ARCH RESOURCES, INC. - Quarter Report: 2020 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020
or
☐Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from to .
Commission file number: 1-13105
Arch Resources, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
| 43-0921172 |
(State or other jurisdiction | (I.R.S. Employer | |
of incorporation or organization) | Identification Number) |
One CityPlace Drive |
| |
Suite 300 | ||
St. Louis | ||
Missouri | 63141 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 994-2700 Arch Coal, Inc. (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common stock, $.01 par value | ARCH | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes ☒ No ☐
At July 24, 2020 there were 15,146,224 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.Financial Statements.
Arch Resources, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 | ||||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 319,521 | $ | 570,222 | $ | 724,753 | $ | 1,125,405 | |||||
Costs, expenses and other operating |
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Cost of sales (exclusive of items shown separately below) |
| 316,348 |
| 451,088 |
| 691,347 |
| 889,559 |
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Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 30,167 |
| 26,535 |
| 61,475 |
| 51,873 |
| ||||
Accretion on asset retirement obligations |
| 4,986 |
| 5,137 |
| 9,992 |
| 10,274 |
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Change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net |
| (129) |
| (8,400) |
| 614 |
| (21,381) |
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Selling, general and administrative expenses |
| 19,738 |
| 25,209 |
| 42,483 |
| 49,298 |
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Costs related to proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy |
| 7,851 |
| 3,018 |
| 11,515 |
| 3,018 |
| ||||
Severance costs related to voluntary separation plan |
| 7,437 |
| — |
| 13,265 |
| — |
| ||||
Gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall |
| (14,518) |
| — |
| (23,518) |
| — |
| ||||
(Gain) loss on divestitures |
| (1,369) |
| 4,304 |
| (1,369) |
| 4,304 |
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Other operating income, net |
| (5,704) |
| (3,239) |
| (11,874) |
| (4,889) |
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| 364,807 |
| 503,652 |
| 793,930 |
| 982,056 |
| |||||
Income (loss) from operations |
| (45,286) |
| 66,570 |
| (69,177) |
| 143,349 |
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Interest expense, net |
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Interest expense |
| (3,523) |
| (4,375) |
| (6,911) |
| (8,807) |
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Interest and investment income |
| 1,793 |
| 2,088 |
| 3,052 |
| 4,231 |
| ||||
| (1,730) |
| (2,287) |
| (3,859) |
| (4,576) |
| |||||
Income (loss) before nonoperating expenses |
| (47,016) |
| 64,283 |
| (73,036) |
| 138,773 |
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Nonoperating (expenses) income |
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Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs |
| (1,102) |
| (1,336) |
| (2,198) |
| (3,102) |
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Reorganization items, net |
| — |
| (16) |
| 26 |
| 71 |
| ||||
| (1,102) |
| (1,352) |
| (2,172) |
| (3,031) |
| |||||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
| (48,118) |
| 62,931 |
| (75,208) |
| 135,742 |
| ||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes |
| 1,206 |
| 91 |
| (585) |
| 161 |
| ||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (49,324) | $ | 62,840 | $ | (74,623) | $ | 135,581 | |||||
Net income (loss) per common share |
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Basic earnings per common share | $ | (3.26) | $ | 3.80 | $ | (4.93) | $ | 7.97 | |||||
Diluted earnings per common share | $ | (3.26) | $ | 3.53 | $ | (4.93) | $ | 7.45 | |||||
Weighted average shares outstanding |
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Basic weighted average shares outstanding |
| 15,145 |
| 16,543 |
| 15,142 |
| 17,018 | |||||
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |
| 15,145 |
| 17,781 |
| 15,142 |
| 18,190 | |||||
Dividends declared per common share | $ | — | $ | 0.45 | $ | 0.50 | $ | 0.90 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Arch Resources, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 | ||||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (49,324) | $ | 62,840 | $ | (74,623) | $ | 135,581 | |||||
Derivative instruments |
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Comprehensive income (loss) before tax |
| 363 |
| (2,778) |
| (2,306) |
| (61) |
| ||||
Income tax benefit (provision) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| ||||
| 363 |
| (2,778) |
| (2,306) |
| (61) |
| |||||
Pension, postretirement and other post-employment benefits |
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Comprehensive income (loss) before tax |
| (2,336) |
| 2,902 |
| (16,603) |
| 2,902 |
| ||||
Income tax benefit (provision) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| ||||
| (2,336) |
| 2,902 |
| (16,603) |
| 2,902 |
| |||||
Available-for-sale securities |
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Comprehensive income (loss) before tax |
| 533 |
| 274 |
| 66 |
| 651 |
| ||||
Income tax benefit (provision) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| ||||
| 533 |
| 274 |
| 66 |
| 651 |
| |||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) |
| (1,440) |
| 398 |
| (18,843) |
| 3,492 |
| ||||
Total comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (50,764) | $ | 63,238 | $ | (93,466) | $ | 139,073 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Arch Resources, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except per share data)
| June 30, 2020 |
| December 31, 2019 | |||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Assets | ||||||
Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 150,022 | $ | 153,020 | ||
Short-term investments |
| 67,237 |
| 135,667 | ||
Trade accounts receivable (net of $718 allowance at June 30, 2020) |
| 118,835 |
| 168,125 | ||
Other receivables |
| 2,960 |
| 21,143 | ||
Inventories |
| 154,690 |
| 130,898 | ||
Other current assets |
| 70,758 |
| 97,894 | ||
Total current assets |
| 564,502 |
| 706,747 | ||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
| 1,066,614 |
| 984,509 | ||
Other assets |
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Equity investments |
| 106,125 |
| 105,588 | ||
Other noncurrent assets |
| 65,148 |
| 70,912 | ||
Total other assets |
| 171,273 |
| 176,500 | ||
Total assets | $ | 1,802,389 | $ | 1,867,756 | ||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
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Current Liabilities |
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Accounts payable | $ | 104,464 | $ | 133,060 | ||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
| 143,304 |
| 157,167 | ||
Current maturities of debt |
| 25,702 |
| 20,753 | ||
Total current liabilities |
| 273,470 |
| 310,980 | ||
Long-term debt |
| 323,854 |
| 290,066 | ||
Asset retirement obligations |
| 238,883 |
| 242,432 | ||
Accrued pension benefits |
| 13,875 |
| 5,476 | ||
Accrued postretirement benefits other than pension |
| 86,772 |
| 80,567 | ||
Accrued workers’ compensation |
| 219,095 |
| 215,599 | ||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
| 98,658 |
| 82,100 | ||
Total liabilities |
| 1,254,607 |
| 1,227,220 | ||
Stockholders' equity |
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Common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 300,000 shares, issued 25,235 and 25,220 shares at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively |
| 252 |
| 252 | ||
Paid-in capital |
| 739,156 |
| 730,551 | ||
Retained earnings |
| 648,909 |
| 731,425 | ||
Treasury stock, 10,088 shares at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, at cost |
| (827,381) |
| (827,381) | ||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |
| (13,154) |
| 5,689 | ||
Total stockholders’ equity |
| 547,782 |
| 640,536 | ||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 1,802,389 | $ | 1,867,756 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Arch Resources, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Operating activities |
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Net income (loss) | $ | (74,623) | $ | 135,581 | ||
Adjustments to reconcile to cash from operating activities: |
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Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 61,475 |
| 51,873 | ||
Accretion on asset retirement obligations |
| 9,992 |
| 10,274 | ||
Deferred income taxes |
| 13,880 |
| 13,385 | ||
Employee stock-based compensation expense |
| 8,936 |
| 11,473 | ||
Gains on disposals and divestitures, net |
| (3,180) |
| (1,415) | ||
Amortization relating to financing activities |
| 1,946 |
| 1,826 | ||
Gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall |
| (23,518) |
| — | ||
Changes in: |
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Receivables |
| 55,817 |
| 17,871 | ||
Inventories |
| (23,792) |
| (47,370) | ||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
| (42,889) |
| 4,497 | ||
Income taxes, net | 22,918 | 24,575 | ||||
Other |
| 18,960 |
| 3,336 | ||
Cash provided by operating activities |
| 25,922 |
| 225,906 | ||
Investing activities |
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Capital expenditures |
| (148,561) |
| (87,854) | ||
Minimum royalty payments |
| (1,124) |
| (1,125) | ||
Proceeds from disposals and divestitures |
| 562 |
| 1,591 | ||
Purchases of short term investments |
| (17,707) |
| (89,454) | ||
Proceeds from sales of short term investments |
| 86,079 |
| 90,424 | ||
Investments in and advances to affiliates, net |
| (1,059) |
| (3,275) | ||
Proceeds from property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall | 23,518 | — | ||||
Cash used in investing activities |
| (58,292) |
| (89,693) | ||
Financing activities |
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Payments on term loan due 2024 |
| (1,500) |
| (1,500) | ||
Proceeds from equipment financing | 53,611 | — | ||||
Net payments on other debt |
| (13,592) |
| (8,845) | ||
Debt financing costs |
| (1,171) |
| — | ||
Dividends paid |
| (7,645) |
| (15,264) | ||
Purchases of treasury stock |
| — |
| (143,142) | ||
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards |
| (331) |
| — | ||
Other |
| — |
| 30 | ||
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
| 29,372 |
| (168,721) | ||
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash |
| (2,998) |
| (32,508) | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, beginning of period |
| 153,020 |
| 264,937 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, end of period | $ | 150,022 | $ | 232,429 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, end of period | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 150,022 | $ | 232,429 | ||
Restricted cash | — | — | ||||
$ | 150,022 | $ | 232,429 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Arch Resources, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
(in thousands)
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| Treasury |
| Accumulated Other |
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Common | Paid-In | Stock at | Comprehensive | |||||||||||||||
Stock | Capital | Retained Earnings | Cost | Income (loss) | Total | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||
Balances, January 1, 2020 |
| $ | 252 |
| $ | 730,551 | $ | 731,425 | $ | (827,381) | $ | 5,689 | $ | 640,536 | ||||
Dividends on common shares ($0.50/share) |
| — |
| — |
| (7,834) |
| — |
| — |
| (7,834) | ||||||
Total comprehensive income (loss) |
| — |
| — |
| (25,299) |
| — |
| (17,403) |
| (42,702) | ||||||
Employee stock-based compensation | — | 3,962 | — | — | — | 3,962 | ||||||||||||
Common stock withheld related to net share settlement of equity awards | — | (198) | — | — | — | (198) | ||||||||||||
Balances at March 31, 2020 | $ | 252 | $ | 734,315 | $ | 698,292 | $ | (827,381) | $ | (11,714) | $ | 593,764 | ||||||
Total comprehensive income |
| — |
| — |
| (49,324) |
| — |
| (1,440) |
| (50,764) | ||||||
Employee stock-based compensation |
| — |
| 4,891 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 4,891 | ||||||
Common stock withheld related to net share settlement of equity awards |
| — |
| (50) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (50) | ||||||
Dividend Equivalents earned on RSU grants | — | — | (59) | — | — | (59) | ||||||||||||
Balances at June 30, 2020 | $ | 252 | $ | 739,156 | $ | 648,909 | $ | (827,381) | $ | (13,154) | $ | 547,782 |
Balances, January 1, 2019 |
| $ | 250 |
| $ | 717,492 |
| $ | 527,666 |
| $ | (583,883) |
| $ | 43,296 |
| $ | 704,821 |
Dividends on common shares ($0.45/share) |
| — |
| — |
| (8,111) |
| — |
| — |
| (8,111) | ||||||
Total comprehensive income |
| — |
| — |
| 72,741 |
| — |
| 3,094 |
| 75,835 | ||||||
Employee stock-based compensation | — | 5,651 | — | — | — | 5,651 | ||||||||||||
Purchase of 872,317 shares of common stock under share repurchase program |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (78,249) |
| — |
| (78,249) | ||||||
Balances at March 31, 2019 | $ | 250 | $ | 723,143 | $ | 592,296 | $ | (662,132) | $ | 46,390 | $ | 699,947 | ||||||
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Dividends on common shares ($0.45/share) |
| — |
| — |
| (7,696) |
| — |
| — |
| (7,696) | ||||||
Total comprehensive income |
| — |
| — |
| 62,840 |
| — |
| 398 |
| 63,238 | ||||||
Employee stock-based compensation |
| — |
| 5,822 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 5,822 | ||||||
Purchase of 697,255 shares of common stock under share repurchase program |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (63,392) |
| — |
| (63,392) | ||||||
Warrants exercised |
| — |
| 31 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 31 | ||||||
Balances at June 30, 2019 | $ | 250 | $ | 728,996 | $ | 647,440 | $ | (725,524) | $ | 46,788 | $ | 697,950 |
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Arch Resources, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
1. Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Arch Resources, Inc. (“Arch Resources”) and its subsidiaries (“Arch” or the “Company”). Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms “Arch” and the “Company” are used interchangeably in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company’s primary business is the production of thermal and metallurgical coal from surface and underground mines located throughout the United States, for sale to utility, industrial and steel producers both in the United States and around the world. The Company currently operates mining complexes in West Virginia, Illinois, Wyoming and Colorado. All subsidiaries are wholly-owned. Intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial reporting and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal, recurring accruals considered necessary for a fair presentation, have been included. Results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Effective May 15, 2020, Arch Coal, Inc. announced that its name changed to Arch Resources, Inc.
