Kentucky Quarterly Coal Report
October to December 2013

Region
Total
Western Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky

2013 Tonnage
80,724,543
40,878,967
39,845,576

Annual Change
-11.6%
-2.8%
-19.2%

Mine Type
Total
Underground
Surface

2013 Tonnage
80,724,543
54,608,126
26,116,417

Annual Change
-11.6%
-6.4%
-20.8%

Preliminary data indicate that Kentucky coal mines produced
80.7 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 11.6 percent from
2012.

Coal production at underground mines slowed to 54.6 million
tons in 2013, a decrease of 6.4 percent. Surface mines produced 26.1 million tons, a decrease of 20.8 percent.

Total coal production decreased by 3.9 percent from the
third to fourth quarter of 2013 to a quarterly rate of 19.1
million tons, 9.9 and 9.2 million tons in western and eastern
Kentucky respectively.

During the fourth quarter of 2013, Kentucky produced coal
from underground mines at a rate of 13 million tons per
quarter, a decrease of 3.9 from the third quarter. Coal production at surface mining operations slowed to 6.1 million
tons per quarter.

01/31/2013

energy.ky.gov

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