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Data for: December 21, 2007
Report Released: December 27, 2007
Next Release Date: December 31, 2007


Coal News and Markets
December 21, 2007





The following average spot coal prices appear in the graphic below, for the previous and most recent weeks:
Week Ended Central
Appalachia
12,500 Btu,
1.2 SO2		 Northern
Appalachia
13,000 Btu,
<3.0 SO2		 Illinois Basin
11,800 Btu,
5.0 SO2		 Powder
River Basin
8,800 Btu,
0.8 SO2		 Uinta Basin
11,700 Btu,
0.8 SO2
23-Nov-07 $52.95 $55.25 $33.50 $11.05 $24.00
30-Nov-07 $56.80 $55.25 $33.50 $11.15 $24.00
07-Dec-07 $57.70 $55.25 $33.50 $11.50 $24.00
14-Dec-07 $57.70 $55.25 $33.50 $11.50 $24.00
21-Dec-07 $57.70 $55.25 $33.50 $11.50 $24.00

 

Average Weekly Coal Commodity Spot Prices
Business Week Ended December 21, 2007
Average Weekly Coal Commodity Spot Prices
1 Coal prices shown are for a relatively high-Btu coal selected in each region, for delivery in the "prompt quarter.” The prompt quarter is the quarter following the current quarter. For example, from January through March, the 2nd quarter is the prompt quarter. Starting on April 1, July through September define the prompt quarter.
Source: with permission, selected from listed prices in Platts Coal Outlook, "Weekly Price Survey."
Note: the historical data file of spot prices is proprietary and cannot be released by EIA; see http://www.platts.com/Coal/. >Analytic Solutions>COALdat, or >Newsletters> Coal Outlook.

 

U.S. Monthly Coal Production
Note: This graph is based on MSHA-based final data all four quarters of 2006, revised production data from MSHA for January through June 2007, and preliminary EIA production estimates for July through August 2007.

 

 

12-Month Eastern Coal Production Trends
Note: July-August 2007 data are initial estimates. January-June 2007 data are revised. All revisions are based on Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) quarterly mine-level surveys. All 2006 data are final, based on MSHA’s end-of-year final survey of all quarters’ data.

 

Electric Power Sector Coal Stocks

 

Average Cost of Metallurgical Coal, Price at Coke Plants and at Export Docks, Sept 2003 - Sept 2006

 


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