Notice: We have revised Table 3b, Average annual coal transportation costs from coal basin to
state by waterway. We updated this table to include the omitted data for New Hampshire and to correct a
transcription error.
Find statistics on coal production, consumption, exports, imports, stocks, mining, and prices.
Summary
- Coal overview
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- Monthly
- Release Date: November 26, 2024 |Data from: Monthly Energy Review|Interactive data from: Total Energy Browser
- Available formats: PDFCSVXLS|Interactive
- Annual
- Release Date: September 27, 2012 |Data from: Annual Energy Review, 1949 through 2011 (no longer updated)
- Available formats: PDFXLS
Prices
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- Spot prices (regional)
- Released: Weekly (on Mondays) from Coal Market Report
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- Futures prices (NYMEX near-month contract final settlement price)
- Released: Weekly (on Mondays) from Coal Market Report
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- Average sales price
- Release Date: October 30, 2024 |Data from: Annual Coal Report|Interactive data from: Coal Data Browser
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- Open market and captive sales price by state
- Available formats: PDFXLSX|Interactive
- By state and coal rank
- Available formats: PDF XLSX|Interactive
- By coal rank
- Release Date: September 27, 2012 |Data from: Annual Energy Review, 1949 through 2011 (no longer updated)
- Available formats: PDFXLS
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- Average delivered prices to end use sector by Census division and state
- Release Date: October 30, 2024 |Data from: Annual Coal Report|Available formats: PDFXLSX
- Price of coal shipments to the electric power sector, by Census division, and state
- Available formats: Interactive
Reserves
- Demonstrated Reserve Base
- Release Date: October 4, 2021 |Data from: U.S. Coal Reserves
- Recoverable reserves
- Release Date: October 30, 2024 |Data from: Annual Coal Report|Interactive data from: Coal Data Browser
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- At producing mines, estimated recoverable, and Demonstrated Reserve Base; by mine type
- Available formats: PDF XLSX
- At producing mines by state
- Available formats: PDF XLSX| Interactive
Consumption
- Monthly
- Release Date: November 26, 2024 |Data from: Monthly Energy Review
- Interactive data from: Coal Data Browser
- Available formats: PDFCSVXLS| Interactive
- Quarterly
- Release Date: October 2, 2024 |Data from: Quarterly Coal Report
- Annual
- Interactive data from: Coal Data Browser
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- By sector (latest year), Census division and state
- Release Date: October 30, 2024 |Data from: Annual Coal Report|Available formats: PDFXLSX
- By sector (1949-2011)
- Release Date: September 27, 2012 |Data from: Annual Energy Review, 1949 through 2011 (no longer updated)
- Available formats: PDFXLS| Interactive
- By electric power sector, Census division, and state
- Available formats: Interactive
- By commercial, coke plants, and other industrial, Census division, and state
- Available formats: Interactive
Production
- Detailed data from the EIA-7APDF and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (back to 1983)
- Production, company and mine information, operation type, union status, labor hours, and number of employees
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- Weekly estimates
- Released: Weekly (on Thursday)|from: Weekly Coal Production Report
- Quarterly
- Release Date: October 2, 2024 |Data from: Quarterly Coal Report
- Available formats: PDF XLSX
- Annual
- Release Date: October 30, 2024 |Data from: Annual Coal Report|Interactive data from: Coal Data Browser
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- By state and mine type
- Available formats: PDF XLSX|Interactive
- Detailed mine level production data
- Available formats: Interactive
Stocks
- Quarterly
- Release Date: October 2, 2024 |Data from: Quarterly Coal Report
- Monthly by sector
- Release Date: November 26, 2024 |Data from: Monthly Energy Review|Interactive data from Total Energy Browser
- Available formats: PDFCSVXLS|Interactive
- Annual by sector
- Release Date: September 27, 2012 |Data from: Annual Energy Review, 1949 through 2011 (no longer updated)
- Available formats: PDF XLS
Imports, exports & distribution
- Imports by country of origin
- Interactive data from: Coal Data Browser
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- Quarterly
- Release Date: October 2, 2024 |Data from: Quarterly Coal Report
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- Quarterly
- Available formats: Interactive
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- Quarterly
- Data from Bureau of the Census, 'Monthly Report IM 145.'
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- Back to 2002
- Available formats: XLS| Interactive
- Exports by country of destination
- Interactive data from: Coal Data Browser
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- Quarterly
- Release Date: October 2, 2024 |Data from: Quarterly Coal Report
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- Quarterly
- Available formats: Interactive
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- Quarterly
- Data from Bureau of the Census, 'Monthly Report EM 545.'
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- Back to 2002
- Available formats: XLS| Interactive
- Distribution
- By origin/destination state, consuming sector, and method of transportation
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- Quarterly
- Release Date: October 1, 2024 |Data from: Quarterly Coal Distribution Report
- Annual
- Release Date: October 30, 2024 |Data from: Annual Coal Distribution Report
Metallurgical coal
- Monthly coal consumed by coke plants
- Release Date: November 26, 2024 |Data from: Monthly Energy Review|Interactive data from Coal Data Browser
- Available formats: PDFCSVXLS|Interactive
- Quarterly
- Release Date: October 2, 2024 |Data from: Quarterly Coal Report
- Annual
- Release Date: October 30, 2024 |Data from: Annual Coal Report
Coal-fired electric power plants
- Detailed EIA-860 XLS data back to 2003
- Capacity, energy source, date of first operation, and planned retirement date for coal-fired generating units
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Transportation costs to electric power sector
- Real and nominal average transportation costs (back to 2008) - methodology
- Release Date: May 2, 2022|Data from: Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report"
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- Delivered costs
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- By year and primary transport mode
- Available formats: Real (XLS) Nominal (XLS)
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- By primary transport mode and supply region
- Available formats: Real (XLS) Nominal (XLS)
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- From coal basin to state
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- By truck
- Available formats: Real (XLS) Nominal (XLS)
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- By waterway
- Available formats: Real (XLS) Nominal (XLS)
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- By railroad
- Available formats: Real (XLS) Nominal (XLS)
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- From state to state
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- By truck
- Available formats: Real (XLS) Nominal (XLS)
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- By waterway
- Available formats: Real (XLS) Nominal (XLS)
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- By railroad
- Available formats: Real (XLS) Nominal (XLS)
Regular Weekly Releases*
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- Coal Markets (*Formerly Weekly NYMEX Coal Futures and Coal News & Markets)
Thursday
- *No releases: Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday. Releases change on weeks with Federal holidays.
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