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
Prices
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- Spot prices (regional)
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- Futures prices (NYMEX near-month contract final settlement price)
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- Average sales price
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- By state and mine type
- Open market and captive sales price by state
- By state and underground mining method
- By state and county, with number of mines
- By state and coal rank
- By mine production range and mine type
- By coal rank
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- Average delivered prices to end use sector by Census division and state
- Price of coal shipments to the electric power sector, by Census division, and state
Reserves
- Demonstrated Reserve Base
- Recoverable reserves
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- At producing mines, estimated recoverable, and Demonstrated Reserve Base; by mine type
- At producing underground coal mines by state and mining method
- At producing mines by mine production range and mine type
- At producing mines by state
Consumption
- Monthly
- Quarterly
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- By sector
- At manufacturing plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code
- Annual
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- By sector (latest year), Census division and state
- By sector (1949-2011)
- By electric power sector, Census division, and state
- By commercial, coke plants, and other industrial, Census division, and state
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
- Quarterly
- Annual
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- By state and mine type
- By state, county, and mine type
- By state and coal rank
- Coal mining productivity & employees by state and mine type
- Detailed mine level production data
- By coal rank and mining method, 1949–2021
Stocks
- Quarterly
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- By consuming sector and by producers
- At coke plants by Census division
- At other industrial plants by Census division and state
- At manufacturing plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code
- At commercial and institutional users by Census division and state
- Coke and breeze stocks at coke plants by Census division
- Monthly by sector
- Annual by sector
Imports, exports & distribution
- Imports by country of origin
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- Quarterly
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- Latest two quarters
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- Quarterly
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- Quarterly
- Data from Bureau of the Census, 'Monthly Report IM 145.'
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- Back to 2002
- Exports by country of destination
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- Quarterly
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- Latest two quarters
- Quarterly
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- Quarterly
- Data from Bureau of the Census, 'Monthly Report EM 545.'
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- Back to 2002
- Distribution
- By origin/destination state, consuming sector, and method of transportation
Metallurgical coal
- Monthly coal consumed by coke plants
- Quarterly
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- Coke Summary statistics
- Coke and breeze production at coke plants
- U.S. metallurgical coal exports
- Average price of U.S. metallurgical coal exports
- Metallurgical coal exports by customs district
- U.S. coke exports
- Average price of U.S. coke exports
- U.S. coke imports
- Average price of U.S. coke imports
- Coal receipts at coke plants by census division
- Average price of coal receipts at coke plants by census division
- Open market sales and average price of coke and breeze
- U.S. coal consumption by end-use sector
- Coal carbonized at coke plants by census division
- U.S. coal stocks
- Coal stocks at coke plants by census division
- Annual
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- Coal disposition by state
- Average number of employees and number of mines by state and coal type
- Average sales price of U.S. coal by use and disposition
Coal-fired electric power plants
- Detailed data from the EIA-860 (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
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- Delivered costs
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- By year and primary transport mode
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- By primary transport mode and supply region
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- From coal basin to state
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- By truck
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- By waterway
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- By railroad
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- From state to state
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- By truck
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- By waterway
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- By railroad
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