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U.S. Weekly Coal Production Totals 10 Million Short Tons

 


October 15, 2026 - U.S. coal production totaled 10.009 million short tons for the week ended October 10, 2026, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). That compares with 10.061 million short tons the previous week and 10.262 million short tons during the same week last year.

Year-to-date production reached 402.795 million short tons, down 2% from 411.007 million short tons a year earlier.
 
Production over the latest 52 weeks totaled 518.877 million short tons, a decrease of 0.8% from 523.021 million short tons during the preceding 52-week period.
 
Leading Production Areas
 
Bituminous coal and lignite accounted for 9.956 million short tons of the latest weekly total.
Wyoming led production, followed by northern West Virginia and Pennsylvania’s bituminous coal region.
 
State or production area Weekly production, short tons
Wyoming 4,015,000
Northern West Virginia 918,000
Pennsylvania—bituminous coal 729,000
Illinois 627,000
Southern West Virginia 618,000
North Dakota 483,000
Alabama 403,000
 
Year-to-Date Production Gains
 
Alabama recorded the largest percentage increase in year-to-date production. Output rose 29.2% to 14.244 million short tons, compared with 11.028 million short tons during the same period last year.
 
Other areas reporting increases included:
 
State or production area Year-to-date increase
Missouri 17.4%
Colorado 10.2%
Louisiana 8.5%
Northern West Virginia 7%
Western Kentucky 5%

 

Year-to-Date Production Declines

 
Utah experienced the largest percentage decline. Its year-to-date production fell 28% to 4.862 million short tons, compared with 6.754 million short tons a year earlier.
Other declines included:
 
State or production area Year-to-date decline
Ohio 15.5%
Montana 13%
Southern West Virginia 8.9%
Pennsylvania—anthracite coal 8.8%

 

Regional Production

 
Appalachian coal production increased year over year, while the Interior and Western regions recorded declines.
 
Region Weekly production, million short tons Year-to-date production, million short tons Year-over-year change
Appalachia 3.082 125.857 +1.7%
Interior 1.587 64.824 −1.2%
Western 5.341 212.114 −4.3%
East of the Mississippi River 4.404 180.099 +0.6%
West of the Mississippi River 5.605 222.696 −4%
 
Rail Loadings
The source lists weekly railroad loadings at 57,526, compared with 58,163 the previous week and 58,858 during the same week last year.
 
Year-to-date loadings totaled 2,319,556, down 1.8% from 2,362,841 a year earlier.
 
Editor’s note: The supplied text labels these rail-loading figures “thousand short tons” while describing railroad cars loaded. The units should be checked against the EIA table before publication.
 
Company Directory Included With the Report
 
The source also includes an interactive company table based on its Store Companies dataset. The entries below retain the information supplied; company names, ownership descriptions, locations, and operating status have not been independently verified.
 
# Company Headquarters Focus Scale Additional information
1 Peabody Energy St. Louis, Missouri Thermal and metallurgical coal Large Listed as the largest U.S. coal producer
2 Arch Resources St. Louis, Missouri Metallurgical coal Large Major metallurgical coal supplier
3 Alliance Resource Partners Tulsa, Oklahoma Thermal coal Large Major Illinois Basin producer
4 CONSOL Energy Cecil Township, Pennsylvania Thermal and metallurgical coal Large Pennsylvania Mining Complex
5 Ramaco Resources Lexington, Kentucky Metallurgical coal Mid-sized Central Appalachia focus
6 Alpha Metallurgical Resources Bristol, Tennessee Metallurgical coal Large Major Central Appalachian metallurgical coal producer
7 Hallador Energy Denver, Colorado Thermal coal Mid-sized Indiana operations
8 Foresight Energy (Murray) St. Louis, Missouri Thermal coal Large Illinois Basin; described as part of Murray
9 Warrior Met Coal Brookwood, Alabama Metallurgical coal Mid-sized Blue Creek mine in Alabama
10 NACCO Industries Cleveland, Ohio Lignite Mid-sized Lignite mining for power plants
11 Cleveland-Cliffs (acquired mines) Cleveland, Ohio Metallurgical coal Large Limited coal assets from acquisitions
12 Blackhawk Mining Lexington, Kentucky Metallurgical coal Mid-sized Central Appalachia; described as having emerged from Chapter 11
13 Prairie State Energy Campus Washington, D.C., area Thermal coal Large No additional note supplied
14 Corsa Coal Friedens, Pennsylvania Metallurgical coal Small Northern and Central Appalachia
15 FM Coal (Foresight) St. Louis, Missouri Thermal coal Mid-sized Illinois Basin operations
16 M-Class Mining Gilbert, West Virginia Metallurgical coal Small Central Appalachian producer
17 United Coal Company Bristol, Tennessee Metallurgical coal Mid-sized Central Appalachia
18 XCoal Energy & Resources Latrobe, Pennsylvania Coal marketing and trading Mid-sized Major marketer with some production ties
19 Western Fuels Association Arlington, Virginia Thermal coal Mid-sized Nonprofit fuel supplier to cooperatives
20 Koch Industries (mining interests) Wichita, Kansas Thermal coal Large Described as owning mines through subsidiaries
21 Bowie Resource Partners Louisville, Colorado Thermal coal Mid-sized Utah operations
22 Navajo Transitional Energy Co. Farmington, New Mexico Thermal coal Mid-sized Navajo Nation-owned; Powder River Basin operations
23 Pine Branch Mining Knoxville, Tennessee Metallurgical coal Small Central Appalachia
24 Revelation Energy (Blackjewel) Milton, West Virginia Metallurgical and thermal coal Mid-sized Assets described as being in bankruptcy or liquidation
25 Mettiki Coal (Arch) Tunnelton, West Virginia Metallurgical coal Mid-sized Described as an Arch subsidiary
26 Sunrise Coal (Hallador) Carlisle, Indiana Thermal coal Mid-sized Hallador subsidiary
27 Signal Peak Energy Roundup, Montana Thermal coal Mid-sized Underground mine in Montana
28 Anglo American (U.S. metallurgical coal assets) London, United Kingdom; U.S. operations Metallurgical coal Large U.S. assets described as domestically managed
29 Contura Energy (now Alpha) Bristol, Tennessee Metallurgical coal Large Described as merged into Alpha Metallurgical
30 Westmoreland Mining (legacy) Englewood, Colorado Thermal coal Mid-sized Described as emerging from restructuring