Table 7.

9 Coal Prices 1949-2011 (Dollars per Short Ton)

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Year Bituminous Coal Nominal(Nominal) Nominal Bituminous Coal Real(Real) Real
2011 57.64 50.85
2010 60.88 54.85
2009 55.44 50.52
2008 51.39 47.33
2007 40.8 38.41
2006 39.32 38.09
2005 36.8 36.8
2004 30.56 31.57
2003 26.73 28.4
2002 26.57 28.82
2001 25.36 27.95
2000 24.15 27.22
1999 23.92 27.54
1998 24.87 29.06
1997 24.64 29.12
1996 25.17 30.27
1995 25.56 31.32
1994 25.68 32.12
1993 26.15 33.4
1992 26.78 34.96
1991 27.49 36.74
1990 27.43 37.96
1989 27.4 39.38
1988 27.66 41.26
1987 28.19 43.49
1986 28.84 45.78
1985 30.78 49.94
1984 30.63 51.21
1983 31.11 53.96
1982 32.15 57.97
1981 31.51 60.28
1980 29.17 61.04
1979 27.31 62.35
1978 22.64 55.99
1977 20.59 54.5
1976 20.11 56.62
1975 19.79 58.91
1974 16.01 52.17
1973 8.71 30.96
1972 7.78 29.19
1971 7.13 27.9
1970 6.3 25.89
1969 5.02 21.71
1968 4.7 21.33
1967 4.64 21.96
1966 4.56 22.24
1965 4.45 22.32
1964 4.46 22.78
1963 4.4 22.82
1962 4.5 23.59
1961 4.6 24.44
1960 4.71 25.31
1959 4.79 26.1
1958 4.87 26.85
1957 5.09 28.69
1956 4.83 28.13
1955 4.51 27.17
1954 4.54 27.82
1953 4.94 30.54
1952 4.92 30.78
1951 4.94 31.44
1950 4.86 33.16
1949 4.9 33.8
Nominal $/Mmbtu Real $/Mmbtu CPI estimates for 1949-2005 Annual inflation Estimation
2.3056 2.034
2.4352 2.194
2.2176 2.0208
2.0556 1.8932
1.632 1.5364
1.5728 1.5236
1.472 1.472 224.94 0.033049738219895
1.2224 1.2628 217.743630028508 0.028485443365956
1.0692 1.136 211.712894366197 0.020899616744502
1.0628 1.1528 207.378757807078 0.01608523589253
1.0144 1.118 204.095828264759 0.022676844557532
0.966 1.0888 199.57020573108 0.021484485389702
0.9568 1.1016 195.372723311547 0.014885538423623
0.9948 1.1624 192.507150722643 0.011418382030908
0.9856 1.1648 190.333846153846 0.017603373980013
1.0068 1.2108 187.041288404361 0.018900319658287
1.0224 1.2528 183.571724137931 0.02075052816271
1.0272 1.2848 179.839950186799 0.021161085699182
1.046 1.336 176.113203592814 0.022082794828565
1.0712 1.3984 172.308157894737 0.023772738661781
1.0996 1.4696 168.307038649973 0.03546633574729
1.0972 1.5184 162.542260273973 0.038543645635437
1.096 1.5752 156.509801929914 0.037891365331106
1.1064 1.6504 150.795937954435 0.034230363623889
1.1276 1.7396 145.804980455277 0.028930877983333
1.1536 1.8312 141.705321100917 0.0221141254995
1.2312 1.9976 138.639431317581 0.030452213567153
1.2252 2.0484 134.542319859402 0.037442775856105
1.2444 2.1584 129.686497405486 0.039561993389493
1.286 2.3188 124.751095394169 0.060968566949922
1.2604 2.4112 117.582272727273 0.093838626234924
1.1668 2.4416 107.495081913499 0.091029922932325
1.0924 2.494 98.5262453889334 0.083226528119784
0.9056 2.2396 90.9562707626362 0.070301442332422
0.8236 2.18 84.981919266055 0.06369627598666
0.8044 2.2648 79.8930307311904 0.057268843164067
0.7916 2.3564 75.5654829400781 0.094677713205685
0.6404 2.0868 69.0298907418056 0.090820502697289
0.3484 1.2384 63.2825387596899 0.055532721547996
0.3112 1.1676 59.9531757451182 0.042942043880424
0.2852 1.116 57.4846666666667 0.050211640211641
0.252 1.0356 54.736268829664 0.052360661640807
0.2008 0.8684 52.0128420082911 0.049389927183277
0.188 0.8532 49.5648382559775 0.042848828750182
0.1856 0.8784 47.528306010929 0.030518007222062
0.1824 0.8896 46.1207913669065 0.028405141055695
0.178 0.8928 44.8469086021505 0.01832095729463
0.1784 0.9112 44.0400526777875 0.01541623433634
0.176 0.9128 43.3714285714286 0.010770279481936
0.18 0.9436 42.9092835947435 0.013509777540225
0.184 0.9776 42.3373158756137 0.011411455238532
0.1884 1.0124 41.8596365073094 0.013990195892437
0.1916 1.044 41.282091954023 0.011836484221955
0.1948 1.074 40.7991731843575 0.022344905298665
0.2036 1.1476 39.9074451028233 0.033260519568429
0.1932 1.1252 38.622829719161 0.034404723713074
0.1804 1.0868 37.3382186234818 0.01715743102249
0.1816 1.1128 36.7083968368081 0.008883016034251
0.1976 1.2216 36.3851866404715 0.011955532128995
0.1968 1.2312 35.9553216374269 0.017307100409594
0.1976 1.2576 35.3436259541985 0.072068817474528
0.1944 1.3264 32.9676839565742 0.010979542601118
0.196 1.352 32.6096449704142
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