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Weekly U.S. Coal Production


Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/40
Report Released: October 11, 2012
Next Release Date: October 18, 2012
  Week Ended  Year-To-Date1 52 Weeks Ended
Coal-Producing Region and State
(Thousand Short Tons)		 10/6/2012 9/29/2012 10/8/2011 10/6/2012 10/6/2011 Percent Change 10/6/2012 10/8/2011 Percent Change
Alabama 365 356 334 15,286 15,289 * 19,309 19,613 -1.6
Alaska 41 40 45 1,660 1,606 3.3 2,193 2,167 1.2
Arizona 138 139 159 6,128 6,190 -1.0 8,017 8,110 -1.1
Arkansas 1 1 2 53 107 -50.2 79 131 -39.2
Colorado 582 680 707 22,696 20,561 10.4 28,839 26,056 10.7
Illinois 776 696 737 33,721 28,896 16.7 42,597 36,763 15.9
Indiana 680 684 741 28,272 28,451 -0.6 37,202 37,129 0.2
Kansas 1 1 2 21 14 44.4 43 53 -17.8
Kentucky Total 1,839 1,928 1,999 75,805 84,455 -10.2 99,889 108,629 -8.0
  Eastern 1,057 1,139 1,227 43,061 52,939 -18.7 57,850 68,541 -15.6
  Western 782 789 771 32,744 31,516 3.9 42,039 40,089 4.9
Louisiana 26 70 91 2,821 2,969 -5.0 3,692 3,994 -7.6
Maryland 36 32 57 1,614 2,241 -28.0 2,298 2,733 -15.9
Mississippi 20 68 66 2,237 2,026 10.4 2,940 3,030 -3.0
Missouri 8 8 10 336 348 -3.5 451 453 -0.5
Montana 536 553 896 29,012 30,971 -6.3 39,806 41,736 -4.6
New Mexico 525 568 449 16,346 17,278 -5.4 20,895 22,010 -5.1
North Dakota 618 536 645 20,949 20,962 -0.1 28,089 27,599 1.8
Ohio 539 519 564 21,691 21,255 2.1 28,487 27,416 3.9
Oklahoma 19 20 24 825 859 -4.0 1,105 1,089 1.5
Pennsylvania Total 1,075 1,080 1,147 44,568 45,836 -2.8 58,390 59,420 -1.7
  Anthracite 42 39 45 1,739 1,683 3.3 2,282 2,070 10.2
  Bituminous 1,033 1,040 1,102 42,829 44,154 -3.0 56,108 57,350 -2.2
Tennessee 27 27 25 1,093 1,176 -7.1 1,396 1,578 -11.6
Texas 819 670 926 30,297 35,603 -14.9 40,340 45,457 -11.3
Utah 250 115 309 12,788 14,769 -13.4 17,601 19,222 -8.4
Virginia 365 361 420 15,413 17,431 -11.6 20,476 22,621 -9.5
West Virginia Total 2,378 2,379 2,523 96,186 103,833 -7.4 126,584 135,308 -6.4
  Northern 781 750 795 31,632 32,097 -1.4 41,211 42,514 -3.1
  Southern 1,596 1,628 1,728 64,554 71,736 -10.0 85,373 92,794 -8.0
Wyoming 7,373 7,567 9,142 304,167 327,993 -7.3 412,316 433,724 -4.9
Appalachian Total 5,842 5,893 6,298 238,912 260,000 -8.1 314,789 337,230 -6.7
Interior Total 3,132 3,007 3,370 131,326 130,790 0.4 170,490 168,187 1.4
Western Total 10,063 10,199 12,352 413,746 440,329 -6.0 557,757 580,623 -3.9
East of Miss. River 8,100 8,130 8,613 335,886 350,889 -4.3 439,567 454,241 -3.2
West of Miss. River 10,937 10,969 13,406 448,098 480,230 -6.7 603,468 631,799 -4.5
Bituminous and Lignite 18,994 19,059 21,974 782,245 829,436 -5.7 1,040,754 1,083,970 -4.0
Anthracite 42 39 45 1,739 1,683 3.3 2,282 2,070 10.2
U.S. Total 19,037 19,099 22,019 783,984 831,119 -5.7 1,043,036 1,086,040 -4.0
Railroad Cars Loaded 115,739 119,975 140,289 4,811,771 5,282,401 -8.9 6,445,689 6,905,050 -6.7
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."