2. Accounting Policies
Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” and also issued subsequent amendments to the initial guidance under ASU 2018-19, ASU 2019-04 and ASU 2019-05. The standard modifies the measurement approach for credit losses on financial instruments, including trade receivables, from an incurred loss method to a current expected credit loss method, otherwise known as “CECL.” The standard requires the measurement of expected credit losses to be based on relevant information, including historical experience, current conditions and a forecast that is supportable. The Company adopted the standard in the first quarter of 2020, with minimal impact to the Company’s financial results.
As part of the adoption, the Company reviewed its’ portfolio of available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, and assessed whether it intends to sell, or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before recovery of its’ amortized cost basis. The Company determined that is currently does not intend to sell these securities before recovery of their amortized cost basis. Additionally, the Company evaluated whether the decline in fair value has resulted from credit losses or other factors by considering the extent to which the fair value is less than amortized cost, any changes to the rating of the security by a rating agency, and adverse conditions specifically related to the security, among other factors. If this assessment indicates that a credit loss exists, the Company compares the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected against the amortized cost basis. A credit loss is recorded if the present value of the cash flows is less than the amortized cost basis, limited by the amount that the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis. Upon adoption, the Company did not record an allowance for credit losses on its available-for-sale debt securities.
Additionally, the Company reviewed its open trade receivables arising from contractual coal sales. As part of its analysis, the Company performs periodic credit reviews of all active customers, reviews all trade receivables greater than 90 days past due, calculates historical loss rates and reviews current payment trends of all customers.
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Recent Accounting Guidance Issued Not Yet Effective
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740) Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” ASU 2019-12 eliminates certain exceptions related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The ASU is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods therein with early adoption permitted. The Company is reviewing the provisions of the standard but does not expect a significant impact to the Company's financial statements.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting." The amendments provide optional guidance for a limited time to ease the potential burden in accounting for reference rate reform. The new guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments apply only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. These amendments are effective immediately and may be applied prospectively to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated on or before December 31, 2022. We are currently evaluating our contracts and the optional expedients provided by the new standard.
3. Joint Venture with Peabody Energy
On June 18, 2019, Arch Coal, Inc. (now Arch Resources) entered into a definitive implementation agreement (the “Implementation Agreement”) with Peabody Energy Corporation (“Peabody”), to establish a joint venture that will combine the respective Powder River Basin and Colorado mining operations of Arch Resources and Peabody. Pursuant to the terms of the Implementation Agreement, Arch Resources will hold a 33.5% economic interest, and Peabody will hold a 66.5% economic interest in the joint venture. At the closing of the joint venture transaction, certain of the respective subsidiaries of Arch Resources and Peabody will enter into an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLC Agreement”). Under the terms of the LLC Agreement, the governance of the joint venture will be overseen by the joint venture’s board of managers, which will initially be comprised of three representatives appointed by Peabody and two representatives appointed by Arch. Decisions of the board of managers will be determined by a majority vote subject to certain specified matters set forth in the LLC Agreement that will require a supermajority vote. Peabody, or one of its affiliates, will initially be appointed as the operator of the joint venture and will manage the day-to-day operations of the joint venture, subject to the supervision of the joint venture’s board of managers.
Formation of the joint venture is subject to customary closing conditions, including the termination or expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, the receipt of certain other required regulatory approvals and the absence of injunctions or other legal restraints preventing the formation of the joint venture. Formation of the joint venture does not require approval of the respective stockholders of either Arch or Peabody.
On February 26, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed an administrative complaint challenging the proposed joint venture alleging the transaction will eliminate competition between Arch Resources and Peabody, the two major competitors in the market for thermal coal in the Southern Powder River Basin and the two largest coal-mining companies in the United States. The FTC filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, to maintain the status quo pending an administrative trial on the merits.
Between July 14 and July 23, 2020, the federal court in St. Louis conducted an evidentiary hearing, during which both sides further presented their evidence and arguments. Closing arguments are scheduled to take place on August 10, 2020 and a ruling on the FTC’s motion for preliminary injunction is expected by the end of the third quarter 2020.
The Company has incurred expenses of $7.9 million and $11.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, associated with the regulatory approval process related to the joint venture. Costs of $3.0 million were incurred for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.
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4. Gain on Property Insurance Recovery Related to Mountain Laurel Longwall
The Company recorded a $14.5 million and $23.5 million gain related to a property insurance recovery on the longwall shields at its Mountain Laurel operation during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. As a result of geologic conditions in the final longwall panel, Mountain Laurel was unable to recover 123 of the longwall system’s 176 hydraulic shields. All of the cash associated with the insurance recovery was received by the end of the quarter.
5. Severance Costs Related To Voluntary Separation Plan
The Company recorded $7.4 million and $13.3 million of employee severance expense related to a voluntary separation plan during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. During the first and second quarters of 2020, 53 members of the corporate staff and 201 employees from the Company’s thermal operations accepted the voluntary separation package.
6. Divestitures
During the quarter, various Dal-Tex and Briar Branch properties in West Virginia were sold to Condor Holdings, LLC. No consideration was received for the sale and a gain of $1.4 million was recorded representing the net liabilities sold.
On September 14, 2017, the Company sold Lone Mountain Processing, LLC and two idled mining companies, Cumberland River Coal LLC and Powell Mountain Energy LLC to Revelation Energy LLC, and recorded a gain on the transaction in that year of $21.3 million. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, Revelation assumed certain traumatic workers compensation claims and pneumoconiosis (occupational disease) benefits. On July 1, 2019, Blackjewel LLC and four affiliates, including Revelation Energy LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As a result of the bankruptcy, the Company recorded a $4.3 million charge for these claims as of June 30, 2019.
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7. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following items are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”), net of tax:
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| Pension, |
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Postretirement | Accumulated | |||||||||||
and Other Post- | Other | |||||||||||
Derivative | Employment | Available-for- | Comprehensive | |||||||||
Instruments | Benefits | Sale Securities | Income (loss) | |||||||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | (2,564) | $ | 8,273 | $ | (20) |
| $ | 5,689 | |||
Unrealized losses |
| (2,974) |
| (15,953) |
| 206 |
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| (18,721) | |||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI |
| 668 |
| (650) |
| (140) |
|
| (122) | |||
Balance at June 30, 2020 | $ | (4,870) | $ | (8,330) | $ | 46 |
| $ | (13,154) |
The following amounts were reclassified out of AOCI:
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, |
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| Line Item in the | |||||||||||
Details About AOCI Components |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
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| Statement of Operations | ||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Coal hedges | $ | 196 | $ | 1,743 | $ | 196 | $ | 2,104 |
| Revenues | |||||
Interest rate hedges |
| (648) |
| 514 |
| (864) |
| 1,029 |
| Interest expense | |||||
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | ||||||
$ | (452) | $ | 2,257 | $ | (668) | $ | 3,133 |
| Net of tax | ||||||
Pension, postretirement and other post-employment benefits | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of actuarial gains (losses), net | $ | 232 | $ | — | $ | 466 | $ | — |
| Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit (costs) credits | |||||
Amortization of prior service credits | 27 | — | 54 | — | Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit (costs) credits | ||||||||||
Pension settlement | 134 |
| 429 | 130 |
| 429 |
| Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit (costs) credits | |||||||
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | ||||||
$ | 393 | $ | 429 | $ | 650 | $ | 429 |
| Net of tax | ||||||
Available-for-sale securities | $ | 141 | $ | 15 | $ | 140 | $ | 15 |
| Interest and investment income | |||||
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | ||||||
$ | 141 | $ | 15 | $ | 140 | $ | 15 |
| Net of tax |
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8. Inventories
Inventories consist of the following:
| June 30, |
| December 31, | |||
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |||
(In thousands) | ||||||
Coal | $ | 67,702 | $ | 46,815 | ||
Repair parts and supplies |
| 86,988 |
| 84,083 | ||
$ | 154,690 | $ | 130,898 |
The repair parts and supplies are stated net of an allowance for slow-moving and obsolete inventories of $2.4 million at June 30, 2020 and $2.2 million at December 31, 2019.
9. Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities
The Company has invested in marketable debt securities, primarily highly liquid U.S. Treasury securities and investment grade corporate bonds. These investments are held in the custody of a major financial institution. These securities are classified as available-for-sale securities and, accordingly, the unrealized gains and losses are recorded through other comprehensive income.
The Company’s investments in available-for-sale marketable securities are as follows:
June 30, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Gross | Allowance | ||||||||||||||
Unrealized | for Credit | Fair | |||||||||||||
| Cost Basis |
| Gains |
| Losses | Losses |
| Value | |||||||
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Available-for-sale: |
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U.S. government and agency securities | $ | 14,030 | $ | 24 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 14,054 | |||||
Corporate notes and bonds |
| 53,161 |
| 166 |
| (144) |
| — |
| 53,183 | |||||
Total Investments | $ | 67,191 | $ | 190 | $ | (144) | $ | — | $ | 67,237 |
December 31, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Gross | Allowance | ||||||||||||||
Unrealized | for Credit | Fair | |||||||||||||
| Cost Basis |
| Gains |
| Losses | Losses |
| Value | |||||||
| (In thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale: | |||||||||||||||
U.S. government and agency securities | $ | 35,044 | $ | 1 | $ | (16) | $ | — | $ | 35,029 | |||||
Corporate notes and bonds |
| 100,643 |
| 200 |
| (205) |
| — |
| 100,638 | |||||
Total Investments | $ | 135,687 | $ | 201 | $ | (221) | $ | — | $ | 135,667 |
The aggregate fair value of investments with unrealized losses that were owned for less than a year was $12.5 million and $72.3 million at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The aggregate fair value of investments with unrealized losses that were owned for over a year was $5.1 million and $0.0 million at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The unrealized losses in the Company’s portfolio at June 30, 2020 are the result of normal market fluctuations. The Company does not currently intend to sell these investments before recovery of their amortized cost base.
The debt securities outstanding at June 30, 2020 have maturity dates ranging from the third quarter of 2020 through the third quarter of 2021. The Company classifies its investments as current based on the nature of the investments and their availability to provide cash for use in current operations.
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10. Derivatives
Interest rate risk management
The Company has entered into interest rate swaps to reduce the variability of cash outflows associated with interest payments on its variable rate term loan. These swaps have been designated as cash flow hedges. For additional information on these arrangements, see Note 12, “Debt and Financing Arrangements,” in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Diesel fuel price risk management
The Company is exposed to price risk with respect to diesel fuel purchased for use in its operations. The Company anticipates purchasing approximately 30 to 35 million gallons of diesel fuel for use in its operations annually. To protect the Company’s cash flows from increases in the price of diesel fuel for its operations, the Company uses forward physical diesel purchase contracts, purchased heating oil call options and New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) gulf coast diesel swaps and options. At June 30, 2020, the Company had protected the price on the majority of its expected diesel fuel purchases for the remainder of 2020 with approximately 6 million gallons of heating oil call options with an average strike price of $1.74 per gallon and 4 million gallons of NYMEX gulf coast diesel swaps at an average price of approximately $1.03 per gallon. These positions are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes, and therefore, changes in the fair value are recorded immediately to earnings.
