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et_pb_column_inner et_pb_column_inner_2 et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_4 category et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h2>Top 10 Coal Producing States & Regions</h2></div> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_row_inner et_pb_row_inner_3"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_inner et_pb_column_inner_3 et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_code et_pb_code_2"> <div class="et_pb_code_inner"> <table class="shortcode-table stats-table"> <tbody> <tr><td colspan="4"><div class="stats-header">Week Ending (12/28/24)<br/>(in Thousand Short Tons)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="noborder padright"><table><th> </th><th class="totheright">YTD '25</th><th class="totheright">YTD '24</th><th class="totheright makesmall">% Change</th></tr> <tr class="topborders"><td class="col01 addleft">Wyoming</td><td class="totheright">187,318</td><td class="totheright">235,738</td><td class="totheright addright">-20.5</td></tr> <tr><td class="col01 addleft">West Virginia</td><td class="totheright">78,726</td><td class="totheright">84,180</td><td class="totheright addright">-6.5</td></tr> <tr><td class="col01 addleft">Pennsylvania</td><td class="totheright">37,413</td><td class="totheright">39,534</td><td class="totheright addright">-5.4</td></tr> <tr><td class="col01 addleft">Illinois</td><td class="totheright">35,920</td><td class="totheright">36,799</td><td class="totheright addright">-2.4</td></tr> <tr><td class="col01 addleft">Montana</td><td class="totheright">26,858</td><td class="totheright">28,880</td><td class="totheright addright">-7.0</td></tr> <tr><td class="col01 addleft">North Dakota</td><td class="totheright">25,081</td><td class="totheright">23,938</td><td class="totheright addright">4.8</td></tr> <tr><td class="col01 addleft">Kentucky</td><td class="totheright">24,454</td><td class="totheright">28,046</td><td class="totheright addright">-12.8</td></tr> </table></td><td class="noborder padleft"><table><tr><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td class="col01 addleft">Indiana</td><td class="totheright">19,994</td><td class="totheright">23,644</td><td class="totheright addright">-15.4</td></tr> <tr><td class="col01 addleft">Alabama</td><td class="totheright">14,330</td><td class="totheright">11,962</td><td class="totheright addright">19.8</td></tr> <tr><td class="col01 addleft">Colorado</td><td class="totheright">13,078</td><td class="totheright">12,277</td><td class="totheright addright">6.5</td></tr> <tr class="topborders"><td class="addleft">Appalachian Total</td><td class="totheright">156,264</td><td class="totheright">164,546</td><td class="totheright addright">-5.0</td></tr> <tr><td class="addleft">Interior Total</td><td class="totheright">84,192</td><td class="totheright">93,099</td><td class="totheright addright">-9.6</td></tr> <tr><td class="addleft">Western Total</td><td class="totheright">267,227</td><td 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