US PRICE OF COAL
--- ANNUAL DATA ---
Bituminous Coal (middle qual)
| Subbituminous Coal
| | Lignite (low qual)
| | | Anthracite (high quality)
| | | | Total
| | | | |
______ _____ ______ ______ ______
1949 4.90 2.37 8.90 5.24 dollars per short ton (2000 lbs)
1950 4.86 2.41 9.34 5.19
1951 4.94 2.44 9.94 5.29
1952 4.92 2.39 9.58 5.27
1953 4.94 2.38 9.87 5.23
1954 4.54 2.43 8.76 4.81
1955 4.51 2.38 8.00 4.69
1956 4.83 2.39 8.33 5.01
1957 5.09 2.35 9.11 5.28
1958 4.87 2.35 9.14 5.07
1959 4.79 2.25 8.55 4.95
1960 4.71 2.29 8.01 4.83
1961 4.60 2.24 8.26 4.73
1962 4.50 2.23 7.99 4.62
1963 4.40 2.17 8.64 4.55
1964 4.46 2.14 8.93 4.60
1965 4.45 2.13 8.51 4.55
1966 4.56 1.98 8.08 4.62
1967 4.64 1.92 8.15 4.69
1968 4.70 1.79 8.78 4.75
1969 5.02 1.86 9.91 5.08
1970 6.30 1.86 11.03 6.34
1971 7.13 1.93 12.08 7.15
1972 7.78 2.04 12.40 7.72
1973 8.71 2.09 13.65 8.59
1974 16.01 2.19 22.19 15.82
1975 19.79 3.17 32.26 19.35
1976 20.11 3.74 33.92 19.56
1977 20.59 4.03 34.86 19.95
1978 22.64 5.68 35.25 21.86
1979 27.31 9.55 6.48 41.06 23.75
1980 29.17 11.08 7.60 42.51 24.65
1981 31.51 12.18 8.85 44.28 26.40
1982 32.15 13.37 9.79 49.85 27.25
1983 31.11 13.03 9.91 52.29 25.98
1984 30.63 12.41 10.45 48.22 25.61
1985 30.78 12.57 10.68 45.80 25.20
1986 28.84 12.26 10.64 44.12 23.79
1987 28.19 11.32 10.85 43.65 23.07
1988 27.66 10.45 10.06 44.16 22.07
1989 27.40 10.16 9.91 42.93 21.82
1990 27.43 9.70 10.13 39.40 21.76
1991 27.49 9.68 10.89 36.34 21.49
1992 26.78 9.68 10.81 34.24 21.03
1993 26.15 9.33 11.11 32.94 19.85
1994 25.68 8.37 10.77 36.07 19.41
1995 25.56 8.10 10.83 39.78 18.83
1996 25.17 7.87 10.92 36.78 18.50
1997 24.64 7.42 10.91 35.12 18.14
1998 24.87 6.96 11.08 42.91 17.67
1999 23.92 6.87 11.04 35.13 16.63
2000 24.15 7.12 11.41 40.90 16.78
2001 25.36 6.67 11.52 47.67 17.38
2002 26.57 7.34 11.07 47.78 17.98
2003 26.73 7.73 11.20 49.55 17.85
2004 30.56 8.12 12.27 39.77 19.93
2005 36.8 9.3 13.49 39.27 23.59
2006 37.51 10.26 14.01 42.86 23.78
2007
--- Quarterly Data ---
Bituminous Coal (middle quality)
|
|
2003 q1
2003 q2
2003 q3 30.30 dollars per short ton
2003 q4
2004 q1
2004 q2
2004 q3 39.70
2004 q4
2005 q1
2005 q2
2005 q3
2005 q4 38.70
2006 q1
2006 q2
2006 q3
2006 q4 42.40
2007 q1
Source : http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/stb0708.xls
EconStatsTM
EIA Notes :
Because of withholding to protect company confidentiality, lignite prices exclude Texas for 1955-1977 and Montana for 1974-1978. As a result, lignite prices for 1974-1977 are for North Dakota only.
Note: Prices are free-on-board (f.o.b.) rail/barge prices, which are the f.o.b. prices of coal at the point of first sale, excluding freight or shipping and insurance costs. See "Free on Board (F.O.B.)" in Glossary.
Through 1978, subbituminous coal is included in "Bituminous Coal."
EIA Sources: · 1949-1975—Bureau of Mines (BOM), Minerals Yearbook. · 1976—Energy Information Administration (EIA), Energy Data Report, Coal—Bituminous and Lignite in 1976, and BOM, Minerals Yearbook. · 1977 and 1978—EIA, Energy Data Reports, Bituminous Coal and Lignite Production and Mine Operations, and Coal—Pennsylvania Anthracite. · 1979—EIA, Coal Production, and Energy Data Report, Coal—Pennsylvania Anthracite. · 1980-1992—EIA, Coal Production, annual reports.
1993-2000—EIA, Coal Industry Annual, annual reports and unpublished revisions. · 2001-2003—EIA, Annual Coal Report, annual reports. · 2004—EIA, Form EIA-7A, "Coal Production Report," and U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."