Coal price risk management positions
The Company may sell or purchase forward contracts, swaps and options in the over-the-counter coal market in order to manage its exposure to coal prices. The Company has exposure to the risk of fluctuating coal prices related to forecasted, index-priced sales or purchases of coal or to the risk of changes in the fair value of a fixed price physical sales contract. Certain derivative contracts may be designated as hedges of these risks.
At June 30, 2020, the Company held derivatives for risk management purposes that are expected to settle in the following years:
(Tons in thousands) |
| 2020 |
| 2021 |
| Total |
Coal sales |
| 542 |
| — |
| 542 |
Coal purchases |
| 377 |
| — |
| 377 |
The Company has also entered into a minimal quantity of natural gas put options to protect the Company from decreases in natural gas prices, which could impact thermal coal demand. These options are not designated as hedges.
Coal trading positions
The Company may sell or purchase forward contracts, swaps and options in the over-the-counter coal market for trading purposes. The Company is exposed to the risk of changes in coal prices on the value of its coal trading portfolio. The estimated future realization of the value of the trading portfolio is $0.3 million of losses during the remainder of 2020 and $0.3 million of gains during 2021.
Tabular derivatives disclosures
The Company has master netting agreements with all of its counterparties which allow for the settlement of contracts in an asset position with contracts in a liability position in the event of default or termination. Such netting arrangements reduce the Company’s credit exposure related to these counterparties. For classification purposes, the Company records the net fair value of all the positions with a given counterparty as a net asset or liability in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The amounts shown in the table below represent the fair value position of individual contracts, and not the net position presented in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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The fair value and location of derivatives reflected in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows:
| June 30, 2020 |
| December 31, 2019 |
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Fair Value of Derivatives |
| Asset | Liability | Asset | Liability |
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(In thousands) | Derivative | Derivative | Derivative | Derivative | ||||||||||||||
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments |
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Coal | $ | 1,047 | $ | (851) |
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| $ | 1,351 | $ | (962) |
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Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |
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Heating oil -- diesel purchases |
| 528 |
| — |
|
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| 133 |
| (112) |
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Coal -- held for trading purposes |
| 12,910 |
| (12,870) |
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| 18,467 |
| (18,940) |
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Coal -- risk management |
| 11,554 |
| (6,659) |
|
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| 11,662 |
| (5,856) |
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Natural gas |
| — |
| — |
|
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| 3 |
| — |
|
| ||||||
Total | $ | 24,992 | $ | (19,529) |
|
| $ | 30,265 | $ | (24,908) |
|
| ||||||
Total derivatives | $ | 26,039 | $ | (20,380) |
|
| $ | 31,616 | $ | (25,870) |
|
| ||||||
Effect of counterparty netting |
| (20,380) |
| 20,380 |
|
|
| (25,759) |
| 25,759 |
|
| ||||||
Net derivatives as classified in the balance sheets | $ | 5,659 | $ | — | $ | 5,659 | $ | 5,857 | $ | (111) | $ | 5,746 |
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| June 30, |
| December 31, | |||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Net derivatives as reflected on the balance sheets (in thousands) |
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Heating oil and coal |
| Other current assets | $ | 5,659 | $ | 5,857 | ||
Coal |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
| — |
| (111) | ||
$ | 5,659 | $ | 5,746 |
The Company had a current liability representing cash collateral owed to a margin account for derivative positions primarily related to coal derivatives of $3.9 million and $4.4 million at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. These amounts are not included with the derivatives presented in the table above and are included in “accrued expenses and other current liabilities” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The effects of derivatives on measures of financial performance are as follows:
Derivatives used in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships (in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30,
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income | Gains (Losses) Reclassified from Other Comprehensive Income into Income | |||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||
Coal sales | (1) | $ | 440 | $ | 4,010 | $ | (902) | $ | 1,743 | |||
Coal purchases | (2) |
| (439) |
| (340) |
| 706 |
| — | |||
Totals | $ | 1 | $ | 3,670 | $ | (196) | $ | 1,743 |
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Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments (in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30,
Gain (Loss) Recognized | ||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||
Coal trading — realized and unrealized | (3) | $ | — | $ | (718) | |
Coal risk management — unrealized | (3) | 129 |
| 9,137 | ||
Natural gas trading— realized and unrealized | (3) | — |
| (19) | ||
Change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net total |
| $ | 129 | $ | 8,400 | |
Coal risk management— realized | (4) | $ | 2,756 | $ | (881) | |
Heating oil — diesel purchases | (4) | $ | 328 | $ | (1,369) |
Location in statement of operations:
(1) | — Revenues |
(2) | — Cost of sales |
(3) | — Change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net |
(4) | — Other operating (income) expense, net |
Derivatives used in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships (in thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income | Gains (Losses) Reclassified from Other Comprehensive Income into Income | |||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||
Coal sales | (1) | $ | 599 | $ | 9,247 | $ | (902) | $ | 2,787 | |||
Coal purchases | (2) |
| (595) |
| (906) |
| 706 |
| (686) | |||
Totals | $ | 4 | $ | 8,341 | $ | (196) | $ | 2,101 |
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments (in thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Gain (Loss) Recognized | ||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |||
Coal trading— realized and unrealized | (3) | $ | 221 | $ | (1,101) | |
Coal risk management— unrealized | (3) |
| (911) |
| 22,562 | |
Natural gas trading — realized and unrealized | (3) |
| 76 |
| (80) | |
Change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net total | $ | (614) | $ | 21,381 | ||
Coal risk management — realized | (4) | $ | 4,357 | $ | (5,292) | |
Heating oil — diesel purchases | (4) | $ | (705) | $ | (732) |
Location in statement of operations:
(1) | — Revenues |
(2) | — Cost of sales |
(3) | — Change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net |
(4) | — Other operating (income) expense, net |
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No ineffectiveness or amounts excluded from effectiveness testing relating to the Company’s cash flow hedging relationships were recognized in the results of operations in the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019
Based on fair values at June 30, 2020, amounts on derivative contracts designated as hedge instruments in cash flow hedges to be reclassified from other comprehensive income into earnings during the next twelve months are gains of approximately $0.2 million.
11. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:
| June 30, |
| December 31, | |||
2020 | 2019 | |||||
(In thousands) | ||||||
Payroll and employee benefits | $ | 46,640 | $ | 50,929 | ||
Taxes other than income taxes |
| 60,465 |
| 69,061 | ||
Interest |
| 121 |
| 133 | ||
Workers’ compensation |
| 15,004 |
| 16,119 | ||
Asset retirement obligations |
| 9,827 |
| 10,366 | ||
Other |
| 11,247 |
| 10,559 | ||
$ | 143,304 | $ | 157,167 |
12. Debt and Financing Arrangements
| June 30, |
| December 31, | |||
2020 | 2019 | |||||
| (In thousands) | |||||
Term loan due 2024 ($290.3 million face value) | $ | 289,427 | $ | 290,825 | ||
Other |
| 65,085 |
| 25,007 | ||
Debt issuance costs |
| (4,956) |
| (5,013) | ||
349,556 | 310,819 | |||||
Less: current maturities of debt |
| 25,702 |
| 20,753 | ||
Long-term debt | $ | 323,854 | $ | 290,066 |
Term Loan Facility
In 2017, the Company entered into a senior secured term loan credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) in an aggregate principal amount of $300 million (the “Term Loan Debt Facility”) with Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other financial institutions from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”). The Term Loan Debt Facility was issued at 99.50% of the face amount and will mature on March 7, 2024. The term loans provided under the Term Loan Debt Facility (the “Term Loans”) are subject to quarterly principal amortization payments in an amount equal to $750,000.
During 2018, the Company entered into the Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to its Credit Agreement. The Second Amendment reduced the interest rate on its Term Loan Debt Facility to, at the option of Arch Resources, either (i) the London interbank offered rate (“LIBOR”) plus an applicable margin of 2.75%, subject to a 1.00% LIBOR floor, or (ii) a base rate plus an applicable margin of 1.75%. The LIBOR floor remains at 1.00%. There is no change to the maturities as a result of the Second Amendment.
The Term Loan Debt Facility is guaranteed by all existing and future wholly owned domestic subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with Arch Resources, the “Loan Parties”), subject to customary exceptions, and is secured by first priority security interests on substantially all assets of the Loan Parties, including 100% of the voting equity interests of directly owned domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the voting equity interests of directly owned foreign subsidiaries, subject to customary exceptions.
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The Company has the right to prepay Term Loans at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part without premium or penalty, upon written notice, except that any prepayment of Term Loans that bear interest at the LIBOR Rate other than at the end of the applicable interest periods therefore shall be made with reimbursement for any funding losses and redeployment costs of the Lenders resulting therefrom.
The Term Loan Debt Facility is subject to certain usual and customary mandatory prepayment events, including 100% of net cash proceeds of (i) debt issuances (other than debt permitted to be incurred under the terms of the Term Loan Debt Facility) and (ii) non-ordinary course asset sales or dispositions, subject to customary thresholds, exceptions and reinvestment rights.
The Term Loan Debt Facility contains customary affirmative covenants and representations.
The Term Loan Debt Facility also contains customary negative covenants, which, among other things, and subject to certain exceptions, include restrictions on (i) indebtedness, (ii) liens, (iii) liquidations, mergers, consolidations and acquisitions, (iv) disposition of assets or subsidiaries, (v) affiliate transactions, (vi) creation or ownership of certain subsidiaries, partnerships and joint ventures, (vii) continuation of or change in business, (viii) restricted payments, (ix) prepayment of subordinated and junior lien indebtedness, (x) restrictions in agreements on dividends, intercompany loans and granting liens on the collateral, (xi) loans and investments, (xii) sale and leaseback transactions, (xiii) changes in organizational documents and fiscal year and (xiv) transactions with respect to bonding subsidiaries. The Term Loan Debt Facility does not contain any financial maintenance covenants.
The Term Loan Debt Facility contains customary events of default, subject to customary thresholds and exceptions, including, among other things, (i) nonpayment of principal and nonpayment of interest and fees, (ii) a material inaccuracy of a representation or warranty at the time made, (iii) a failure to comply with any covenant, subject to customary grace periods in the case of certain affirmative covenants, (iv) cross-events of default to indebtedness of at least $50 million, (v) cross-events of default to surety, reclamation or similar bonds securing obligations with an aggregate face amount of at least $50 million, (vi) uninsured judgments in excess of $50 million, (vii) any loan document shall cease to be a legal, valid and binding agreement, (viii) uninsured losses or proceedings against assets with a value in excess of $50 million, (ix) certain ERISA events, (x) a change of control or (xi) bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings relating to the Company or any material subsidiary of the Company.
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
In 2018, the Company extended and amended its existing trade accounts receivable securitization facility provided to Arch Receivable Company, LLC, a special-purpose entity that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arch Resources (“Arch Receivable”) (the “Extended Securitization Facility”), which supports the issuance of letters of credit and requests for cash advances. The amendment to the Extended Securitization Facility maintained the $160 million borrowing capacity and extended the maturity date to August 27, 2021. Additionally, the amendment provided the Company the opportunity to use credit insurance to increase the pool of eligible receivables for borrowing. Pursuant to the Extended Securitization Facility, Arch Receivable also agreed to a revised schedule of fees payable to the administrator and the providers of the Extended Securitization Facility.
The Extended Securitization Facility will terminate at the earliest of (i) August 27, 2021, (ii) if the Liquidity (defined in the Extended Securitization Facility and consistent with the definition in the Inventory Facility) is less than $175 million for a period of 60 consecutive days, the date that is the 364th day after the first day of such 60 consecutive day period, and (iii) the occurrence of certain predefined events substantially consistent with the existing transaction documents. Under the Extended Securitization Facility, Arch Receivable, Arch Resources and certain of Arch Resources’s subsidiaries party to the Extended Securitization Facility have granted to the administrator of the Extended Securitization Facility a first priority security interest in eligible trade accounts receivable generated by such parties from the sale of coal and all proceeds thereof. As of June 30, 2020, letters of credit totaling $15.0 million were outstanding under the facility with $68.2 million available for borrowings.
