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Weekly Coal Production Report: August 23, 2012

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

August 18, 2012 and month ended July 2012.   

For the week ended August 18:

•    U.S. coal production totaled approximately 20.5 million short tons (mmst)

•    This production estimate is 3.3 percent higher than last week's estimate and

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

•    Coal production east of the Mississippi River totaled 8.3 mmst

•    Coal production west of the Mississippi River totaled 12.2 mmst

•    U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 642.1 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/