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April to June 2013

Region
Total
Western Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky

Q2 Tonnage
20,474,458
10,288,104
10,186,354

Quarter Change
-1.3%
-1.5%
-1.0%

Mine Type
Total
Underground
Surface

Q2 Tonnage
20,474,458
13,917,930
6,556,528

Quarter Change
+0.4%
-1.0%
-2.0%

Western Kentucky produced almost 10.3 million tons of coal
in the second quarter of 2013, which was 50.2 percent of
total production and 1 percent more than Eastern Kentucky.

Underground coal mines in Kentucky produced nearly 14
million tons, or 68 percent of total production, while surface
mines produced 6.6 million tons, or 32 percent of production.

Preliminary data indicate that total Kentucky coal production
decreased by 1.3 percent during the second quarter of
2013, to a rate of less than 20.5 million tons per quarter.
Production decreased in both the Eastern Kentucky coalfield
and Western Kentucky coalfield, by 1.0 and 1.5 percent
respectively. Total Kentucky production rates have fallen by
25 percent during the past two years, by 38 percent since
the year 2000, and by 52 percent since peaking in the year
1990.

During the second quarter of 2013, coal production at underground coal mines in Kentucky increased by 1 percent
while production at surface mines decreased by 2 percent.
Surface production remains at the lowest level since 1963.
Coal production stopped in Henderson and Rockcastle Counties in 2013.

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* Eastern Kentucky Coal Production
April to June 2013

Mine Type
Total
Underground
Surface

Q2 Tonnage
10,186,354
5,095,658
5,090,698

Quarter Change
-1.0%
+0.2%
-2.3%

Eastern Kentucky produced less than 10.2 million tons of coal
during the second quarter of 2013, almost exactly half from
underground mines and half from surface mines.

The rate of Eastern Kentucky coal production decreased by
1 percent during the second quarter of 2013, by 41.4 percent during the past 2 years, and by 64 percent since the
year 2000. Production slowed at surface mining operations
by 2.3 percent, but increased by a marginal 0.2 percent in
underground mines.

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Eastern County
Pike
Perry
Harlan
Martin
Leslie
Floyd
Letcher
Magoffin
Knott
Bell
Lawrence
Johnson
Knox
Whitley
McCrearyText
Clay
Breathitt
Laurel
Elliot
Rockcastle

Q2 Tonnage
Quarter Change
2,746,299
+0.76%
2,018,425
+3.6%
1,213,669
+0.86%
783,417
-8.63%
685,787
+0.58%
597,121
+6.26%
504,085
-19.4%
412,066
+0.6%
386,258
-14.4%
234,368
-21.3%
168,229
+44.4%
134,917
+55.5%
130,575
+48.4%
53,755
+21.0%
County Production
39,536
-9.85%
32,923
-65.0%
21,585
-43.6%
14,805
+111%
8,536
+100%
0
-100%

Commercial coal production in Owsley, Rockcastle, and
Wolfe Counties, where coal was mined in 2012, has
stopped. Pike County, despite producing coal at the slowest
rate since 1962, remained the largest coal producing county
in Eastern Kentucky and the second largest producing county
overall, having been overtaken by Union County in 2012.

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* Western Kentucky Coal Production
April to June 2013

Mine Type
Total
Underground
Surface

Q2 Tonnage
10,288,104
8,822,276
1,465,830

Quarter Change
-1.5%
-1.6%
-0.8%

Western Kentucky produced nearly 10.3 million tons of coal
during the second quarter of 2013, 86 percent from underground mines and 14 percent from surface mines.

Western County
Union
Hopkins
Ohio
Webster
Muhlenberg
Daviess
Henderson

Q2 Tonnage
3,340,241
2,339,398
2,041,209
1,423,781
1,021,516
121,961
0

Quarter Change
-3.37%
-0.35%
+6.60%
-5.08%
-5.23%
-9.70%
-100.0%

Western Kentucky coal production decreased by 1.5 percent
during the second quarter of 2013. Underground coal mines
decreased production by 1.6 percent while surface mining
decreased by 0.8 percent. Coal production stopped in Henderson County in February, 2013. Union County solidified its
new position as Kentucky’s leading coal producing county,
producing over 3.3 million tons during the second quarter of
2013.

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* Kentucky Coal Mine Employment
April to June 2013

Eastern Counties
Total
Pike
Perry
Harlan
Martin
Leslie
Floyd
Bell
Letcher
Knott
Magoffin
Knox
Lawrence
Whitley
Boyd
Johnson
McCreary
Clay
Breathitt
Laurel
Elliott

Employment
7,951
2,043
1,320
1,021
709
547
503
362
354
232
186
151
115
97
81
80
63
40
20
16
11

Quarter Change
-916
-10.33%
-180
-8.1%
+7
+0.5%
-207
-16.9%
-35
-4.7%
-56
-9.3%
-17
-3.3%
-49
-11.9%
-264
-42.7%
-64
-21.6%
-18
-8.8%
-27
-15.2%
+23
+25.0%
+4
+4.3%
+6
+8.0%
0
+0.00%
+6
+10.5%
-28
-41.2%
-27
-57.5%
+5
+45.5%
+11
+100%

Kentucky coal mines reduced on-site employment by 851
workers, or 6.5 percent, during the second quarter of 2013.
As of July 2013, an estimated 12,342 persons are employed
at Kentucky coal mines—the lowest level recorded since the
Commonwealth began keeping mining employment statistics
in 1927. Layoffs included 864 coal miners, 487 underground
and 377 surface. Coal preparation plants and on-site office
staff increased by a total of 14 jobs.

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Western Counties
Total
Union
Hopkins
Ohio
Webster
Muhlenberg
Marshall
Livingston
Daviess
Henderson
McLean

Description
Kentucky Total
Underground
Surface
Preparation Plant
Office

Employment
4,391
1,282
954
798
688
499
52
52
46
11
9

Employment
12,342
7,058
3,248
1,582
454

Quarter Change
+65
+1.5%
+8
+0.6%
+19
+2.0%
+67
+9.2%
-17
-2.4%
-10
-2.0%
-2
-3.7%
+0
+0.0%
+3
+7.0%
-5
-31.2%
+2
+28.6%

Quarter Change
-851
-6.5%
-487
-6.5%
-377
-10.4%
+7
+0.4%
+7
+1.6%

Eastern Kentucky coal mines reduced total employment by
916 persons, or 10.3 percent, in the second quarter of 2013.
During the two years since July 2011, total employment at
Eastern Kentucky coal mines has fallen by 5,725 or 41.9%
percent. Coal mines in Western Kentucky increased total employment by 65 jobs, or 1.5 percent, during the second
quarter of 2013. During the past two years, Western Kentucky mining employment fell by 105 jobs, or 2.3 percent.

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