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Inventory-Based Revolving Credit Facility
In 2017, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a senior secured inventory-based revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $40 million (the “Inventory Facility”) with Regions Bank (“Regions”) as administrative agent and collateral agent, as lender and swingline lender (in such capacities, the “Lender”) and as letter of credit issuer. Availability under the Inventory Facility is subject to a borrowing base consisting of (i) 85% of the net orderly liquidation value of eligible coal inventory, (ii) the lesser of (x) 85% of the net orderly liquidation value of eligible parts and supplies inventory and (y) 35% of the amount determined pursuant to clause (i), and (iii) 100% of Arch Resources’s Eligible Cash (defined in the Inventory Facility), subject to reduction for reserves imposed by Regions.
In 2018, the Company and certain subsidiaries of Arch Resources amended and extended the Inventory Facility by increasing the facility size by $10 million, bringing the total aggregate amount available to $50 million, subject to borrowing base calculations described above.
The commitments under the Inventory Facility will terminate on the date that is the earliest to occur of (i) the date, if any, that is 364 days following the first day that Liquidity (defined in the Inventory Facility and consistent with the definition in the Extended Securitization Facility (as defined below)) is less than $250 million for a period of 60 consecutive days and (ii) the date, if any, that is 60 days following the maturity, termination or repayment in full of the Extended Securitization Facility.
Revolving loan borrowings under the Inventory Facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at the option of Arch Resources, either the base rate or the London interbank offered rate plus, in each case, a margin ranging from 2.00% to 2.50% (in the case of LIBOR loans) and 1.00% to 1.50% (in the case of base rate loans) determined using a Liquidity-based grid. Letters of credit under the Inventory Facility are subject to a fee in an amount equal to the applicable margin for LIBOR loans, plus customary fronting and issuance fees.
All existing and future direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries of Arch Resources, subject to customary exceptions, will either constitute co-borrowers under or guarantors of the Inventory Facility (collectively with Arch Resources, the “Loan Parties”). The Inventory Facility is secured by first priority security interests in the ABL Priority Collateral (defined in the Inventory Facility) of the Loan Parties and second priority security interests in substantially all other assets of the Loan Parties, subject to customary exceptions (including an exception for the collateral that secures the Extended Securitization Facility).
Arch Resources has the right to prepay borrowings under the Inventory Facility at any time and from time to time in whole or in part without premium or penalty, upon written notice, except that any prepayment of such borrowings that bear interest at the LIBOR rate other than at the end of the applicable interest periods therefore shall be made with reimbursement for any funding losses and redeployment costs of the Lender resulting therefrom.
The Inventory Facility is subject to certain usual and customary mandatory prepayment events, including non-ordinary course asset sales or dispositions, subject to customary thresholds, exceptions (including exceptions for required prepayments under Arch Resources’s term loan facility) and reinvestment rights.
The Inventory Facility contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants; events of default, subject to customary thresholds and exceptions; and representations, including certain cash management and reporting requirements that are customary for asset-based credit facilities. The Inventory Facility also includes a requirement to maintain Liquidity equal to or exceeding $175 million at all times. As of June 30, 2020, letters of credit totaling $32.4 million were outstanding under the facility with $17.6 million available for borrowings.
Equipment Financing
On March 4, 2020, the Company entered into an equipment financing arrangement accounted for as debt. The Company received $53.6 million in exchange for conveying an interest in certain equipment in operation at its Leer Mine and entered into a master lease arrangement for that equipment. The financing arrangement contains customary terms and events of default and provides for 48 monthly payments with an average interest rate of 6.34% maturing on March 4, 2024. Upon maturity, all interests in the subject equipment will revert back to the Company.
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Interest Rate Swaps
The Company has entered into a series of interest rate swaps to fix a portion of the LIBOR interest rate within the term loan. The interest rate swaps qualify for cash flow hedge accounting treatment and as such, the change in the fair value of the interest rate swaps is recorded on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as an asset or liability with the effective portion of the gains or losses reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income and the ineffective portion reported in earnings. As interest payments are made on the term loan, amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified into earnings through interest expense to reflect a net interest on the term loan equal to the effective yield of the fixed rate of the swap plus 2.75% which is the spread on the revised LIBOR term loan. In the event that an interest rate swap is terminated prior to maturity, gains or losses in accumulated other comprehensive income will remain deferred and be reclassified into earnings in the periods which the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings.
Below is a summary of the Company’s outstanding interest rate swap agreements designated as hedges as of June 30, 2020:
Notional Amount | | | | | | | | | |
(in millions) |
| Effective Date |
| Fixed Rate |
| Receive Rate |
| Expiration Date | |
$ | 200.0 | June 30, 2020 |
| 2.249 | % | 1-month LIBOR | June 30, 2021 | ||
$ | 100.0 | June 30, 2021 |
| 2.315 | % | 1-month LIBOR | June 30, 2023 |
The fair value of the interest rate swaps at June 30, 2020 is a liability of $5.1 million, which is recorded within Other noncurrent liabilities, with the offset to accumulated other comprehensive income on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company realized $0.6 million and $0.9 million of losses during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, related to settlements of the interest rate swaps which was recorded to interest expense on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. The interest rate swaps are classified as level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.
13. Income Taxes
A reconciliation of the federal income tax provision at the statutory rate to the actual provision for (benefit from) income taxes follows:
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| |||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||
Income tax provision at statutory rate | $ | (10,105) | $ | 13,216 | $ | (15,794) | $ | 28,506 | |||||
Percentage depletion allowance |
| (11,768) |
| (3,457) |
| (5,600) |
| (7,764) | |||||
State taxes, net of effect of federal taxes |
| (1,584) |
| 831 |
| (1,502) |
| 1,843 | |||||
Change in valuation allowance |
| 19,531 |
| (11,292) |
| 20,381 |
| (23,805) | |||||
Current expense associated with uncertain tax positions | 5,132 | 844 | 3,101 | 1,437 | |||||||||
AMT sequestration refund |
| — |
| — |
| (1,171) |
| — | |||||
Other, net |
| — |
| (51) |
| — |
| (56) | |||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | $ | 1,206 | $ | 91 | $ | (585) | $ | 161 |
During the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company received a $37.4 million refund from the Internal Revenue Service consisting of all the remaining refundable alternative minimum tax (AMT) credits and related interest. A FIN48 reserve has been established for $13.3 million, which represents 40% of the portion of the refund that is subject to audit risk.
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14. Fair Value Measurements
The hierarchy of fair value measurements assigns a level to fair value measurements based on the inputs used in the respective valuation techniques. The levels of the hierarchy, as defined below, give the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs.
● | Level 1 is defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. Level 1 assets include U.S. Treasury securities, and coal swaps and futures that are submitted for clearing on the New York Mercantile Exchange. |
● | Level 2 is defined as observable inputs other than Level 1 prices. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market, quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. The Company’s level 2 assets and liabilities include U.S. government agency securities, coal commodity contracts and interest rate swaps with fair values derived from quoted prices in over-the-counter markets or from prices received from direct broker quotes. |
● | Level 3 is defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions. These include the Company’s commodity option contracts (coal, natural gas and heating oil) valued using modeling techniques, such as Black-Scholes, that require the use of inputs, particularly volatility, that are rarely observable. Changes in the unobservable inputs would not have a significant impact on the reported Level 3 fair values at June 30, 2020. |
The table below sets forth, by level, the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are recorded at fair value in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet:
June 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Total |
| Level 1 |
| Level 2 |
| Level 3 | |||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||
Assets: |
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|
| ||||
Investments in marketable securities | $ | 67,237 | $ | 14,054 | $ | 53,183 | $ | — | ||||
Derivatives |
| 5,659 |
| 5,131 |
| 495 |
| 33 | ||||
Total assets | $ | 72,896 | $ | 19,185 | $ | 53,678 | $ | 33 | ||||
Liabilities: |
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| ||||||||
Derivatives | $ | 5,066 | $ | — | $ | 5,066 | $ | — |
The Company’s contracts with its counterparties allow for the settlement of contracts in an asset position with contracts in a liability position in the event of default or termination. For classification purposes, the Company records the net fair value of all the positions with these counterparties as a net asset or liability. Each level in the table above displays the underlying contracts according to their classification in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, based on this counterparty netting.
The following table summarizes the change in the fair values of financial instruments categorized as Level 3.
| Three Months Ended |
| Six Months Ended | |||
June 30, 2020 | June 30, 2020 | |||||
(In thousands) | ||||||
Balance, beginning of period |
| $ | 89 |
| $ | 61 |
Realized and unrealized losses recognized in earnings, net |
| (56) |
| (1,125) | ||
Purchases |
| — |
| 1,235 | ||
Issuances |
| — |
| (138) | ||
Settlements |
| — |
| — | ||
Ending balance | $ | 33 | $ | 33 |
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Net unrealized losses of $0.1 million and $0.6 million were recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations within Other operating income, net during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, related to Level 3 financial instruments held on June 30, 2020.
Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the fair value of the Company’s debt, including amounts classified as current, was $308.9 million and $308.0 million, respectively. Fair values are based upon observed prices in an active market, when available, or from valuation models using market information, which fall into Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
15. Earnings per Common Share
The Company computes basic net income (loss) per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares and the effect of potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive securities may consist of warrants, restricted stock units or other contingently issuable shares. The dilutive effect of outstanding warrants, restricted stock units and other contingently issuable shares is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method. The weighted average share impact of warrants and restricted stock units that were excluded from the calculation of diluted shares due to the Company incurring a net loss for the three and six month periods ending June 30, 2020 were 94,333 shares and 165,167 shares, respectively.
The following table provides the basis for basic and diluted earnings per share by reconciling the denominators of the computations:
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 | ||
(In Thousands) | |||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic weighted average shares outstanding |
| 15,145 |
| 16,543 |
| 15,142 |
| 17,018 |
|
Effect of dilutive securities |
| — |
| 1,238 |
| — |
| 1,172 |
|
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |
| 15,145 |
| 17,781 |
| 15,142 |
| 18,190 |
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16. Workers Compensation Expense
The Company is liable under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969, as subsequently amended, to provide for pneumoconiosis (occupational disease) benefits to eligible employees, former employees and dependents. The Company currently provides for federal claims principally through a self-insurance program. The Company is also liable under various state workers’ compensation statutes for occupational disease benefits. The occupational disease benefit obligation represents the present value of the actuarially computed present and future liabilities for such benefits over the employees’ applicable years of service.
In October 2019, the Company filed an application with the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (“OWCP”) within the Department of Labor for reauthorization to self-insure federal black lung benefits. In February 2020, the Company received a reply from the OWCP confirming Arch’s status to remain self-insured contingent upon posting additional collateral of $71.1 million within 30 days of receipt of the letter. The Company is currently appealing the ruling from the OWCP and has received an extension to self-insure during the appeal process. The Company is evaluating alternatives to self-insurance, including the purchase of commercial insurance to cover these claims.
In addition, the Company is liable for workers’ compensation benefits for traumatic injuries which are calculated using actuarially-based loss rates, loss development factors and discounted based on a risk free rate. Traumatic workers’ compensation claims are insured with varying retentions/deductibles, or through state-sponsored workers’ compensation programs.
