Release Date: June 2009
Next Release Date: February 2010 

• Findings
• Oil and Gas Production
• Petroleum Refining
• Costs Incurred &
  Capital Expenditures
• Electric Power
  Generation Capacity
• Uranium Production
• Coal Production
• Net FDI Capital Flows

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Coal Production

Coal production in the United States by FDI-affiliates declined in 2006, as the increase at the largest producer, Rio Tinto (Australia and England and Wales), failed to offset production declines by the others (see table below). The largest decline was from Scottish Power, which sold its U.S. coal operations along with its regulated electric power operations in March. Trans Alta (Canada) also experienced a relatively large decline in production at its Centralia mine in Washington, which was finally closed in November 2006. The share of U.S. coal production by foreign direct investors also declined as total U.S. production increased (see figure).

Coal Production in the United States by FDI-Affiliate Companies, 2005 and 2006
(Million Short Tons)
Foreign Parent (Country)	2005	2006	2005 - 2006 Percent Change
Rio Tinto (Australia and England & Wales)	128.6	138.1	7.4
BHP Billiton (Australia)	16.8	15.4	-8.3
TransAlta (Canada)a	R5.2	2.6	-50.0
Scottish Powerb	9.4	E2.2	-77.0
Total FDI-Affiliate Companies	R160.0	158.3	-1.1
Total United States	1,131.5	1,162.8	2.8
Percent FDI-Affiliate Companies	R14.1	13.6	- -
aTransAlta produced 5.8, 6.2, and 5.3 million short tons in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
bProduction estimated in 2006.
Notes:  - - = Not applicable.  NM = Not meaningful.  R = Revised data.  Some company data may be sales, not production.  Calculations performed with unrounded data.
Sources: Companies:  National Mining Association, "2006 Coal Producer Survey," (May 2007, Washington, DC) Table 1, and previous issue.  U.S. Totals:  Energy Information Administration, Annual Coal Report 2007, DOE/EIA-0584(2007) (Washington, DC, October 2008), Table ES1, and previous issue.