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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production


Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/35
Report Released: September 06, 2012
Next Release Date: October 11, 2012
  Week Ended Year-To-Date1 Month Ended January - August
Coal-Producing Region and State
(Thousand Short Tons) 		9/1/2012 9/3/2011 9/1/2012 9/1/2011 August 2012 August 2011 2012 2011 Percent Change
Alabama 350 357 13,496 13,537 1,646 1,655 13,494 13,466 0.2
Alaska 41 39 1,456 1,412 189 178 1,456 1,404 3.7
Arizona 140 162 5,429 5,409 653 735 5,429 5,376 1.0
Arkansas 1 2 46 96 7 10 46 96 -51.7
Colorado 644 647 19,627 17,256 2,941 2,722 19,559 17,154 14.0
Illinois 683 795 30,163 24,997 3,187 3,654 30,135 24,851 21.3
Indiana 671 734 24,857 24,801 3,138 3,380 24,835 24,664 0.7
Kansas 1 1 16 11 4 3 16 10 54.7
Kentucky Total 1,891 2,145 66,264 73,921 8,852 9,897 66,211 73,515 -9.9
  Eastern 1,118 1,335 37,453 46,396 5,247 6,179 37,435 46,137 -18.9
  Western 774 810 28,811 27,525 3,605 3,718 28,776 27,378 5.1
Louisiana 57 96 2,558 2,552 288 373 2,552 2,537 0.6
Maryland 32 61 1,449 1,940 148 284 1,448 1,928 -24.9
Mississippi 82 60 1,949 1,689 292 181 1,941 1,680 15.5
Missouri 8 9 295 303 38 41 295 302 -2.1
Montana 940 916 25,355 26,513 3,944 4,065 25,242 26,374 -4.3
New Mexico 445 438 13,926 15,519 1,865 1,750 13,918 15,435 -9.8
North Dakota 534 529 18,200 18,230 2,486 2,463 18,200 18,124 0.4
Ohio 509 535 19,079 18,573 2,377 2,464 19,061 18,474 3.2
Oklahoma 20 21 726 755 93 96 726 751 -3.4
Pennsylvania Total 1,060 1,161 39,178 40,082 4,974 5,373 39,161 39,857 -1.7
  Anthracite 39 47 1,539 1,451 182 218 1,539 1,441 6.8
  Bituminous 1,021 1,114 37,639 38,631 4,792 5,154 37,622 38,416 -2.1
Tennessee 26 34 958 1,014 124 158 958 1,007 -4.8
Texas 754 979 26,581 30,790 3,392 4,407 26,483 30,645 -13.6
Utah 402 453 11,424 13,050 1,485 1,735 11,414 12,964 -12.0
Virginia 355 408 13,604 15,394 1,657 1,880 13,591 15,318 -11.3
West Virginia Total 2,334 2,432 84,303 91,686 10,910 11,202 84,226 91,231 -7.7
  Northern 736 707 27,851 28,516 3,446 3,260 27,830 28,383 -1.9
  Southern 1,597 1,725 56,452 63,170 7,464 7,941 56,396 62,849 -10.3
Wyoming 8,152 8,444 265,422 282,854 36,075 36,793 264,377 281,598 -6.1
Appalachian Total 5,782 6,324 209,520 228,620 27,084 29,194 209,376 227,418 -7.9
Interior Total 3,051 3,505 116,003 113,520 14,044 15,861 115,806 112,913 2.6
Western Total 11,297 11,626 360,840 380,244 49,640 50,439 359,595 378,431 -5.0
East of Miss. River 7,992 8,722 295,301 307,632 37,306 40,126 295,063 305,990 -3.6
West of Miss. River 12,138 12,733 391,063 414,751 53,462 55,368 389,714 412,772 -5.6
Bituminous and Lignite 20,091 21,409 684,824 720,933 90,585 95,276 683,238 717,320 -4.8
Anthracite 39 47 1,539 1,451 182 218 1,539 1,441 6.8
U.S. Total 20,129 21,456 686,363 722,383 90,768 95,495 684,777 718,762 -4.7
Railroad Cars Loaded 125,878 139,175 4,202,914 4,584,335 - - - - - - - - - -
  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.
NM Not Meaningful
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, 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."