Title page
Contents
Contacts 3
Preface 4
Executive Summary 7
Coal Production 10
Productive Capacity 26
Recoverable Reserves 30
Employment 35
Productivity 41
Domestic Markets 50
Average Mine Sales Price 56
Average Consumer Prices 66
Table 1. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State and Mine Type, 2015 and 2014 11
Table 2. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State, County, and Mine Type, 2015 14
Table 3. Underground Coal Production by State and Mining Method, 2015 18
Table 4. Coal Production by Coalbed Thickness and Mine Type, 2015 19
Table 5. Coal Production and Coalbed Thickness by Major Coalbeds and Mine Type, 2015 20
Table 6. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State and Coal Rank, 2015 21
Table 7. Coal Production by State, Mine Type, and Union Status, 2015 22
Table 8. Coal Disposition by State, 2015 23
Table 9. Major U.S. Coal Mines, 2015 24
Table 10. Major U.S. Coal Producers, 2015 25
Table 11. Productive Capacity of Coal Mines by State, 2015 and 2014 27
Table 12. Capacity Utilization of Coal Mines by State, 2015 and 2014 28
Table 13. Productive Capacity and Capacity Utilization of Underground Coal Mines by State and Mining Method, 2015 29
Table 14. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing Mines by State, 2015 and 2014 31
Table 15. Recoverable Coal Reserves at Producing Mines, Estimated Recoverable Reserves, and Demonstrated Reserve Base by Mining Method, 2015 32
Table 16. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing Underground Coal Mines by State and Mining Method, 2015 33
Table 17. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing U.S. Mines by Mine Production Range and Mine Type, 2015 34
Table 18. Average Number of Employees by State and Mine Type, 2015 and 2014 36
Table 19. Average Number of Employees at Underground and Surface Mines by State and Mine Production Range, 2015 37
Table 20. Average Number of Employees at Underground and Surface Mines by State and Union Status, 2015 40
Table 21. Coal Productivity by State and Mine Type, 2015 and 2014 42
Table 22. Underground Coal Mining Productivity by State and Mining Method, 2015 45
Table 23. Coal Mining Productivity by State, Mine Type, and Mine Production Range, 2015 46
Table 24. Coal Mining Productivity by State, Mine Type, and Union Status, 2015 49
Table 25. Coal Consumers in the Manufacturing and Coke Sectors, 2015 51
Table 26. U.S. Coal Consumption by End Use Sector, Census Division, and State, 2015 and 2014 52
Table 27. Year-End Coal Stocks by Sector, Census Division, and State, 2015 and 2014 54
Table 28. Average Sales Price of Coal by State and Mine Type, 2015 and 2014 57
Table 29. Average Sales Price of Coal by State and Underground Mining Method, 2015 58
Table 30. Average Sales Price of Coal by State, County, and Number of Mines, 2015 59
Table 31. Average Sales Price of Coal by State and Coal Rank, 2015 63
Table 32. Average Sales Price of Coal by Mine Production Range and Mine Type, 2015 64
Table 33. Average Sales Price of U.S. Coal by State and Disposition, 2015 65
Table 34. Average Price of Coal Delivered to End Use Sector by Census Division and State, 2015 and 2014 67