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Workers’ compensation expense consists of the following components:
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 | ||||||
| (In thousands) | ||||||||||||
Self-insured occupational disease benefits: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Service cost | $ | 1,891 | $ | 1,669 | $ | 3,782 | $ | 3,338 | |||||
Interest cost(1) |
| 1,399 |
| 1,354 |
| 2,798 |
| 2,708 | |||||
Net amortization(1) |
| 298 |
| — |
| 595 |
| — | |||||
Total occupational disease | $ | 3,588 | $ | 3,023 | $ | 7,175 | $ | 6,046 | |||||
Traumatic injury claims and assessments |
| 2,100 |
| 2,410 |
| 4,282 |
| 4,554 | |||||
Total workers’ compensation expense | $ | 5,688 | $ | 5,433 | $ | 11,457 | $ | 10,600 |
(1) | In accordance with the adoption of ASU 2017-07, “Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost,” these costs are recorded within Nonoperating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations on the line item “Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs.” |
17. Employee Benefit Plans
The following table details the components of pension benefit costs (credits):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||||||
Interest cost(1) | $ | 1,483 | | $ | 2,259 | $ | 3,087 | $ | 4,517 | |||
Expected return on plan assets(1) |
| (2,023) |
| (2,724) |
| (4,311) |
| (5,447) | ||||
Pension settlement(1) | (134) | (429) | (130) | (429) | ||||||||
Amortization of prior service costs (credits) (1) |
| (27) |
| — |
| (54) |
| — | ||||
Net benefit credit | $ | (701) | $ | (894) | $ | (1,408) | $ | (1,359) |
The following table details the components of other postretirement benefit costs:
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||||||
Service cost | $ | 106 | $ | 120 | $ | 212 | $ | 240 | ||||
Interest cost(1) |
| 653 |
| 877 |
| 1,306 |
| 1,753 | ||||
Amortization of other actuarial losses (gains)(1) |
| (529) |
| — |
| (1,059) |
| — | ||||
Net benefit cost (credit) | $ | 230 | $ | 997 | $ | 459 | $ | 1,993 |
(1) | In accordance with the adoption of ASU 2017-07, “Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost,” these costs are recorded within Nonoperating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations on the line item “Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs.” |
(1) |
18. Commitments and Contingencies
The Company accrues for costs related to contingencies when a loss is probable and the amount is reasonably determinable. Disclosure of contingencies is included in the financial statements when it is at least reasonably possible that a material loss or an additional material loss in excess of amounts already accrued may be incurred.
In addition, the Company is a party to numerous other claims and lawsuits with respect to various matters. The ultimate resolution of any such legal matter could result in outcomes that may be materially different from amounts the Company has accrued for such matters. The Company believes it has recorded adequate reserves for these matters.
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19. Segment Information
The Company’s reportable business segments are based on two distinct lines of business, metallurgical and thermal, and may include a number of mine complexes. The Company manages its coal sales by market, not by individual mining complex. Geology, coal transportation routes to customers, and regulatory environments also have a significant impact on the Company’s marketing and operations management. Mining operations are evaluated based on Adjusted EBITDA, per-ton cash operating costs (defined as including all mining costs except depreciation, depletion, amortization, accretion on asset retirement obligations, and pass-through transportation expenses), and on other non-financial measures, such as safety and environmental performance. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are significant in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial condition. Therefore, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation, nor as an alternative to net income (loss), income (loss) from operations, cash flows from operations or as a measure of our profitability, liquidity or performance under generally accepted accounting principles. The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA to measure the operating performance of its segments and allocate resources to the segments. Furthermore, analogous measures are used by industry analysts and investors to evaluate the Company’s operating performance. Investors should be aware that the Company’s presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. The Company reports its results of operations primarily through the following reportable segments: Powder River Basin (PRB) segment containing the Company’s primary thermal operations in Wyoming; the Metallurgical (MET) segment, containing the Company’s metallurgical operations in West Virginia, and the Other Thermal segment containing the Company’s supplementary thermal operations in Colorado and Illinois.
On December 13, 2019, the Company closed on its definitive agreement to sell Coal-Mac LLC, an operating mine complex within the Company’s Other Thermal coal segment. Coal-Mac is included in the Other Thermal segment results below up to the date of the divestiture.
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Operating segment results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, are presented below. The Corporate, Other and Eliminations grouping includes these charges, as well as the change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net; corporate overhead; land management activities; other support functions; and the elimination of intercompany transactions.
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| Corporate, |
| |||||||||
Other | Other and | ||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | PRB | MET | Thermal | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Revenues | $ | 133,096 | $ | 138,951 | $ | 41,297 |
| $ | 6,177 | $ | 319,521 | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
| (5,362) |
| 20,910 |
| (4,752) |
| (21,528) |
| (10,732) | |||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 5,283 |
| 22,289 |
| 2,333 |
| 262 |
| 30,167 | |||||
Accretion on asset retirement obligation |
| 3,495 |
| 486 |
| 347 |
| 658 |
| 4,986 | |||||
Total assets |
| 247,990 |
| 740,451 |
| 108,238 |
| 705,710 |
| 1,802,389 | |||||
Capital expenditures |
| 1,145 |
| 57,514 |
| 955 |
| 1,258 |
| 60,872 | |||||
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 |
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 210,149 | $ | 261,245 | $ | 98,205 | $ | 623 | $ | 570,222 | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
| 14,696 |
| 101,936 |
| 10,922 |
| (21,990) |
| 105,564 | |||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 4,880 |
| 17,343 |
| 3,689 |
| 623 |
| 26,535 | |||||
Accretion on asset retirement obligation |
| 3,135 |
| 531 |
| 603 |
| 868 |
| 5,137 | |||||
Total assets |
| 236,527 |
| 605,657 |
| 136,899 |
| 910,447 |
| 1,889,530 | |||||
Capital expenditures |
| 13,209 |
| 31,150 |
| 3,211 |
| 1,138 |
| 48,708 | |||||
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 |
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|
|
|
| ||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 311,556 | $ | 321,605 | $ | 73,033 |
| $ | 18,559 | $ | 724,753 | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
| (5,944) |
| 63,630 |
| (6,072) |
| (49,431) |
| 2,183 | |||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 10,491 |
| 44,807 |
| 4,670 |
| 1,507 |
| 61,475 | |||||
Accretion on asset retirement obligation |
| 6,990 |
| 972 |
| 695 |
| 1,335 |
| 9,992 | |||||
Total assets |
| 247,990 |
| 740,451 |
| 108,238 |
| 705,710 |
| 1,802,389 | |||||
Capital expenditures |
| 4,242 |
| 136,162 |
| 4,571 |
| 3,586 |
| 148,561 | |||||
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 |
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 422,878 | $ | 514,507 | $ | 184,183 | $ | 3,837 | $ | 1,125,405 | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
| 35,279 |
| 193,470 |
| 17,041 |
| (32,972) |
| 212,818 | |||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 9,745 |
| 33,725 |
| 7,124 |
| 1,279 |
| 51,873 | |||||
Accretion on asset retirement obligation |
| 6,271 |
| 1,061 |
| 1,207 |
| 1,735 |
| 10,274 | |||||
Total assets |
| 236,527 |
| 605,657 |
| 136,899 |
| 910,447 |
| 1,889,530 | |||||
Capital expenditures |
| 13,623 |
| 62,374 |
| 9,461 |
| 2,396 |
| 87,854 |
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A reconciliation of net income (loss) to adjusted EBITDA follows:
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (49,324) | | $ | 62,840 | $ | (74,623) | $ | 135,581 | ||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 1,206 | 91 | (585) | 161 | |||||||||
Interest expense, net |
| 1,730 |
| 2,287 |
| 3,859 |
| 4,576 | |||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 30,167 |
| 26,535 |
| 61,475 |
| 51,873 | |||||
Accretion on asset retirement obligations |
| 4,986 |
| 5,137 |
| 9,992 |
| 10,274 | |||||
Costs related to proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy |
| 7,851 |
| 3,018 |
| 11,515 |
| 3,018 | |||||
Severance costs related to voluntary separation plan |
| 7,437 |
| — |
| 13,265 |
| — | |||||
Gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall |
| (14,518) |
| — |
| (23,518) |
| — | |||||
(Gain) loss on divestitures | (1,369) | 4,304 | (1,369) | 4,304 | |||||||||
Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs |
| 1,102 |
| 1,336 |
| 2,198 |
| 3,102 | |||||
Reorganization items, net |
| — |
| 16 |
| (26) |
| (71) | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | (10,732) | $ | 105,564 | $ | 2,183 | $ | 212,818 |
20. Revenue Recognition
ASC 606-10-50-5 requires that entities disclose disaggregated revenue information in categories (such as type of good or service, geography, market, type of contract, etc.) that depict how the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flow are affected by economic factors. ASC 606-10-55-89 explains that the extent to which an entity’s revenue is disaggregated depends on the facts and circumstances that pertain to the entity’s contracts with customers and that some entities may need to use more than one type of category to meet the objective for disaggregating revenue.
In general, the Company’s business segmentation is aligned according to the nature and economic characteristics of its coal and customer relationships and provides meaningful disaggregation of each segment’s results. The Company has further disaggregated revenue between North America and Seaborne revenues which depicts the pricing and contract differences between the two. North America revenue is characterized by contracts that typically have a term of one year
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or longer and typically the pricing is fixed; whereas Seaborne revenue generally is derived by spot or short term contracts with pricing determined at the time of shipment or based on a market index.
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| Corporate, |
| | |||||||||
Other | Other and | ||||||||||||||
PRB | MET | Thermal | Eliminations | Consolidated | |||||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
North America revenues | $ | 133,096 | $ | 40,137 | $ | 31,149 | $ | 6,177 | $ | 210,559 | |||||
Seaborne revenues |
| — |
| 98,814 |
| 10,148 |
| — |
| 108,962 | |||||
Total revenues | $ | 133,096 | $ | 138,951 | $ | 41,297 | $ | 6,177 | $ | 319,521 | |||||
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 |
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|
|
|
| ||||||||||
North America revenues | $ | 210,149 | $ | 54,896 | $ | 47,885 | $ | 623 | $ | 313,553 | |||||
Seaborne revenues |
| — |
| 206,349 |
| 50,320 |
| — |
| 256,669 | |||||
Total revenues | $ | 210,149 | $ | 261,245 | $ | 98,205 | $ | 623 | $ | 570,222 | |||||
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 |
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|
|
| ||||||||||
North America revenues | $ | 311,375 | $ | 69,860 | $ | 59,733 | $ | 18,559 | $ | 459,527 | |||||
Seaborne revenues |
| 181 |
| 251,745 |
| 13,300 |
| — |
| 265,226 | |||||
Total revenues | $ | 311,556 | $ | 321,605 | $ | 73,033 | $ | 18,559 | $ | 724,753 | |||||
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 |
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|
|
| ||||||||||
North America revenues | $ | 422,878 | $ | 99,562 | $ | 94,414 | $ | 3,837 | $ | 620,691 | |||||
Seaborne revenues |
| — |
| 414,945 |
| 89,769 |
| — |
| 504,714 | |||||
Total revenues | $ | 422,878 | $ | 514,507 | $ | 184,183 | $ | 3,837 | $ | 1,125,405 | |||||
As of June 30, 2020, the Company has outstanding performance obligations for the remainder of 2020 of 36.2 million tons of fixed price contracts and 2.5 million tons of variable price contracts. Additionally, the Company has outstanding performance obligations beyond 2020 of approximately 69.0 million tons of fixed price contracts and 4.5 million tons of variable price contracts.
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21. Leases
The Company has operating and financing leases for mining equipment, office equipment, office space and transloading terminals with remaining lease terms ranging from less than 1 year to approximately 7 years. Some of these leases include both lease and non-lease components which are accounted for as a single lease component as the Company has elected the practical expedient to combine these components for all leases. As most of the leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company calculated the ROU assets and lease liabilities using its secured incremental borrowing rate at the lease commencement date.
