Bituminous and lignite coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Coal production (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, bituminous and lignite coal production stood at 10,001 thousand short tons on 3 October 2026, versus 9,993 on 26 September. This represents an increase of 0.08 percent.
Sample. There are 718 data points overall in the weekly time series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the period stretching from January 2013 to October 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: coal production recorded its maximum of 20,764 thousand short tons on 31 August 2013; it hit a trough of 8,058 on 13 April 2024; it was equal on average to 13,284.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand short tons |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | 9,975.19 |
| 2026-09-26 | 9,992.96 |
| 2026-10-03 | 10,000.6 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Bituminous and lignite coal production |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Thousand short tons |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.
United States
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |
| Bituminous and lignite coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 718 | 2013-01-05 | 2026-10-03 |
| Anthracite coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |
Regions
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal production in the Appalachian region (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |
| Coal production in the Interior region (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |
| Coal production in the Western region (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |