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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report: Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview #33
Released Date: August 21, 2008
Next Released: Date August 28, 2008
Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State		 Week Ended  Year-To-Date[1] 52 Weeks Ended
8/16/2008 8/9/2008 8/18/2007 8/16/2008 8/16/2007 Percent Change 8/16/2008 8/18/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 393 382 381 13,160 12,215 7.7 20,389 18,875 8.0
Alaska 28 27 14 915 883 3.6 1,353 1,422 -4.9
Arizona 160 156 165 4,548 5,111 -11.0 7,387 8,197 -9.9
Arkansas 1 1 2 42 49 -15.5 75 61 21.4
Colorado 824 801 743 23,162 22,754 1.8 36,596 36,928 -0.9
Illinois 608 591 608 19,953 22,476 -11.2 30,197 34,890 -13.4
Indiana 713 693 727 22,372 22,011 1.6 35,204 35,194 *
Kansas 6 6 8 242 272 -10.9 389 475 -18.1
Kentucky Total 2,419 2,352 2,263 75,974 73,347 3.6 117,673 116,284 1.2
  Eastern 1,826 1,775 1,700 56,710 55,550 2.1 88,067 88,413 -0.4
  Western 593 577 563 19,263 17,796 8.2 29,606 27,871 6.2
Louisiana 87 84 53 2,520 1,676 50.3 3,957 3,271 21.0
Maryland 42 41 42 1,419 1,409 0.7 2,303 2,809 -18.0
Mississippi 97 69 80 2,286 2,309 -1.0 3,501 3,654 -4.2
Missouri 4 4 4 143 145 -1.6 233 245 -4.9
Montana 854 830 915 28,080 25,746 9.1 45,475 41,872 8.6
New Mexico 505 491 420 14,096 15,618 -9.7 22,840 25,542 -10.6
North Dakota 574 558 619 17,844 18,466 -3.4 28,861 30,256 -4.6
Ohio 475 462 469 15,313 13,721 11.6 24,064 22,032 9.2
Oklahoma 37 36 33 1,107 1,049 5.5 1,699 1,728 -1.7
Pennsylvania Total 1,297 1,261 1,229 42,333 41,972 0.9 65,293 65,585 -0.4
  Anthracite 25 24 30 1,010 985 2.5 1,587 1,544 2.8
  Bituminous 1,273 1,237 1,199 41,323 40,987 0.8 63,705 64,040 -0.5
Tennessee 53 52 50 1,644 1,655 -0.6 2,634 2,652 -0.7
Texas 794 772 869 25,195 25,548 -1.4 41,354 42,709 -3.2
Utah 482 469 421 15,871 15,127 4.9 24,960 24,725 1.0
Virginia 488 474 459 14,901 17,284 -13.8 22,977 27,998 -17.9
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 736 -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,195 3,106 3,025 100,233 97,833 2.5 155,258 152,307 1.9
  Northern 829 806 810 27,375 27,455 -0.3 41,963 41,938 0.1
  Southern 2,366 2,300 2,214 72,858 70,377 3.5 113,295 110,369 2.7
Wyoming 8,939 9,135 8,818 282,440 278,111 1.6 455,455 446,753 1.9
Appalachian Total 7,770 7,554 7,354 245,714 241,640 1.7 380,983 380,670 0.1
Interior Total 2,940 2,832 2,946 93,124 93,333 -0.2 146,215 150,097 -2.6
Western Total 12,367 12,467 12,116 386,956 381,816 1.3 622,926 616,431 1.1
East of Miss. River 9,781 9,484 9,331 309,589 306,233 1.1 479,491 482,278 -0.6
West of Miss. River 13,296 13,370 13,085 416,205 410,555 1.4 670,633 664,921 0.9
Bituminous and Lignite 23,052 22,830 22,386 724,784 715,803 1.3 1,148,538 1,145,654 0.3
Anthracite 25 24 30 1,010 985 2.5 1,587 1,544 2.8
U.S. Total 23,077 22,853 22,416 725,794 716,789 1.3 1,150,125 1,147,199 0.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 154,977 152,097 147,875 4,793,894 4,646,504 3.2 7,551,422 7,390,629 2.2
  [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.
  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, Washington, and Wyoming.  Monthly coal production estimates are usually releasedfor 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."