Information related to leases was as follows:
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Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
2020 |
| 2019 | |||||||
Operating lease information: | (In thousands) | ||||||||
Operating lease cost | $ | 905 | $ | 917 | |||||
Operating cash flows from operating leases |
| 885 | 871 | ||||||
Weighted average remaining lease term in years |
| 5.38 | 5.06 | ||||||
Weighted average discount rate |
| 5.5 | % | 5.6 | % | ||||
| | | | | | | |||
Financing lease information: |
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| |||||||
Financing lease cost | $ | 393 | $ | — | |||||
Operating cash flows from financing leases |
| 303 | — | ||||||
Weighted average remaining lease term in years |
| 4.75 | — | ||||||
Weighted average discount rate |
| 6.4 | % | — | % |
Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of June 30, 2020 were as follows:
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| Operating | Finance | ||||
Year | Leases | Leases | |||||
| (In thousands) | ||||||
2020 | $ | 1,683 | $ | 605 | |||
2021 |
| 3,367 |
| 1,210 | |||
2022 |
| 3,317 |
| 1,210 | |||
2023 |
| 3,285 |
| 1,210 | |||
2024 |
| 3,200 |
| 1,210 | |||
Thereafter |
| 7,798 |
| 2,111 | |||
Total minimum lease payments | $ | 22,650 | $ | 7,556 | |||
Less imputed interest |
| (3,742) |
| (1,273) | |||
Total lease liabilities | $ | 18,908 | $ | 6,283 | |||
As reflected on balance sheet: |
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| |||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | 2,382 | $ | 833 | |||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
| 16,526 |
| 5,450 | |||
Total lease liability | $ | 18,908 | $ | 6,283 |
At June 30, 2020, the Company had an $18.2 million ROU operating lease asset and a $6.2 million finance lease asset recorded within “
” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.27
22. Subsequent Events
On July 2, 2020 the Company issued $53.1 million of bonds in the U.S. tax-exempt market through the West Virginia Economic Development Authority at a fixed interest rate of 5.00%. The bonds are subject to a mandatory tender for purchase by the company on July 1, 2025. In keeping with the requirements of the tax-exempt issuance, proceeds from the offering will be used to fund the construction of the Leer South mine’s preparation plant and other facilities associated with waste management. The Company received approximately $30 million of cash upon closing, reflecting the amount of qualified expenditures already completed, and will receive the remainder over the next several quarters as work continues.
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Item 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains “forward-looking statements” - that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “should,” “appears,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” or “will.” Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, particular uncertainties arise from the COVID-19 pandemic, including its adverse effect on businesses, economies, and financial markets worldwide; from changes in the demand for our coal by the domestic electric generation and steel industries; from our ability to access the capital markets on acceptable terms and conditions; from legislation and regulations relating to the Clean Air Act and other environmental initiatives; from competition within our industry and with producers of competing energy sources; from our ability to successfully acquire or develop coal reserves; from operational, geological, permit, labor and weather-related factors, from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and other tax reforms; from the effects of foreign and domestic trade policies, actions or disputes; from fluctuations in the amount of cash we generate from operations which could impact, among other things, our ability to resume paying dividends in the future or repurchase shares; from our ability to successfully integrate the operations that we acquire; from our ability to complete the joint venture transaction with Peabody Energy Corporation (“Peabody”) in a timely manner, including obtaining regulatory approvals and satisfying other closing conditions; from our ability to achieve the expected synergies from the joint venture; from our ability to successfully integrate the operations of certain mines in the joint venture; from our ability to generate significant revenue to make payments required by, and to comply with restrictions related to, our tax-exempt bonds; and from numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. For a more detailed description of some of the risks and uncertainties that may affect our future results, you should see the “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and subsequent Form 10-Q filings.
COVID-19
In the first quarter of 2020, the COVID-19 virus emerged as a global level pandemic. The continuing responses to the COVID-19 outbreak include actions that have a significant impact on domestic and global economies, including travel restrictions, gathering bans, stay at home orders, and many other restrictive measures. All of our operations have been classified as essential in the states in which we operate. We have instituted many policies and procedures, in alignment with CDC guidelines and local mandates, to protect our employees during the COVID-19 outbreak. These policies and procedures include, but are not limited to, staggering shift times to limit the number of people in common areas at one time, limiting meetings and meeting sizes, continual cleaning and disinfecting of high touch and high traffic areas, including door handles, bath rooms, bath houses, access elevators, mining equipment, and other areas, limiting contractor access to our properties, limiting business travel, and instituting work from home for administrative employees. We plan to keep these policies and procedures in place and continually evaluate further enhancements for as long as necessary. We recognize that the COVID-19 outbreak and responses thereto will also impact both our customers and suppliers. To date, we have not had any significant issues with critical suppliers, and we continue to communicate with them and closely monitor their developments to ensure we have access to the goods and services required to maintain our operations and continue our Leer South development. Our customers have reacted, and continue to react, in various ways and to varying degrees to declining demand for their products. We have received force majeure letters from certain of our customers, primarily related to our thermal segments. Our shipment volume of committed thermal coal has been less than ratable in the first half of the current year, and we are currently in commercial discussions regarding shipment timing with customers representing approximately two million tons of Powder River Basin contractual obligations in the second half of 2020. Those discussions could result in that volume being deferred to 2021. Other than an outage at our Viper mine unrelated to the COVID-19 outbreak, no thermal shipments contracted for the current year have been cancelled at this time. Approximately 0.5 million tons coking coal contracted for 2020 have been deferred to 2021. We will work with our customers to mutually preserve or enhance value where deferrals have been requested. Our current view of our customer demand situation is discussed in greater detail in the “Overview” section below.
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Overview
Our results for the second quarter of 2020 were impacted by increasing weakness in metallurgical and thermal coal markets. Responses to the COVID-19 outbreak precipitated demand destruction that further weakened already depressed thermal and metallurgical coal markets.
Significant industrial shutdowns, particularly in the automotive sector, drove significant reductions in steel demand and the idling of multiple blast furnaces in Europe, North America, and South America. Much of the idled industrial capacity is currently in the process of ramping back up, but this process is likely to be lengthy and is subject to possible setbacks should COVID-19 become resurgent. Furthermore, demand for steel making raw materials, like coking coal, are at the end of the supply chain and may see a significant lag in recognizing improved demand from the ramp up of industrial production. On the supply side, significant coking coal mine idlings were announced in reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak, particularly in North America. Most of the idled mines have since returned to production, but all may not be operating at full capacity, and the production volume removed from the market was likely significant. We believe that the cash cost of over half of global seaborne coking coal production, including most North American coking coal production, exceeds current prompt pricing. To date, due to our low cost structure, we have avoided idling any of our coking coal operations. Until balance between demand destruction and the ongoing production response occurs, spot demand and prompt and forward pricing for coking coal will likely remain under pressure. Longer term, we believe continued limited global capital investment in new coking coal production capacity, economic pressure on higher cost production sources, and production responses to the virus outbreak will provide support to coking coal markets when demand returns to the steel production supply chain.
Demand for domestic thermal coal in the current quarter came under significant pressure due to historically low natural gas prices, COVID-19 related industrial shutdowns, normal seasonal decline in demand, and the continued increase in renewable generation sources, particularly wind. Natural gas pricing remained at historically low levels throughout the current quarter, displacing coal fired generation in most regions of the country. Production levels of the competing fuel began to retreat from all-time highs, but storage levels are significantly above this time last year. Additionally, generator coal stockpiles are significantly above historical averages based on days of burn. International thermal coal market pricing weakened further, remaining at levels that are uneconomic for all of our thermal operations. Additionally, in late March we temporarily idled our Viper mine due to failure of the operation’s primary customer to take deliveries due to generating unit issues and a weak power market. The customer restarted deliveries in May, and we reopened the mine at approximately the same time. The customer has continued to take deliveries to date. Similar to metallurgical markets discussed above, actions taken to combat the spread of COVID-19 across many regions of the national and global economy have reduced, and will likely continue to significantly reduce thermal coal demand and supply. As a result, we expect domestic and global thermal markets to remain challenged.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019
Revenues. Our revenues include sales to customers of coal produced at our operations and coal purchased from third parties. Transportation costs are included in cost of coal sales and amounts billed by us to our customers for transportation are included in revenues.
Coal Sales. The following table summarizes information about our coal sales during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
Three Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| (Decrease) / Increase | ||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||
Coal sales | $ | 319,521 | $ | 570,222 | $ | (250,701) | |||
Tons sold |
| 13,258 |
| 20,976 |
| (7,718) |
On a consolidated basis, coal sales in the second quarter of 2020 were approximately $250.7 million or 44.0% less than in the second quarter of 2019, while tons sold decreased approximately 7.7 million tons or 36.8%. Coal sales from Metallurgical operations decreased approximately $122.3 million due to decreased pricing and volume. Powder River
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Basin coal sales decreased approximately $77.1 million due to decreased volume, and Other Thermal coal sales decreased approximately $56.9 million due to decreased volume and pricing. In the prior year quarter, our Coal-Mac operation in our Other Thermal Segment, which was sold in December 2019, provided approximately $30.7 million in coal sales and 0.6 million tons sold. See discussion in “Operational Performance” for further information about segment results.
Costs, expenses and other. The following table summarizes costs, expenses and other components of operating income during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
Three Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| Increase (Decrease) | ||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||
Cost of sales (exclusive of items shown separately below) | $ | 316,348 | $ | 451,088 | $ | 134,740 | |||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 30,167 |
| 26,535 |
| (3,632) | |||
Accretion on asset retirement obligations |
| 4,986 |
| 5,137 |
| 151 | |||
Change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net |
| (129) |
| (8,400) |
| (8,271) | |||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
| 19,738 |
| 25,209 |
| 5,471 | |||
Costs related to proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy |
| 7,851 |
| 3,018 |
| (4,833) | |||
Severance costs related to voluntary separation plan |
| 7,437 |
| — |
| (7,437) | |||
Gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall |
| (14,518) |
| — |
| 14,518 | |||
(Gain) loss on divestitures | (1,369) |
| 4,304 |
| 5,673 | ||||
Other operating income, net |
| (5,704) |
| (3,239) |
| 2,465 | |||
Total costs, expenses and other | $ | 364,807 | $ | 503,652 | $ | 138,845 |
Cost of sales. Our cost of sales for the second quarter of 2020 decreased approximately $134.7 million or 29.9% versus the second quarter of 2019. In the prior year quarter, our Coal-Mac operation, which was sold in December 2019, accounted for approximately $28.6 million in cost of sales. The decline in cost of sales at ongoing operations consists primarily of reduced repairs and supplies costs of approximately $58.1 million, including approximately $13.3 million in reduced diesel fuel costs, reduced transportation costs of approximately $26.4 million, reduced operating taxes and royalties of approximately $25.8 million, and reduced compensation costs of approximately $11.4 million. These cost decreases were partially offset by a smaller increase in coal inventory value versus the prior year quarter of approximately $15.7 million. See discussion in “Operational Performance” for further information about segment results.
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization. The increase in depreciation, depletion, and amortization in the second quarter of 2020 versus the second quarter of 2019 is primarily due to increased depreciation of plant and equipment and amortization of development in our Metallurgical segment.
Change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net. The significant benefit in the second quarter of 2019 is primarily related to mark-to-market gains on coal derivatives that we had entered to hedge our price risk for anticipated international thermal coal shipments.
Selling, general and administrative expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses in the second quarter of 2020 decreased versus the second quarter of 2019 due primarily to decreased compensation costs of approximately $5.2 million, which includes the impact of reduced headcount from our voluntary separation program recognized in the first quarter of 2020.
Costs related to proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy. On June 18, 2019, we entered into a definitive implementation agreement (the “Implementation Agreement”) with Peabody, to establish a joint venture that will combine the companies’ Powder River Basin and Colorado mining operations. All costs associated with execution of the Implementation Agreement are reflected herein. For further information on our proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy, see Note 3, “Joint Venture with Peabody Energy” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Severance costs related to voluntary separation plan (VSP). In the second quarter of 2020 we recorded $7.4 million of employee severance expense related to voluntary separation plans that were accepted by 201 employees of our thermal operations. For further information on our VSP costs, see Note 5, “Severance Costs related to Voluntary Separation Plan” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall. In the second quarter of 2020 we recorded a $14.5 million benefit from insurance proceeds related to the loss of certain longwall shields at our Mountain Laurel operation in November 2019. For further information on our gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall, see Note 4, “Gain on Property Insurance Recovery Related to Mountain Laurel Longwall” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
(Gain) loss on divestitures. In the second quarter of 2020 we recorded a $1.4 million gain on the sale of our idle Dal-Tex and Briar Branch properties. In the prior year period we recorded a loss on our sale of Lone Mountain Processing, LLC related to certain workers’ compensation liabilities that may accrue to us as a result of the bankruptcy filing of Revelation Energy LLC. For further information on this gain and loss, see Note 6, “Divestitures” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Other operating income, net. The increase in other operating income, net in the second quarter of 2020 versus the second quarter of 2019 consists primarily of the favorable impact of certain coal derivative settlements of approximately $3.6 million and the favorable impact of mark-to-market movement on heating oil derivatives of approximately $1.7 million, partially offset by decreased income from equity investments of approximately $1.0 million and a gain on sale of non-core assets in the prior year quarter of approximately $2.3 million.
