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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/51
Report Released: December 23, 2008
Next Release Date: December 31, 2008

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
12/20/2008 12/13/2008 12/22/2007 12/20/2008 12/20/2007 Percent Change 12/20/2008 12/22/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 371 406 381 20,231 19,049 6.2 20,626 19,390 6.4
Alaska 25 27 22 1,331 1,296 2.7 1,355 1,325 2.2
Arizona 144 158 150 7,811 7,796 0.2 7,967 7,950 0.2
Arkansas 1 1 2 57 80 -28.2 60 82 -27.5
Colorado 639 700 693 32,788 35,443 -7.5 33,546 36,286 -7.6
Illinois 555 608 503 31,112 32,202 -3.4 31,653 32,892 -3.8
Indiana 670 733 675 35,068 34,142 2.7 35,781 34,892 2.5
Kansas 5 6 7 279 412 -32.2 286 428 -33.0
Kentucky Total 2,056 2,251 2,186 115,825 112,739 2.7 118,148 115,134 2.6
  Eastern 1,534 1,679 1,643 87,181 85,177 2.4 88,923 86,982 2.2
  Western 522 572 543 28,644 27,562 3.9 29,225 28,152 3.8
Louisiana 84 88 90 3,813 2,998 27.2 3,917 3,123 25.5
Maryland 52 57 28 2,483 2,266 9.6 2,513 2,317 8.5
Mississippi 38 39 65 2,685 3,446 -22.1 2,767 3,544 -21.9
Missouri 5 6 5 244 230 5.9 249 235 5.9
Montana 821 899 965 43,080 42,069 2.4 44,138 43,123 2.4
New Mexico 568 622 467 26,726 23,861 12.0 27,217 24,411 11.5
North Dakota 545 596 587 28,821 28,881 -0.2 29,429 29,525 -0.3
Ohio 446 488 478 24,843 21,966 13.1 25,347 22,434 13.0
Oklahoma 33 36 30 1,424 1,611 -11.6 1,456 1,645 -11.5
Pennsylvania Total 1,142 1,250 1,221 62,789 63,651 -1.4 64,072 64,995 -1.4
  Anthracite 20 21 30 1,495 1,531 -2.3 1,527 1,567 -2.6
  Bituminous 1,123 1,229 1,190 61,294 62,120 -1.3 62,545 63,428 -1.4
Tennessee 48 53 51 2,374 2,589 -8.3 2,428 2,640 -8.0
Texas 697 763 831 37,470 40,808 -8.2 38,380 41,873 -8.3
Utah 432 473 488 23,145 23,679 -2.3 23,667 24,242 -2.4
Virginia 480 526 375 24,090 24,979 -3.6 24,490 25,522 -4.0
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 s -100.0
West Virginia Total 2,894 3,168 2,915 154,991 149,784 3.5 158,089 152,889 3.4
  Northern 752 823 746 39,557 41,254 -4.1 40,360 42,064 -4.1
  Southern 2,142 2,345 2,168 115,434 108,529 6.4 117,729 110,825 6.2
Wyoming 8,993 9,351 8,543 454,075 440,047 3.2 465,231 452,636 2.8
Appalachian Total 6,967 7,626 7,092 378,982 369,460 2.6 386,488 377,168 2.5
Interior Total 2,612 2,852 2,751 140,796 143,491 -1.9 143,774 146,866 -2.1
Western Total 12,168 12,826 11,915 617,776 603,072 2.4 632,549 619,499 2.1
East of Miss. River 8,753 9,579 8,878 476,491 466,812 2.1 485,915 476,649 1.9
West of Miss. River 12,993 13,726 12,880 661,063 649,211 1.8 676,897 666,885 1.5
Bituminous and Lignite 21,727 23,283 21,728 1,136,059 1,114,492 1.9 1,161,286 1,141,966 1.7
Anthracite 20 21 30 1,495 1,531 -2.3 1,527 1,567 -2.6
U.S. Total 21,746 23,305 21,759 1,137,554 1,116,023 1.9 1,162,812 1,143,533 1.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 138,598 153,378 140,141 7,539,290 7,281,864 3.5 7,661,458 7,408,279 3.4
  [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."