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

Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview
(Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended
Year-To-Date[1]
 Month Ended January - November
12/6/2008 12/8/2007 12/6/2008 12/6/2007 November 2008 November 2007 2008 2007 Percent Change
Alabama 397 382 19,454 18,275 1,585 1,661 19,060 17,969 6.1
Alaska 26 29 1,280 1,242 104 126 1,253 1,219 2.8
Arizona 154 139 7,509 7,505 615 607 7,355 7,394 -0.5
Arkansas 1 2 55 76 4 7 54 75 -27.6
Colorado 684 691 31,449 34,039 2,870 2,949 30,837 33,455 -7.8
Illinois 594 519 29,949 31,161 2,417 2,244 29,378 30,737 -4.4
Indiana 717 656 33,665 32,795 2,903 2,843 32,972 32,260 2.2
Kansas 6 8 268 396 23 35 262 389 -32.7
Kentucky Total 2,201 2,191 111,518 108,296 8,870 9,508 109,369 106,521 2.7
  Eastern 1,641 1,643 83,968 81,841 6,592 7,142 82,353 80,515 2.3
  Western 559 548 27,549 26,454 2,279 2,366 27,016 26,005 3.9
Louisiana 90 93 3,641 2,833 399 375 3,560 2,755 29.2
Maryland 56 50 2,375 2,182 222 216 2,320 2,142 8.3
Mississippi 52 74 2,607 3,345 65 216 2,561 3,285 -22.0
Missouri 6 5 233 221 23 21 227 217 4.4
Montana 879 925 41,359 40,162 3,714 3,937 40,585 39,374 3.1
New Mexico 608 486 25,536 22,889 2,447 2,110 24,940 22,496 10.9
North Dakota 583 577 27,679 27,701 2,323 2,516 27,096 27,240 -0.5
Ohio 477 454 23,909 21,026 1,936 1,964 23,448 20,656 13.5
Oklahoma 35 31 1,356 1,549 139 134 1,321 1,524 -13.3
Pennsylvania Total 1,222 1,219 60,397 61,175 4,910 5,299 59,194 60,191 -1.7
  Anthracite 21 32 1,454 1,467 84 141 1,433 1,441 -0.5
  Bituminous 1,201 1,187 58,943 59,708 4,826 5,158 57,761 58,750 -1.7
Tennessee 52 53 2,273 2,483 206 232 2,221 2,440 -9.0
Texas 746 846 36,010 39,102 3,166 3,597 35,360 38,376 -7.9
Utah 463 515 22,239 22,655 1,865 2,235 21,788 22,237 -2.0
Virginia 514 419 23,084 24,162 2,085 1,816 22,588 23,820 -5.2
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Virginia Total 3,097 2,868 148,929 143,926 12,545 12,421 145,935 141,590 3.1
  Northern 805 757 37,982 39,726 3,253 3,280 37,200 39,111 -4.9
  Southern 2,292 2,111 110,948 104,200 9,292 9,141 108,735 102,479 6.1
Wyoming 9,750 9,192 435,731 423,006 39,554 39,842 427,232 415,135 2.9
Appalachian Total 7,456 7,088 364,389 355,070 30,081 30,750 357,119 349,323 2.2
Interior Total 2,806 2,780 135,333 137,931 11,417 11,838 132,711 135,624 -2.1
Western Total 13,147 12,554 592,782 579,201 53,492 54,321 581,086 568,550 2.2
East of Miss. River 9,378 8,884 458,159 448,825 37,744 38,420 449,046 441,610 1.7
West of Miss. River 14,031 13,538 634,344 623,377 57,247 58,490 621,870 611,887 1.6
Bituminous and Lignite 23,389 22,389 1,091,049 1,070,735 94,907 96,769 1,069,483 1,052,056 1.7
Anthracite 21 32 1,454 1,467 84 141 1,433 1,441 -0.5
U.S. Total 23,409 22,422 1,092,503 1,072,202 94,991 96,910 1,070,917 1,053,497 1.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 154,595 146,175 7,247,314 6,999,840 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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 BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Railway and to Union Pacific Railroad for their assistance and for trainload and carload statistics; and, Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S.  Department of Labor, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."