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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/52
Report Released: December 31, 2008
Next Release Date: January 08, 2009

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
12/27/2008 12/20/2008 12/29/2007 12/27/2008 12/27/2007 Percent Change 12/27/2008 12/29/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 316 371 325 20,547 19,331 6.3 20,617 19,453 6.0
Alaska 21 25 19 1,352 1,314 2.9 1,357 1,319 2.9
Arizona 123 144 127 7,934 7,910 0.3 7,963 7,954 0.1
Arkansas 1 1 2 58 82 -28.6 59 82 -28.8
Colorado 545 639 591 33,332 36,050 -7.5 33,500 36,286 -7.7
Illinois 473 555 429 31,585 32,624 -3.2 31,698 32,771 -3.3
Indiana 571 670 575 35,638 34,674 2.8 35,776 34,887 2.6
Kansas 5 5 6 284 417 -31.9 285 419 -32.0
Kentucky Total 1,752 2,056 1,862 117,576 114,507 2.7 118,037 115,120 2.5
 Eastern 1,306 1,534 1,399 88,487 86,498 2.3 88,830 86,947 2.2
  Western 445 522 463 29,089 28,010 3.9 29,207 28,173 3.7
Louisiana 78 84 75 3,890 3,076 26.5 3,920 3,104 26.3
Maryland 44 52 24 2,528 2,289 10.4 2,534 2,296 10.4
Mississippi 32 38 65 2,717 3,507 -22.5 2,734 3,534 -22.6
Missouri 5 5 4 249 234 6.4 250 235 6.1
Montana 700 821 822 43,779 42,922 2.0 44,016 43,245 1.8
New Mexico 484 568 398 27,210 24,222 12.3 27,303 24,368 12.0
North Dakota 464 545 500 29,285 29,314 -0.1 29,393 29,498 -0.4
Ohio 380 446 407 25,223 22,340 12.9 25,320 22,493 12.6
Oklahoma 28 33 26 1,452 1,633 -11.1 1,458 1,642 -11.2
Pennsylvania Total 973 1,142 1,040 63,762 64,600 -1.3 64,005 64,966 -1.5
  Anthracite 17 20 26 1,512 1,554 -2.7 1,518 1,563 -2.9
  Bituminous 956 1,123 1,014 62,250 63,045 -1.3 62,487 63,404 -1.4
Tennessee 41 48 44 2,415 2,632 -8.3 2,426 2,643 -8.2
Texas 594 697 708 38,064 41,537 -8.4 38,266 41,843 -8.5
Utah 368 432 416 23,513 24,085 -2.4 23,620 24,213 -2.5
Virginia 409 480 320 24,500 25,284 -3.1 24,580 25,400 -3.2
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 s -100.0
West Virginia Total 2,465 2,894 2,483 157,456 152,133 3.5 158,071 152,999 3.3
  Northern 641 752 636 40,197 41,883 -4.0 40,364 42,075 -4.1
  Southern 1,825 2,142 1,847 117,259 110,249 6.4 117,706 110,924 6.1
Wyoming 8,292 8,993 8,438 462,367 448,453 3.1 465,084 452,037 2.9
Appalachian Total 5,935 6,967 6,041 384,917 375,105 2.6 386,382 377,198 2.4
Interior Total 2,230 2,612 2,352 143,026 145,794 -1.9 143,653 146,690 -2.1
Western Total 10,996 12,168 11,311 628,772 614,271 2.4 632,234 618,919 2.2
East of Miss. River 7,456 8,753 7,573 483,947 473,920 2.1 485,798 476,562 1.9
West of Miss. River 11,706 12,993 12,131 672,769 661,249 1.7 676,472 666,245 1.5
Bituminous and Lignite 19,144 21,727 19,679 1,155,204 1,133,615 1.9 1,160,752 1,141,245 1.7
Anthracite 17 20 26 1,512 1,554 -2.7 1,518 1,563 -2.9
U.S. Total 19,161 21,746 19,704 1,156,715 1,135,170 1.9 1,162,269 1,142,807 1.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 113,279 138,598 122,168 7,652,569 7,404,032 3.4 7,652,569 7,404,032 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."