Washington (Platts)--31May2012/1208 pm EDT/1608 GMT

US coal production in the week ended Saturday totaled 18.5 million st, 5.3% below that of the corresponding week of 2011, and 4.4% above the previous week's estimate, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday.

The agency, which bases its estimates on rail car loading data, said production east of the Mississippi River totaled 8.1 million st in the week ended Saturday, while output west of the Mississippi was 10.4 million st.

US year-to-date coal production totaled 401.2 million st, 8.2% below that of the comparable period of 2011, EIA said.

--Jeff Barber, jeff_barber@platts.com --Edited by Valarie Jackson, valarie_jackson@platts.com

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