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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/44
Report Released: November 6, 2008
Next Release Date: December 11, 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 - October
11/1/2008 11/3/2007 11/1/2008 11/1/2007 October 2008 October 2007 2008 2007 Percent Change
Alabama 397 369 17,336 16,380 1,850 1,774 17,334 16,307 6.3
Alaska 26 28 1,178 1,099 124 127 1,178 1,093 7.8
Arizona 154 135 6,396 6,814 725 671 6,396 6,787 -5.8
Arkansas 1 2 49 68 5 6 49 68 -27.4
Colorado 685 667 30,257 30,611 3,193 3,114 30,184 30,506 -1.1
Illinois 595 501 25,809 28,585 2,758 2,285 25,785 28,492 -9.5
Indiana 717 634 29,821 29,535 3,322 2,954 29,797 29,417 1.3
Kansas 6 8 254 356 27 35 254 354 -28.4
Kentucky Total 2,202 2,117 100,622 97,416 10,358 9,834 100,571 97,012 3.7
  Eastern 1,643 1,588 75,830 73,681 7,754 7,451 75,804 73,374 3.3
  Western 560 529 24,792 23,735 2,604 2,383 24,766 23,639 4.8
Louisiana 81 87 3,281 2,393 403 329 3,273 2,379 37.6
Maryland 56 48 1,986 1,936 251 263 1,985 1,927 3.0
Mississippi 54 63 2,614 3,079 150 308 2,608 3,069 -15.0
Missouri 6 5 191 198 26 24 191 197 -2.7
Montana 880 893 35,919 35,573 3,971 3,963 35,814 35,437 1.1
New Mexico 608 470 21,254 20,477 2,769 2,204 21,242 20,386 4.2
North Dakota 583 558 24,255 24,835 2,722 2,496 24,255 24,724 -1.9
Ohio 478 438 20,910 18,774 2,212 2,096 20,893 18,692 11.8
Oklahoma 35 30 1,286 1,396 164 142 1,286 1,390 -7.5
Pennsylvania Total 1,223 1,178 55,394 55,120 5,737 5,422 55,374 54,892 0.9
  Anthracite 21 31 1,213 1,306 100 134 1,213 1,300 -6.7
  Bituminous 1,202 1,147 54,181 53,814 5,637 5,289 54,161 53,592 1.1
Tennessee 52 51 2,124 2,219 243 252 2,124 2,209 -3.8
Texas 747 818 32,008 34,901 3,401 3,779 31,911 34,780 -8.2
Utah 463 498 20,168 20,097 2,161 2,301 20,157 20,003 0.8
Virginia 515 405 20,493 22,079 2,367 1,905 20,475 22,004 -6.9
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Virginia Total 3,099 2,771 135,184 129,686 14,418 12,800 135,081 129,169 4.6
Northern 805 731 35,081 35,969 3,750 3,415 35,058 35,831 -2.2
Southern 2,294 2,040 100,102 93,718 10,668 9,386 100,023 93,338 7.2
Wyoming 9,142 9,061 387,106 376,640 40,529 39,742 385,933 375,293 2.8
Appalachian Total 7,462 6,849 329,257 319,876 34,831 31,962 329,070 318,573 3.3
Interior Total 2,801 2,677 120,104 124,246 12,861 12,244 119,921 123,786 -3.1
Western Total 12,542 12,309 526,533 516,146 56,194 54,618 525,159 514,229 2.1
East of Miss. River 9,387 8,577 412,292 404,810 43,665 39,892 412,027 403,191 2.2
West of Miss. River 13,417 13,257 563,602 555,458 60,220 58,932 562,123 553,397 1.6
Bituminous and Lignite 22,783 21,803 974,682 958,962 103,786 98,691 972,937 955,288 1.8
Anthracite 21 31 1,213 1,306 100 134 1,213 1,300 -6.7
U.S. Total 22,804 21,834 975,894 960,268 103,886 98,825 974,150 956,588 1.8
Railroad Cars Loaded 151,751 145,069 6,488,595 6,261,838 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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 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."