Weekly Coal Production Report: August 16, 2012

August 16, 2012

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

August 11, 2012 and month ended July 2012.   

For the week ended August 11:

•    U.S. coal production totaled approximately 19.8 million short tons (mmst)

•    This production estimate is 1.0 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 11.6 mmst

•    U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 621.6 mmst, 5.5 percent lower than the

     comparable year-to-date coal production in 2011

For more information:

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