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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report: Weekly Coal Production Overview #32
Released Date: September 11, 2008
Next Released Date: October 9, 2008

Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview
(Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended
Year-To-Date[1]
Month Ended
January - August
9/6/2008 9/8/2007 9/6/2008 9/6/2007 August 2008 August 2007 2008 2007 Percent Change
Alabama 363 359 14,293 13,279 1,625 1,724 13,933 13,051 6.8
Alaska 26 13 996 923 116 62 970 913 6.3
Arizona 148 156 5,011 5,576 662 749 4,863 5,474 -11.2
Arkansas 1 2 45 55 5 10 44 54 -18.5
Colorado 761 700 25,540 24,936 3,540 3,278 24,863 24,356 2.1
Illinois 561 572 21,707 24,238 2,550 2,726 21,172 23,801 -11.0
Indiana 659 684 24,430 24,077 2,983 3,266 23,795 23,597 0.8
Kansas 6 7 260 293 26 36 254 289 -12.0
Kentucky Total 2,235 2,130 82,956 79,834 10,085 10,197 80,779 78,294 3.2
  Eastern 1,687 1,600 61,981 60,416 7,591 7,676 60,324 59,272 1.8
  Western 548 530 20,975 19,418 2,493 2,522 20,455 19,022 7.5
Louisiana 84 94 2,781 1,891 380 295 2,706 1,817 48.9
Maryland 39 40 1,540 1,530 174 190 1,502 1,501 0.1
Mississippi 51 87 2,420 2,517 274 329 2,375 2,451 -3.1
Missouri 4 4 155 158 17 20 151 155 -2.4
Montana 789 861 30,545 28,440 3,686 4,019 29,854 27,713 7.7
New Mexico 466 395 15,553 16,805 2,102 1,894 15,097 16,537 -8.7
North Dakota 530 583 19,501 20,193 2,372 2,806 18,971 19,824 -4.3
Ohio 439 441 16,685 15,051 1,990 2,106 16,262 14,744 10.3
Oklahoma 34 31 1,212 1,141 152 149 1,179 1,121 5.1
Pennsylvania Total 1,198 1,157 46,078 45,452 5,393 5,547 44,900 44,662 0.5
  Anthracite 23 28 1,081 1,070 102 135 1,058 1,050 0.8
  Bituminous 1,176 1,129 44,997 44,383 5,292 5,412 43,842 43,612 0.5
Tennessee 49 47 1,798 1,798 220 225 1,749 1,764 -0.8
Texas 733 818 27,486 28,099 3,434 3,808 26,847 27,413 -2.1
Utah 445 396 17,263 16,345 2,011 1,897 16,830 16,048 4.9
Virginia 451 432 16,309 18,602 2,043 2,062 15,876 18,286 -13.2
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Virginia Total 2,952 2,848 109,455 106,494 13,369 13,596 106,611 104,435 2.1
  Northern 766 763 29,768 29,809 3,465 3,647 29,028 29,226 -0.7
  Southern 2,186 2,085 79,687 76,685 9,905 9,949 77,583 75,210 3.2
Wyoming 9,361 9,138 310,581 304,757 40,655 39,636 302,443 297,058 1.8
Appalachian Total 7,177 6,923 268,139 262,622 32,407 33,125 261,157 257,715 1.3
Interior Total 2,681 2,829 101,471 101,888 12,314 13,160 98,977 99,721 -0.7
Western Total 12,527 12,242 424,990 417,975 55,144 54,342 413,890 407,923 1.5
East of Miss. River 8,996 8,796 337,671 332,873 40,708 41,968 328,953 326,587 0.7
West of Miss. River 13,389 13,198 456,929 449,612 59,157 58,659 445,071 438,772 1.4
Bituminous and Lignite 22,362 21,966 793,519 781,415 99,763 100,493 772,966 764,308 1.1
Anthracite 23 28 1,081 1,070 102 135 1,058 1,050 0.8
U.S. Total 22,385 21,994 794,600 782,485 99,865 100,627 774,024 765,359 1.1
Railroad Cars Loaded 148,207 144,548 5,254,235 5,086,992 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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 releasedfor 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 BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Railway and to Union Pacific Railroad for their assistance and for trainload and carload statistics; and, Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S.  Department of Labor, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."