U.S. Energy Information Administration | Annual Coal Report 2022

Table ES-4 Nominal 2Coal Prices, 1949- 2022

(dollars per short ton)

Year Bituminous Subbituminous Lignite1 Anthracite Total

1949 4.90 * 2.37 8.90 5.24

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 25.67 7.00 13.29 47.67 17.58

2002 26.54 7.64 12.52 47.78 17.89

2003 26.77 8.11 12.20 49.87 17.92

2004 30.75 8.51 12.59 43.52 20.07

2005 36.70 8.93 13.26 47.70 23.34

2006 39.61 10.12 13.83 51.68 24.63
U.S. Energy Information Administration | Annual Coal Report 2022

Year Bituminous Subbituminous Lignite1 Anthracite Total

2007 41.24 11.21 14.99 58.92 25.82

2008 51.39 12.31 16.50 60.76 31.25

2009 55.44 13.35 17.26 57.10 33.24

2010 60.88 14.11 18.76 59.51 35.61

2011 68.50 14.07 18.77 75.70 41.01

2012 66.04 15.34 19.60 80.21 39.95

2013 60.61 14.86 19.96 87.82 37.24

2014 55.99 14.72 19.44 90.98 34.83

2015 51.55 14.63 22.09 97.91 31.81

2016 48.24 14.83 19.98 97.61 30.57

2017 55.60 14.29 19.51 93.17 33.72

2018 59.43 13.64 20.21 99.97 35.99

2019 58.93 14.01 19.86 102.22 36.07

2020 50.05 14.43 22.16 90.68 31.41

2021 61.68 14.18 20.10 107.08 36.45

2022 97.96 16.55 21.79 155.03 54.46

* = Through 1978, subbituminous coal is included in 'Bituminous Coal'.

1 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.

2 See 'Nominal Dollars' in Glossary.

Notes: 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. Prices are for open market

and captive coal sales; see 'Captive Coal,' 'Free on Board (F.O.B.),' and 'Open Market Coal' in Glossary.

Web Page: For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/coal/.

Sources: 1949-1975 Bureau of Mines (BOM), Minerals Yearbook. 1976 U.S. 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. 2001-2010 EIA, Annual Coal Report, annual reports. 2011 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.’