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Summary Additional Formats

Coal Overview:
Coke Overview
 PDF XLS
Prices Additional Formats
Weekly Spot Prices (Coal News and Markets)
Coal Futures Near-Month Contract Final Settlement Price (Weekly NYMEX)  
Average Sales Price:

  • PDF XLSby State and Mine Type
  • PDF XLSby State and Disposition
  • PDF XLSby State and Underground Mining Method
  • PDF XLSby State, County, and Number of Mines
  • PDF XLSby State and Coal Rank
  • PDF XLSby Mine Production Range and Mine Type
Prices Back to 1949
 PDF XLS
International Prices
Release Date: June 2010
International Coal Prices, Import Costs, and Import and Export Prices		  
Reserves  
Recoverable Reserves :

  • PDF XLSat Producing Mines by State
  • PDF XLSat Producing Mines, Estimated Recoverable Reserves, and Demonstrated Reserve Base by Mining Method
  • PDF XLSat Producing Underground Coal Mines by State and Mining Method
  • PDF XLSat Producing U.S. Mines by Mine Production Range and Mine Type
Coal Demonstrated Reserve Base
 PDF XLS
International Reserves
Release Date: 2009
Total Recoverable Coal (Million Short Tons)		  
Consumption Additional Formats
  • PDF XLS By End-Use Sector ›
  • PDF XLS By End Use Sector, by Census Division and State ›
  • PDF XLS At Manufacturing Plants by NAICS Code ›
By Sector:
Coal-Fired Power Plants
Existing generating units in the U.S. by State, company and plant
International Consumption
Release Date: 2012
Total Coal Consumption (Thousand Short Tons)		  
Production Additional Formats
  • XLSWeekly
    Estimates of U.S. coal production by State based on railroad car loadings data.

  • PDF XLSQuarterly
    Seven years of quarterly production data.

  • PDF XLSAnnual
  • Annual by Number of Mines:
    • PDF XLS By State and Mine Type ›  
    • PDF XLS By State, County, and Mine Type ›  
    • PDF XLS By State and Coal Rank ›  

  •  Historical by Company, by Mine, and by Mine Type
    Mining company identification information, annual production, union Status, and employment data, back to 1991.
Coal Mining Productivity & Employees by State and Mine Type
 PDF XLS
Coal Mining Productivity, Annual
 PDF XLS
International Production
Release Date: 2012
Total Primary Coal Production (Thousand Short Tons)		  
Stocks Additional Formats
Stocks:

  • PDF XLS by Consuming Sector and by Producers ›  
  • PDF XLS at Coke Plants by Census Division ›  
  • PDF XLS at Other Industrial Plants by Census Division and State ›  
  • PDF XLS at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code ›  
Stocks by Sector:
Coke and Breeze Stocks at Coke Plants by Census Division
PDF XLS
Stocks at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State
PDF XLS
Imports, Exports & Distribution Additional Formats

Imports

  • PDF XLSLatest Annual
  • XLSHistorical
    Release Date: May 1, 2012 | Data from: Quarterly Coal Reports 2002 through 2011
    Next Release: May 2013

Exports

Distribution

  • Quarterly
    Domestic Distribution of U. S. Coal by Origin State, Consumer, Destination and Method of Transportation
  • Annual
    Domestic Coal Distribution by Origin State, Destination State, Consumer Category, and Method of Transportation
Coal Transportation Rates  

Rail Coal Transportation Rates to the Electric Power Sector
Release Date: June 22, 2011
Estimated U.S. Coal Rail Transportation Rates - State to State

    • Individual Years


XLS
    • All Years (2001 - 2008)
Estimated U.S. Coal Rail Transportation Rates - Coal Basin to State
    • Individual Years
XLS
    • All Years (2001 - 2008)
International  
Production
Release Date: 2012
Total Primary Coal Production (Thousand Short Tons)		  
Consumption
Release Date: 2012
Total Coal Consumption (Thousand Short Tons)		  
Imports
Release Date: 2011
Total Coal Imports (Thousand Short Tons)		  
Exports
Release Date: 2011
Total Coal Exports (Thousand Short Tons)		  
Reserves
Release Date: 2009
Total Recoverable Coal (Million Short Tons)		  
Gross Heat Content
Release Date: 2011
Gross Heat Content of Coal Production (Thousand Btu Per Short Ton) 		 
Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Release Date: 2011
Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Consumption of Coal (Million Metric Tons)		  
Prices
Release Date: 2010
International Coal Prices, Import Costs, and Import and Export Prices		  
 

Regular Weekly Releases*

Monday

Weekly NYMEX Coal Futures›

Thursday

Weekly Coal Production ›

*No releases: Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday. Releases change on weeks with Federal holidays.

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