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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/2
Report Released: January 15, 2009
Next Release Date: January 22, 2009

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
1/10/2009 1/3/2009 1/12/2008 1/10/2009 1/10/2008 Percent Change 1/10/2009 1/12/2008 Percent Change
Alabama 421 378 438 564 628 -10.3 20,629 19,476 5.9
Alaska 26 25 30 32 41 -21.7 1,356 1,303 4.0
Arizona 171 147 146 221 230 -4.1 7,992 7,942 0.6
Arkansas 1 1 1 2 2 -8.5 58 82 -28.7
Colorado 688 652 638 943 868 8.6 33,635 36,298 -7.3
Illinois 604 566 603 788 829 -4.9 31,791 32,411 -1.9
Indiana 719 683 675 970 970 * 35,922 34,853 3.1
Kansas 5 5 6 7 9 -14.3 284 415 -31.4
Kentucky Total 2,197 2,096 2,320 2,884 3,327 -13.3 118,046 114,988 2.7
Eastern 1,646 1,563 1,751 2,146 2,532 -15.2 88,798 86,886 2.2
Western 551 533 569 737 795 -7.3 29,248 28,102 4.1
Louisiana 79 103 83 118 134 -11.6 3,916 3,136 24.9
Maryland 49 53 40 64 58 11.3 2,563 2,280 12.5
Mississippi 59 59 70 83 107 -21.9 2,709 3,555 -23.8
Missouri 6 6 4 8 6 32.1 253 234 8.2
Montana 871 837 874 1,210 1,199 1.0 44,051 43,420 1.5
New Mexico 584 579 357 794 521 52.3 27,776 24,244 14.6
North Dakota 566 555 544 770 807 -4.6 29,490 29,381 0.4
Ohio 479 455 471 651 673 -3.2 25,380 22,537 12.6
Oklahoma 33 33 30 44 44 * 1,468 1,637 -10.3
Pennsylvania Total 1,277 1,164 1,329 1,686 1,893 -10.9 64,031 64,796 -1.2
Anthracite 22 20 30 29 42 -31.4 1,506 1,557 -3.3
Bituminous 1,255 1,144 1,300 1,657 1,851 -10.5 62,526 63,239 -1.1
Tennessee 49 49 49 62 71 -12.9 2,432 2,630 -7.5
Texas 787 711 719 1,090 982 11.0 38,381 41,751 -8.1
Utah 458 440 509 592 720 -17.8 23,582 24,247 -2.7
Virginia 493 490 439 662 618 7.1 24,767 25,121 -1.4
West Virginia Total 3,067 2,949 3,064 4,094 4,355 -6.0 158,444 152,741 3.7
Northern 826 766 799 1,056 1,092 -3.3 40,525 41,780 -3.0
Southern 2,241 2,183 2,265 3,038 3,264 -6.9 117,919 110,961 6.3
Wyoming 9,135 8,697 8,712 12,743 13,161 -3.2 464,625 453,193 2.5
Appalachian Total 7,482 7,101 7,580 9,930 10,828 -8.3 387,044 376,468 2.8
Interior Total 2,845 2,699 2,761 3,849 3,877 -0.7 144,031 146,177 -1.5
Western Total 12,498 11,932 11,808 17,306 17,548 -1.4 632,507 620,028 2.0
East of Miss. River 9,415 8,941 9,497 12,509 13,528 -7.5 486,714 475,390 2.4
West of Miss. River 13,410 12,791 12,652 18,576 18,725 -0.8 676,869 667,282 1.4
Bituminous and Lignite 22,803 21,712 22,119 31,056 32,212 -3.6 1,162,077 1,141,116 1.8
Anthracite 22 20 30 29 42 -31.4 1,506 1,557 -3.3
U.S. Total 22,825 21,732 22,149 31,084 32,253 -3.6 1,163,583 1,142,672 1.8
Railroad Cars Loaded 146,003 138,598 146,973 284,601 281,284 1.2 7,655,886 7,411,030 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."