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Weekly Coal Production Report: August 09, 2012

The Weekly Coal Production Report has been updated for the week ended

August 04, 2012 and month ended July 2012.   

For the week ended August 04:

•    U.S. coal production totaled approximately 20.0 million short tons (mmst)

•    This production estimate is 0.5 percent lower than last week's estimate and

     4.4 percent lower than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2011

•    Coal production east of the Mississippi River totaled 8.1 mmst

•    Coal production west of the Mississippi River totaled 11.9 mmst

•    U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 601.8 mmst, 5.5 percent lower than the

     comparable year-to-date coal production in 2011

For the month ended July 2012:

•    U.S. coal production totaled approximately 86.2 million short tons (mmst)

•    This production estimate is 1.0 percent higher than the July 2011 estimate

•    Coal production east of the Mississippi River totaled 35.2 mmst

•    Coal production west of the Mississippi River totaled 51.0 mmst

For more information:

http://www.eia.gov/coal/production/weekly/