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Weekly U.S. Coal Production


Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/39
Report Released: October 04, 2012
Next Release Date: October 11, 2012
  Week Ended  Year-To-Date1 52 Weeks Ended
Coal-Producing Region and State
(Thousand Short Tons)		 9/29/2012 9/22/2012 10/1/2011 9/29/2012 9/29/2011 Percent Change 9/29/2012 10/1/2011 Percent Change
Alabama 356 357 364 14,920 14,949 -0.2 19,278 19,638 -1.8
Alaska 40 41 39 1,619 1,563 3.6 2,197 2,169 1.3
Arizona 139 142 160 5,990 6,030 -0.7 8,038 8,114 -0.9
Arkansas 1 1 2 52 104 -50.1 81 130 -38.2
Colorado 680 536 673 22,114 19,867 11.3 28,963 25,826 12.1
Illinois 696 698 809 32,945 28,145 17.1 42,558 36,677 16.0
Indiana 684 686 750 27,591 27,707 -0.4 37,263 37,107 0.4
Kansas 1 1 1 20 13 55.7 44 54 -18.1
Kentucky Total 1,928 1,933 2,188 73,967 82,417 -10.3 100,049 108,634 -7.9
  Eastern 1,139 1,142 1,361 42,005 51,685 -18.7 58,020 68,607 -15.4
  Western 789 791 826 31,962 30,732 4.0 42,029 40,027 5.0
Louisiana 70 51 89 2,795 2,879 -2.9 3,757 3,965 -5.2
Maryland 32 32 63 1,577 2,183 -27.7 2,318 2,716 -14.7
Mississippi 68 89 44 2,217 1,965 12.8 2,986 2,996 -0.3
Missouri 8 8 9 328 338 -3.1 452 452 0.1
Montana 553 687 883 28,476 30,075 -5.3 40,166 41,920 -4.2
New Mexico 568 437 364 15,821 16,848 -6.1 20,819 21,968 -5.2
North Dakota 536 524 530 20,331 20,339 * 28,117 27,541 2.1
Ohio 519 520 548 21,152 20,693 2.2 28,512 27,362 4.2
Oklahoma 20 20 21 806 836 -3.7 1,110 1,084 2.3
Pennsylvania Total 1,080 1,083 1,185 43,493 44,681 -2.7 58,462 59,398 -1.6
  Anthracite 39 40 48 1,697 1,637 3.7 2,285 2,057 11.1
  Bituminous 1,040 1,044 1,137 41,796 43,044 -2.9 56,177 57,341 -2.0
Tennessee 27 27 35 1,065 1,149 -7.2 1,394 1,587 -12.2
Texas 670 740 981 29,478 34,676 -15.0 40,447 45,424 -11.0
Utah 115 230 434 12,538 14,432 -13.1 17,660 19,187 -8.0
Virginia 361 363 417 15,049 17,011 -11.5 20,531 22,631 -9.3
West Virginia Total 2,379 2,386 2,483 93,809 101,318 -7.4 126,729 135,396 -6.4
  Northern 750 753 723 30,850 31,317 -1.5 41,225 42,584 -3.2
  Southern 1,628 1,633 1,760 62,958 70,001 -10.1 85,505 92,812 -7.9
Wyoming 7,567 7,754 9,319 296,794 318,789 -6.9 414,085 433,474 -4.5
Appalachian Total 5,893 5,911 6,456 233,070 253,670 -8.1 315,245 337,335 -6.5
Interior Total 3,007 3,087 3,531 128,194 127,397 0.6 170,727 167,916 1.7
Western Total 10,199 10,352 12,402 403,683 427,944 -5.7 560,046 580,199 -3.5
East of Miss. River 8,130 8,176 8,885 327,786 342,220 -4.2 440,081 454,142 -3.1
West of Miss. River 10,969 11,174 13,504 437,161 466,790 -6.3 605,937 631,309 -4.0
Bituminous and Lignite 19,059 19,309 22,341 763,250 807,373 -5.5 1,043,733 1,083,394 -3.7
Anthracite 39 40 48 1,697 1,637 3.7 2,285 2,057 11.1
U.S. Total 19,099 19,349 22,389 764,947 809,010 -5.4 1,046,018 1,085,451 -3.6
Railroad Cars Loaded 119,975 123,763 144,470 4,696,032 5,137,931 -8.6 6,470,239 6,904,071 -6.3
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.
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."