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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/50
Report Released: December 18, 2008
Next Release Date: December 24, 2008

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
12/13/2008 12/6/2008 12/15/2007 12/13/2008 12/13/2007 Percent Change 12/13/2008 12/15/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 406 397 393 19,860 18,666 6.4 20,636 19,367 6.6
Alaska 27 26 30 1,306 1,272 2.7 1,352 1,334 1.3
Arizona 158 154 143 7,667 7,648 0.2 7,973 7,964 0.1
Arkansas 1 1 2 56 78 -27.6 61 81 -24.5
Colorado 700 684 711 32,148 34,745 -7.5 33,600 36,323 -7.5
Illinois 608 594 534 30,557 31,692 -3.6 31,601 33,050 -4.4
Indiana 733 717 676 34,398 33,466 2.8 35,787 34,928 2.5
Kansas 6 6 8 274 404 -32.3 288 431 -33.1
Kentucky Total 2,251 2,201 2,256 113,768 110,538 2.9 118,278 115,233 2.6
  Eastern 1,679 1,641 1,692 85,647 83,524 2.5 89,032 87,077 2.2
  Western 572 559 564 28,121 27,014 4.1 29,246 28,156 3.9
Louisiana 88 90 75 3,729 2,912 28.0 3,923 3,151 24.5
Maryland 57 56 51 2,431 2,233 8.9 2,489 2,343 6.3
Mississippi 39 52 34 2,647 3,389 -21.9 2,794 3,558 -21.5
Missouri 6 6 5 239 226 5.6 248 237 4.7
Montana 899 879 952 42,258 41,107 2.8 44,282 43,011 3.0
New Mexico 622 608 500 26,158 23,387 11.8 27,116 24,487 10.7
North Dakota 596 583 594 28,276 28,292 -0.1 29,471 29,572 -0.3
Ohio 488 477 467 24,397 21,490 13.5 25,379 22,403 13.3
Oklahoma 36 35 32 1,392 1,580 -11.9 1,453 1,651 -12.0
Pennsylvania Total 1,250 1,222 1,256 61,647 62,423 -1.2 64,150 65,060 -1.4
  Anthracite 21 21 33 1,475 1,500 -1.6 1,537 1,567 -1.9
  Bituminous 1,229 1,201 1,222 60,171 60,923 -1.2 62,613 63,493 -1.4
Tennessee 53 52 55 2,325 2,537 -8.4 2,432 2,642 -8.0
Texas 763 746 872 36,773 39,966 -8.0 38,513 41,944 -8.2
Utah 473 463 530 22,712 23,182 -2.0 23,723 24,298 -2.4
Virginia 526 514 432 23,610 24,591 -4.0 24,385 25,715 -5.2
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 s -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,168 3,097 2,953 152,097 146,861 3.6 158,109 152,888 3.4
  Northern 823 805 779 38,805 40,501 -4.2 40,354 42,094 -4.1
  Southern 2,345 2,292 2,174 113,292 106,360 6.5 117,755 110,794 6.3
Wyoming 9,351 9,750 8,318 445,082 431,566 3.1 464,780 453,284 2.5
Appalachian Total 7,626 7,456 7,299 372,015 362,324 2.7 386,613 377,495 2.4
Interior Total 2,852 2,806 2,801 138,185 140,728 -1.8 143,914 147,186 -2.2
Western Total 12,826 13,147 11,780 605,608 591,199 2.4 632,297 620,273 1.9
East of Miss. River 9,579 9,378 9,107 467,738 457,886 2.2 486,040 477,187 1.9
West of Miss. River 13,726 14,031 12,773 648,070 636,366 1.8 676,784 667,767 1.4
Bituminous and Lignite 23,283 23,389 21,847 1,114,333 1,092,751 2.0 1,161,288 1,143,388 1.6
Anthracite 21 21 33 1,475 1,500 -1.6 1,537 1,567 -1.9
U.S. Total 23,305 23,409 21,880 1,115,808 1,094,251 2.0 1,162,825 1,144,955 1.6
Railroad Cars Loaded 153,378 154,595 141,883 7,400,692 7,141,723 3.6 7,663,001 7,418,088 3.3
  [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."