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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/49
Report Released: December 11, 2008
Next Release Date: December 18, 2008

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
12/6/2008 11/29/2008 12/8/2007 12/6/2008 12/6/2007 Percent Change 12/6/2008 12/8/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 397 374 382 19,454 18,275 6.5 20,624 19,326 6.7
Alaska 26 25 29 1,280 1,242 3.0 1,355 1,335 1.5
Arizona 154 146 139 7,509 7,505 * 7,958 7,982 -0.3
Arkansas 1 1 2 55 76 -27.5 61 80 -22.8
Colorado 684 646 691 31,449 34,039 -7.6 33,611 36,329 -7.5
Illinois 594 561 519 29,949 31,161 -3.9 31,528 33,165 -4.9
Indiana 717 677 656 33,665 32,795 2.7 35,729 34,951 2.2
Kansas 6 5 8 268 396 -32.3 291 434 -33.0
Kentucky Total 2,201 2,077 2,191 111,518 108,296 3.0 118,283 115,219 2.7
  Eastern 1,641 1,549 1,643 83,968 81,841 2.6 89,045 87,091 2.2
  Western 559 528 548 27,549 26,454 4.1 29,238 28,128 3.9
Louisiana 90 90 93 3,641 2,833 28.5 3,910 3,175 23.2
Maryland 56 52 50 2,375 2,182 8.8 2,483 2,345 5.9
Mississippi 52 0 74 2,607 3,345 -22.1 2,788 3,591 -22.4
Missouri 6 6 5 233 221 5.2 247 238 3.7
Montana 879 830 925 41,359 40,162 3.0 44,335 42,897 3.4
New Mexico 608 574 486 25,536 22,889 11.6 26,995 24,520 10.1
North Dakota 583 550 577 27,679 27,701 -0.1 29,469 29,600 -0.4
Ohio 477 451 454 23,909 21,026 13.7 25,358 22,375 13.3
Oklahoma 35 33 31 1,356 1,549 -12.4 1,449 1,655 -12.4
Pennsylvania Total 1,222 1,154 1,219 60,397 61,175 -1.3 64,156 65,067 -1.4
  Anthracite 21 20 32 1,454 1,467 -0.9 1,549 1,563 -0.9
  Bituminous 1,201 1,134 1,187 58,943 59,708 -1.3 62,607 63,504 -1.4
Tennessee 52 49 53 2,273 2,483 -8.5 2,434 2,639 -7.8
Texas 746 704 846 36,010 39,102 -7.9 38,622 41,957 -7.9
Utah 463 437 515 22,239 22,655 -1.8 23,780 24,301 -2.1
Virginia 514 485 419 23,084 24,162 -4.5 24,291 25,841 -6.0
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 s -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,097 2,923 2,868 148,929 143,926 3.5 157,895 152,796 3.3
  Northern 805 760 757 37,982 39,726 -4.4 40,310 42,077 -4.2
  Southern 2,292 2,164 2,111 110,948 104,200 6.5 117,585 110,719 6.2
Wyoming 9,750 9,257 9,192 435,731 423,006 3.0 463,748 454,172 2.1
Appalachian Total 7,456 7,038 7,088 364,389 355,070 2.6 386,286 377,480 2.3
Interior Total 2,806 2,605 2,780 135,333 137,931 -1.9 143,863 147,373 -2.4
Western Total 13,147 12,464 12,554 592,782 579,201 2.3 631,252 621,136 1.6
East of Miss. River 9,378 8,803 8,884 458,159 448,825 2.1 485,569 477,315 1.7
West of Miss. River 14,031 13,303 13,538 634,344 623,377 1.8 675,832 668,674 1.1
Bituminous and Lignite 23,389 22,087 22,389 1,091,049 1,070,735 1.9 1,159,851 1,144,426 1.3
Anthracite 21 20 32 1,454 1,467 -0.9 1,549 1,563 -0.9
U.S. Total 23,409 22,106 22,422 1,092,503 1,072,202 1.9 1,161,400 1,145,989 1.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 154,595 142,571 146,175 7,247,314 6,999,840 3.5 7,651,506 7,424,747 3.1
  [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 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."