Title page
Contents
Contacts 3
Preface 4
Executive Summary 7
Coal Production 9
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, 2014 and 2013 10
Table 2. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State, County, and Mine Type, 2014 13
Table 3. Underground Coal Production by State and Mining Method, 2014 17
Table 4. Coal Production by Coalbed Thickness and Mine Type, 2014 18
Table 5. Coal Production and Coalbed Thickness by Major Coalbeds and Mine Type, 2014 19
Table 6. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State and Coal Rank, 2014 20
Table 7. Coal Production by State, Mine Type, and Union Status, 2014 21
Table 8. Coal Disposition by State, 2014 22
Table 9. Major U.S. Coal Mines, 2014 23
Table 10. Major U.S. Coal Producers, 2014 25
Table 11. Productive Capacity of Coal Mines by State, 2014 and 2013 27
Table 12. Capacity Utilization of Coal Mines by State, 2014 and 2013 28
Table 13. Productive Capacity and Capacity Utilization of Underground Coal Mines by State and Mining Method, 2014 29
Table 14. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing Mines by State, 2014 and 2013 31
Table 15. Recoverable Coal Reserves at Producing Mines, Estimated Recoverable Reserves, and Demonstrated Reserve Base by Mining Method, 2014 32
Table 16. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing Underground Coal Mines by State and Mining Method, 2014 33
Table 17. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing U.S. Mines by Mine Production Range and Mine Type, 2014 34
Table 18. Average Number of Employees by State and Mine Type, 2014 and 2013 36
Table 19. Average Number of Employees at Underground and Surface Mines by State and Mine Production Range, 2014 37
Table 20. Average Number of Employees at Underground and Surface Mines by State and Union Status, 2014 40
Table 21. Coal Productivity by State and Mine Type, 2014 and 2013 42
Table 22. Underground Coal Mining Productivity by State and Mining Method, 2014 45
Table 23. Coal Mining Productivity by State, Mine Type, and Mine Production Range, 2014 46
Table 24. Coal Mining Productivity by State, Mine Type, and Union Status, 2014 49
Table 25. Coal Consumers in the Manufacturing and Coke Sectors, 2014 51
Table 26. U.S. Coal Consumption by End Use Sector, Census Division, and State, 2014 and 2013 52
Table 27. Year-End Coal Stocks by Sector, Census Division, and State, 2014 and 2013 54
Table 28. Average Sales Price of Coal by State and Mine Type, 2014 and 2013 57
Table 29. Average Sales Price of Coal by State and Underground Mining Method, 2014 58
Table 30. Average Sales Price of Coal by State, County, and Number of Mines, 2014 59
Table 31. Average Sales Price of Coal by State and Coal Rank, 2014 63
Table 32. Average Sales Price of Coal by Mine Production Range and Mine Type, 2014 64
Table 33. Average Sales Price of U.S. Coal by State and Disposition, 2014 65
Table 34. Average Price of Coal Delivered to End Use Sector by Census Division and State, 2014 and 2013 67