Nonoperating (expenses) income. The following table summarizes our nonoperating expense during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
Three Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| Increase (Decrease) | ||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||
Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs | $ | (1,102) | $ | (1,336) | $ | 234 | |||
Reorganization items, net |
| — |
| (16) |
| 16 | |||
Total nonoperating (expenses) income | $ | (1,102) | $ | (1,352) | $ | 250 |
Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs. The reduction in non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs in the second quarter of 2020 versus the first quarter of 2019 is primarily due to postretirement benefit gain amortization in the second quarter of 2020.
Provision for income taxes. The following table summarizes our provision for income taxes during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
Three Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| Increase (Decrease) | ||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||
Provision for income taxes | $ | 1,206 | $ | 91 | $ | (1,115) |
See Note 13, “Income Taxes,” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of the federal income tax provision at the statutory rate to the actual provision for income taxes.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019
Revenues. Our revenues include sales to customers of coal produced at our operations and coal purchased from third parties. Transportation costs are included in cost of coal sales and amounts billed by us to our customers for transportation are included in revenues.
Coal Sales. The following table summarizes information about our coal sales during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| (Decrease) / Increase | ||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||
Coal sales | $ | 724,753 | $ | 1,125,405 | $ | (400,652) | |||
Tons sold |
| 30,239 |
| 41,701 |
| (11,462) |
On a consolidated basis, coal sales in the first half of 2020 were approximately $400.7 million or 35.6% less than in the first half of 2019, while tons sold decreased approximately 11.5 million tons or 27.5%. Coal sales from Metallurgical operations decreased approximately $192.9 million due to decreased volume and pricing. Powder River Basin coal sales decreased approximately $111.3 million due to decreased volume, and Other Thermal coal sales decreased approximately $111.2 million due to decreased volume and pricing. In the prior year period, our Coal-Mac operation in our Other Thermal Segment, which was sold in December 2019, provided approximately $55.0 million in coal sales and 1.0 million tons sold. See discussion in “Operational Performance” for further information about segment results.
Costs, expenses and other. The following table summarizes costs, expenses and other components of operating income during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
2020 |
| 2019 |
| Increase (Decrease) | |||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||
Cost of sales (exclusive of items shown separately below) | $ | 691,347 | | $ | 889,559 | | $ | 198,212 | |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 61,475 | 51,873 | (9,602) | |||||
Accretion on asset retirement obligations |
| 9,992 | 10,274 | 282 | |||||
Change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net |
| 614 | (21,381) | (21,995) | |||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
| 42,483 | 49,298 | 6,815 | |||||
Costs related to proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy |
| 11,515 | 3,018 | (8,497) | |||||
Severance costs related to voluntary separation plan |
| 13,265 | — |
| (13,265) | ||||
Gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall |
| (23,518) | — |
| 23,518 | ||||
(Gain) loss on divestitures | (1,369) | 4,304 | 5,673 | ||||||
Other operating income, net |
| (11,874) |
| (4,889) |
| 6,985 | |||
Total costs, expenses and other | $ | 793,930 | $ | 982,056 | $ | 188,126 |
Cost of sales. Our cost of sales for the first half of 2020 decreased approximately $198.2 million or 22.3% versus the first half of 2019. In the prior year period, our Coal-Mac operation, which was sold in December 2019, accounted for approximately $54.5 million in cost of sales. The decline in cost of sales at ongoing operations consists primarily of reduced repairs and supplies costs of approximately $79.8 million, including approximately a $15.2 million in reduced diesel fuel costs, reduced transportation costs of approximately $42.9 million, reduced operating taxes and royalties of approximately $35.2 million, and reduced compensation costs of approximately $8.1 million. These cost decreases were partially offset by a smaller increase in coal inventory value versus the prior year period of approximately $13.1 million, and increased purchased coal cost of approximately $13.6 million. See discussion in “Operational Performance” for further information about segment results.
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Depreciation, depletion, and amortization. The increase in depreciation, depletion, and amortization in the first half of 2020 versus the first half of 2019 is primarily due to increased depreciation of plant and equipment, amortization of development, and depletion in our Metallurgical segment.
Change in fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, net. The significant benefit in the first half of 2019 is primarily related to mark-to-market gains on coal derivatives that we had entered to hedge our price risk for anticipated international thermal coal shipments.
Selling, general and administrative expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses in the first half of 2020 decreased versus the first half of 2019 due primarily to decreased compensation costs of approximately $6.5 million, which includes the impact of reduced headcount from our voluntary separation program recognized in the first quarter of 2020.
Costs related to proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy. On June 18, 2019, we entered into a definitive implementation agreement (the “Implementation Agreement”) with Peabody, to establish a joint venture that will combine the companies’ Powder River Basin and Colorado mining operations. All costs associated with execution of the Implementation Agreement are reflected herein. For further information on our proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy, see Note 3, “Joint Venture with Peabody Energy” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Severance costs related to voluntary separation plan (VSP). In the current year period we recorded approximately $13.3 million of employee severance expense related to voluntary separation plans that were accepted by 53 employees of the corporate staff and 201 employees of our thermal operations. For further information on our VSP costs see Note 5, “Severance Costs related to Voluntary Separation Plan” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall. In the current year period we recorded a $23.5 million benefit from insurance proceeds related to the loss of certain longwall shields at our Mountain Laurel operation in November of 2019. For further information on our gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall, see Note 4, “Gain on Property Insurance Recovery Related to Mountain Laurel Longwall” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
(Gain) loss on divestitures. In the current year period we recorded a $1.4 million gain on the sale of our idle Dal-Tex and Briar Branch properties. In the prior year period we recorded a loss on our sale of Lone Mountain Processing, LLC related to certain workers’ compensation liabilities that may accrue to us as a result of the bankruptcy filing of Revelation Energy LLC. For further information on this gain and loss, see Note 6, “Divestitures” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Other operating income, net. The increase in other operating income, net in the first half of 2020 versus the first half of 2019 consists primarily of the favorable impact of certain coal derivative settlements of approximately $9.6 million and increased income from equity investments of approximately $0.7 million, partially offset by reduced transloading income of approximately $1.6 million and a gain on sale of certain right of way rights in the prior year period of approximately $2.3 million.
Nonoperating (expenses) income. The following table summarizes our nonoperating expense during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| Increase (Decrease) | ||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||
Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs | $ | (2,198) | $ | (3,102) | $ | 904 | |||
Reorganization items, net |
| 26 |
| 71 |
| (45) | |||
Total nonoperating (expenses) income | $ | (2,172) | $ | (3,031) | $ | 859 |
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Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs. The reduction in non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs in the first half of 2020 versus the first half of 2019 is primarily due to postretirement benefit gain amortization in the first half of 2020.
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes. The following table summarizes our provision for (benefit from) income taxes during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| Increase (Decrease) | ||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | $ | (585) | $ | 161 | $ | 746 |
See Note 13, “Income Taxes,” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of the federal income tax provision (benefit) at the statutory rate to the actual provision for (benefit from) income taxes.
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Operational Performance
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019
Our mining operations are evaluated based on Adjusted EBITDA, per-ton cash operating costs (defined as including all mining costs except depreciation, depletion, amortization, accretion on asset retirements obligations, and pass-through transportation expenses), and on other non-financial measures, such as safety and environmental performance. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) attributable to the Company before the effect of net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, the accretion on asset retirement obligations and nonoperating expenses. Adjusted EBITDA may also be adjusted for items that may not reflect the trend of future results by excluding transactions that are not indicative of our core operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are significant in understanding and assessing our financial condition. Therefore, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation, nor as an alternative to net income (loss), income (loss) from operations, cash flows from operations or as a measure of our profitability, liquidity or performance under generally accepted accounting principles. Furthermore, analogous measures are used by industry analysts and investors to evaluate the Company’s operating performance. Investors should be aware that our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.
The following table shows results by operating segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.
| Three Months Ended June 30, |
| Six Months Ended June 30, |
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2020 | 2019 | Variance | 2020 |
| 2019 |
| Variance | ||||||||||||
Powder River Basin |
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Tons sold (in thousands) |
| 10,597 |
| 17,149 |
| (6,552) |
| 24,769 |
| 34,289 |
| (9,520) |
| ||||||
Coal sales per ton sold | $ | 12.36 | $ | 12.08 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 12.33 | $ | 12.13 | $ | 0.20 | |||||||
Cash cost per ton sold | $ | 12.92 | $ | 11.29 | $ | (1.63) | $ | 12.65 | $ | 11.14 | $ | (1.51) | |||||||
Cash margin per ton sold | $ | (0.56) | $ | 0.79 | $ | (1.35) | $ | (0.32) | $ | 0.99 | $ | (1.31) | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands) | $ | (5,362) | $ | 14,696 | $ | (20,058) | $ | (5,944) | $ | 35,279 | $ | (41,223) | |||||||
Metallurgical |
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|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
Tons sold (in thousands) |
| 1,475 |
| 1,892 |
| (417) |
| 3,254 |
| 3,685 |
| (431) | |||||||
Coal sales per ton sold | $ | 76.17 | $ | 115.87 | $ | (39.70) | $ | 79.55 | $ | 117.01 | $ | (37.46) | |||||||
Cash cost per ton sold | $ | 61.95 | $ | 62.07 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 60.02 | $ | 64.60 | $ | 4.58 | |||||||
Cash margin per ton sold | $ | 14.22 | $ | 53.80 | $ | (39.58) | $ | 19.53 | $ | 52.41 | $ | (32.88) | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands) | $ | 20,910 | $ | 101,936 | $ | (81,026) | $ | 63,630 | $ | 193,470 | $ | (129,840) | |||||||
Other Thermal |
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|
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| |||||||||||||
Tons sold (in thousands) |
| 1,006 |
| 1,916 |
| (910) |
| 1,749 |
| 3,602 |
| (1,853) | |||||||
Coal sales per ton sold | $ | 29.80 | $ | 39.09 | $ | (9.29) | $ | 31.72 | $ | 38.85 | $ | (7.13) | |||||||
Cash cost per ton sold | $ | 35.36 | $ | 33.62 | $ | (1.74) | $ | 35.89 | $ | 34.39 | $ | (1.50) | |||||||
Cash margin per ton sold | $ | (5.56) | $ | 5.47 | $ | (11.03) | $ | (4.17) | $ | 4.46 | $ | (8.63) | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands) | $ | (4,752) | $ | 10,922 | $ | (15,674) | $ | (6,072) | $ | 17,041 | $ | (23,113) |
This table reflects numbers reported under a basis that differs from U.S. GAAP. See “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures” below for explanation and reconciliation of these amounts to the nearest GAAP measures. Other companies may calculate these per ton amounts differently, and our calculation may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures.
Powder River Basin — Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 decreased versus the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, due to decreased volume versus the prior year periods. Pricing increased slightly, and cash cost per ton sold increased significantly driven by the decrease in volume and the Federal reimposition
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of a higher Federal Black Lung Excise Tax rate. Pricing in the current periods benefitted from our ability to recoup the reimposition of the higher Federal Black Lung Excise Tax rate under certain of our term supply contracts. The volume decline was primarily due to low natural gas pricing and continued growth of renewable generation sources, particularly wind. Natural gas pricing reached and remained at historical lows during the current periods as relatively mild winter temperatures, record or near record natural gas production levels, and increasing natural gas storage levels combined to keep pricing for the competing fuel significantly lower than in the prior year periods. Furthermore, the continued buildout of subsidized renewable generation sources, particularly wind, significantly increased market share of renewable generation in the current year periods. During the second quarter of 2020, we also experienced reduced electric generation related to demand destruction due to restrictive responses taken to combat the spread of COVID-19 and the normal seasonal reduction in electric demand due to mild temperatures. Furthermore, during the current year period, generator stockpiles of thermal coal reached historical highs in terms of days of burn. Our Powder River Basin shipment volumes will continue to be pressured while natural gas prices remain low and thermal coal stockpiles remain elevated. Additionally, we are at risk of further demand destruction should a resurgence of COVID-19 lead to reimposition of prior, or imposition of new, economically damaging responses to control the spread of the virus.
