30, 2013
  Week Ended  Year-To-Date1 52 Weeks Ended

Coal-Producing Region and State
(thousand short tons)

 5/18/2013 5/11/2013 5/19/2012 5/18/2013 5/18/2012 Percent Change 5/18/2013 5/19/2012 Percent Change
Alabama 379 383 406 7,488 7,899 -5.2 19,274 19,106 0.9
Alaska 44 44 41 828 841 -1.6 2,039 2,124 -4.0
Arizona 125 127 153 2,321 3,248 -28.5 6,567 8,229 -20.2
Arkansas 2 2 1 41 28 46.5 111 102 9.5
Colorado 353 378 422 7,455 10,594 -29.6 25,385 27,932 -9.1
Illinois 838 848 965 17,126 18,180 -5.8 47,091 42,098 11.9
Indiana 690 698 705 13,953 14,540 -4.0 36,046 37,680 -4.3
Kansas 1 1 s 14 5 NM 25 39 -37.0
Kentucky Total 1,777 1,798 1,750 35,983 38,599 -6.8 87,950 104,458 -15.8
  Eastern 927 938 952 19,404 21,609 -10.2 46,351 62,575 -25.9
  Western 851 860 799 16,579 16,990 -2.4 41,599 41,883 -0.7
Louisiana 71 72 97 1,311 1,302 0.7 3,979 3,906 1.9
Maryland 28 28 45 662 895 -26.0 1,890 2,749 -31.3
Mississippi 57 49 23 1,154 1,086 6.2 3,018 2,795 8.0
Missouri 7 7 8 147 172 -14.6 397 464 -14.5
Montana 861 903 584 13,452 13,529 -0.6 36,547 40,998 -10.9
New Mexico 448 358 292 7,679 7,336 4.7 22,789 20,554 10.9
North Dakota 503 522 483 10,609 10,686 -0.7 27,452 27,933 -1.7
Ohio 524 530 573 10,743 11,028 -2.6 27,262 28,263 -3.5
Oklahoma 19 19 20 347 424 -18.1 977 1,122 -12.9
Pennsylvania Total 1,063 1,075 1,135 21,340 22,778 -6.3 54,377 59,194 -8.1
  Anthracite 43 43 49 885 898 -1.5 2,349 2,334 0.6
  Bituminous 1,020 1,032 1,086 20,455 21,880 -6.5 52,029 56,860 -8.5
Tennessee 23 24 29 489 548 -10.7 1,243 1,495 -16.9
Texas 800 830 775 15,939 15,381 3.6 44,636 44,226 0.9
Utah 504 392 325 5,626 6,369 -11.7 15,691 18,808 -16.6
Virginia 324 328 405 6,840 7,959 -14.1 17,785 21,350 -16.7
West Virginia Total 2,340 2,368 2,326 47,326 49,170 -3.8 118,217 128,965 -8.3
  Northern 792 802 754 15,765 16,649 -5.3 40,487 40,954 -1.1
  Southern 1,548 1,566 1,572 31,560 32,521 -3.0 77,730 88,011 -11.7
Wyoming 7,083 6,682 6,478 139,676 150,005 -6.9 390,281 422,446 -7.6
Appalachian Total 5,608 5,673 5,870 114,293 121,886 -6.2 286,399 323,697 -11.5
Interior Total 3,336 3,387 3,393 66,612 68,109 -2.2 177,879 174,314 2.0
Western Total 9,920 9,406 8,778 187,645 202,608 -7.4 526,750 569,023 -7.4
East of Miss. River 8,043 8,128 8,361 163,105 172,683 -5.5 414,153 448,153 -7.6
West of Miss. River 10,821 10,337 9,680 205,444 219,920 -6.6 576,874 618,881 -6.8
Bituminous and Lignite 18,821 18,422 17,993 367,664 391,705 -6.1 988,679 1,064,700 -7.1
Anthracite 43 43 49 885 898 -1.5 2,349 2,334 0.6
U.S. Total 18,864 18,466 18,042 368,549 392,603 -6.1 991,028 1,067,034 -7.1
Railroad Cars Loaded 114,504 112,211 111,191 2,267,578 2,382,444 -4.8 6,109,665 6,639,457 -8.0
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."