According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) statistics for the week ending November 15th, West Virginia ’s year-to-date production was up by 4.4% compared to the same period last year. Southern West Virginia production was up by 6.9% while northern WV production was 2.1% less. West Virginia ’s production numbers for the 52 weeks ending on 11/15 were similar.
EIA also reported that metallurgical exports for this past September were 73.7% ahead of September 2007 (4.7M v. 2.7M) and steam coal exports were 80% more (3.8M v. 2.1M). Compared to last year, the January-to-September metallurgical tonnages reflect a 35.1% increase (32.2M v. 23.9M) and the steam tonnages are 48.8% more (26.5M v. 17.8M). Imports were down by more than 15% for September and 8% for the year-to-date through September.