MSHA First Quarter Report

According to the MSHA database there were 900 coal mines with some production of coal in 1Q13. A few mines, together likely representing less than 1% of 1Q13 U.S. coal production, have not yet reported 1Q13 production totals to MSHA, so the final results could be slightly higher. Of the total of 900 mines reporting some coal production in 1Q13, EIA reported 296 (33%) active mines that were owned by a public company and 604 active mines (67%) that were privately held. The publicly owned mines produced 75% of U.S. coal output in 1Q13 and the private mines produced 25%.