In 2019 the Federal Black Lung Excise Tax rate reverted to the pre-1986 rates. For 2020, Congress reimposed the higher 1986 to 2018 rates of $0.55 per ton sold or 4.4% of gross selling price on all domestic sales. For 2019, the Federal Black Lung Excise Tax rate for surface mines was $0.25 per ton or 2% of gross selling price on all domestic sales.
Metallurgical — Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 decreased from the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 due to the decline in coking coal pricing and shipment volume discussed in the “Overview” section above, partially offset by decreased cash cost per ton sold. The cost decrease was driven by an increase in the percentage of segment tons sold from our low cost Leer mine in the current year periods. Additionally, operating tax and royalty costs declined in the current quarter due to lower pricing and a severance tax credit. Actions taken to combat the spread of COVID-19 had a significant impact on our metallurgical segment in the second quarter of 2020. In particular, the industrial shutdowns discussed in the “Overview” section above have had a negative impact on the entire steel making supply chain. These impacts include a further decline in coking coal pricing and deferral of shipments to later in the year. Also, one of our coking coal customers has requested cancellation of approximately 0.2 million tons of contracted coking coal shipments for the current year related to a general COVID-19 force majeure letter received from the customer.
Our Metallurgical segment sold 1.3 million tons of coking coal and 0.2 million tons of associated thermal coal in the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared to 1.6 million tons of coking coal and 0.3 million tons of associated thermal coal in the three months ended June 30, 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, our Metallurgical segment sold 2.8 million tons of coking coal and 0.4 million tons of associated thermal coal compared to 3.1 million tons of coking coal and 0.6 million tons of associated thermal coal in the six months ended June 30, 2019. Longwall operations accounted for approximately 56% and 61% of our shipment volume in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 respectively, compared to approximately 68% of our shipment volume in both the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.
Other Thermal — Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 decreased versus the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 due to reduced sales volume, decreased pricing, and increased cash cost per ton sold. All of these metrics are impacted by the inclusion of our former Coal-Mac operation, which was sold in December 2019. Coal-Mac provided approximately 0.6 and 1.0 million tons sold in the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 respectively. Tons sold from ongoing operations declined approximately 0.3 million tons in the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 0.8 million tons in the six months ended June 30, 2020 as low natural gas pricing, increased renewable generation, and uneconomic international pricing impacted volume. In addition, as discussed in the “Overview” section above, in late March of the current year we temporarily idled our Viper mine due to nonperformance of the mine’s primary customer. The customer restarted deliveries in early May, and we reopened the mine at approximately the same time. We are at risk of further demand destruction should a resurgence of COVID-19 lead to reimposition of prior, or imposition of new, economically damaging responses to control the spread of the virus.
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures
Segment coal sales per ton sold
Non-GAAP Segment coal sales per ton sold is calculated as segment coal sales revenues divided by segment tons sold. Segment coal sales revenues are adjusted for transportation costs, and may be adjusted for other items that, due to generally accepted accounting principles, are classified in “other income” on the statement of operations, but relate to price protection on the sale of coal. Segment coal sales per ton sold is not a measure of financial performance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We believe segment coal sales per ton sold provides useful information to investors as it better reflects our revenue for the quality of coal sold and our operating results by including all income from coal sales. The adjustments made to arrive at these measures are significant in understanding and assessing our financial condition. Therefore, segment coal sales revenues should not be considered in isolation, nor as an alternative to coal sales revenues under generally accepted accounting principles.
| Powder River |
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| Other |
| Idle and |
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 | Basin | Metallurgical | Thermal | Other | Consolidated | ||||||||||
(In thousands) |
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GAAP Revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | $ | 133,096 | $ | 138,951 | $ | 41,297 | $ | 6,177 | $ | 319,521 | |||||
Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment coal sales revenue |
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Coal risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" |
| — |
| (259) |
| (2,486) |
| — |
| (2,745) | |||||
Coal sales revenues from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 6,143 |
| 6,143 | |||||
Transportation costs |
| 2,143 |
| 26,848 |
| 13,807 |
| 34 |
| 42,832 | |||||
Non-GAAP Segment coal sales revenues | $ | 130,953 | $ | 112,362 | $ | 29,976 | $ | — | $ | 273,291 | |||||
Tons sold |
| 10,597 |
| 1,475 |
| 1,006 |
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Coal sales per ton sold | $ | 12.36 | $ | 76.17 | $ | 29.80 |
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| Powder River |
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| Other |
| Idle and |
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 | Basin | Metallurgical | Thermal | Other | Consolidated | ||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
GAAP Revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | $ | 210,149 | $ | 261,245 | $ | 98,205 | $ | 623 | $ | 570,222 | |||||
Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment coal sales revenue |
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Coal risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" |
| — |
| — |
| (1,036) |
| — |
| (1,036) | |||||
Coal sales revenues from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 623 |
| 623 | |||||
Transportation costs |
| 2,924 |
| 41,963 |
| 24,339 |
| — |
| 69,226 | |||||
Non-GAAP Segment coal sales revenues | $ | 207,225 | $ | 219,282 | $ | 74,902 |
| — | $ | 501,409 | |||||
Tons sold |
| 17,149 |
| 1,892 |
| 1,916 |
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Coal sales per ton sold | $ | 12.08 | $ | 115.87 | $ | 39.09 |
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| Powder River |
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| Other |
| Idle and |
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 | Basin | Metallurgical | Thermal | Other | Consolidated | ||||||||||
(In thousands) |
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GAAP Revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | $ | 311,556 | $ | 321,605 | $ | 73,033 | $ | 18,559 | $ | 724,753 | |||||
Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment coal sales revenue |
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Coal risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" |
| — |
| (520) |
| (3,814) |
| — |
| (4,334) | |||||
Coal sales revenues from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 18,492 |
| 18,492 | |||||
Transportation costs |
| 6,061 |
| 63,236 |
| 21,362 |
| 67 |
| 90,726 | |||||
Non-GAAP Segment coal sales revenues | $ | 305,495 | $ | 258,889 | $ | 55,485 | $ | — | $ | 619,869 | |||||
Tons sold |
| 24,769 |
| 3,254 |
| 1,749 |
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Coal sales per ton sold | $ | 12.33 | $ | 79.55 | $ | 31.72 |
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| Powder River |
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| Other |
| Idle and |
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 | Basin | Metallurgical | Thermal | Other | Consolidated | ||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
GAAP Revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | $ | 422,878 | $ | 514,507 | $ | 184,183 | $ | 3,837 | $ | 1,125,405 | |||||
Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment coal sales revenue |
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| |||||
Coal risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" |
| — |
| — |
| 1,008 |
| — |
| 1,008 | |||||
Coal sales revenues from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 3,837 |
| 3,837 | |||||
Transportation costs |
| 6,930 |
| 83,261 |
| 43,221 |
| — |
| 133,412 | |||||
Non-GAAP Segment coal sales revenues | $ | 415,948 | $ | 431,246 | $ | 139,954 |
| — | $ | 987,148 | |||||
Tons sold |
| 34,289 |
| 3,685 |
| 3,602 |
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Coal sales per ton sold | $ | 12.13 | $ | 117.01 | $ | 38.85 |
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Segment cash cost per ton sold
Non-GAAP Segment cash cost per ton sold is calculated as segment cash cost of coal sales divided by segment tons sold. Segment cash cost of coal sales is adjusted for transportation costs, and may be adjusted for other items that, due to generally accepted accounting principles, are classified in “other income” on the statement of operations, but relate directly to the costs incurred to produce coal. Segment cash cost per ton sold is not a measure of financial performance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We believe segment cash cost per ton sold better reflects our controllable costs and our operating results by including all costs incurred to produce coal. The adjustments made to arrive at these measures are significant in understanding and assessing our financial condition. Therefore, segment cash cost of coal sales should not be considered in isolation, nor as an alternative to cost of sales under generally accepted accounting principles.
| Powder River |
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| Other |
| Idle and |
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 | Basin | Metallurgical | Thermal | Other | Consolidated | ||||||||||
(In thousands) |
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GAAP Cost of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | $ | 138,026 | $ | 118,238 | $ | 49,382 | $ | 10,702 | $ | 316,348 | |||||
Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales |
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Diesel fuel risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" |
| (1,011) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (1,011) | |||||
Transportation costs |
| 2,143 |
| 26,848 |
| 13,807 |
| 34 |
| 42,832 | |||||
Cost of coal sales from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 9,068 |
| 9,068 | |||||
Other (operating overhead, certain actuarial, etc.) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 1,600 |
| 1,600 | |||||
Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales |
| 136,894 |
| 91,390 |
| 35,575 |
| — |
| 263,859 | |||||
Tons sold |
| 10,597 |
| 1,475 |
| 1,006 |
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| |||||
Cash Cost Per Ton Sold | $ | 12.92 | $ | 61.95 | $ | 35.36 |
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| Powder River |
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| Other |
| Idle and |
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 | Basin | Metallurgical | Thermal | Other | Consolidated | ||||||||||
(In thousands) |
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| |||||
GAAP Cost of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | $ | 195,948 | $ | 159,419 | $ | 88,749 | $ | 6,972 | $ | 451,088 | |||||
Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales |
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|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Diesel fuel risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" |
| (612) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (612) | |||||
Transportation costs |
| 2,924 |
| 41,963 |
| 24,339 |
| — |
| 69,226 | |||||
Cost of coal sales from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 4,580 |
| 4,580 | |||||
Other (operating overhead, certain actuarial, etc.) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 2,392 |
| 2,392 | |||||
Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales | $ | 193,636 | $ | 117,456 | $ | 64,410 | $ | — | $ | 375,502 | |||||
Tons sold |
| 17,149 |
| 1,892 |
| 1,916 |
|
|
|
| |||||
Cash Cost Per Ton Sold | $ | 11.29 | $ | 62.07 | $ | 33.62 |
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| Powder River |
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| Other |
| Idle and |
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 | Basin | Metallurgical | Thermal | Other | Consolidated | ||||||||||
(In thousands) |
|
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GAAP Cost of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | $ | 317,642 | $ | 258,570 | $ | 84,151 | $ | 30,984 | $ | 691,347 | |||||
Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales |
| — |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Diesel fuel risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" |
| (1,698) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (1,698) | |||||
Transportation costs |
| 6,061 |
| 63,237 |
| 21,362 |
| 67 |
| 90,727 | |||||
Cost of coal sales from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 26,954 |
| 26,954 | |||||
Other (operating overhead, certain actuarial, etc.) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 3,963 |
| 3,963 | |||||
Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales |
| 313,279 |
| 195,333 |
| 62,789 |
| — |
| 571,401 | |||||
Tons sold |
| 24,769 |
| 3,254 |
| 1,749 |
|
|
|
| |||||
Cash Cost Per Ton Sold | $ | 12.65 | $ | 60.02 | $ | 35.89 |
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| Powder River |
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| Other |
| Idle and |
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 | Basin | Metallurgical | Thermal | Other | Consolidated | ||||||||||
(In thousands) |
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GAAP Cost of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations | $ | 387,594 | $ | 321,331 | $ | 167,115 | $ | 13,519 | $ | 889,559 | |||||
Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Diesel fuel risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" |
| (1,251) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (1,251) | |||||
Transportation costs |
| 6,930 |
| 83,261 |
| 43,221 |
| — |
| 133,412 | |||||
Cost of coal sales from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 8,819 |
| 8,819 | |||||
Other (operating overhead, certain actuarial, etc.) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 4,700 |
| 4,700 | |||||
Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales | $ | 381,915 | $ | 238,070 | $ | 123,894 | $ | — | $ | 743,879 | |||||
Tons sold |
| 34,289 |
| 3,685 |
| 3,602.17 |
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|
|
| |||||
Cash Cost Per Ton Sold | $ | 11.14 | $ | 64.60 | $ | 34.39 |
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Reconciliation of Segment Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income (Loss)
The discussion in “Results of Operations” above includes references to our Adjusted EBITDA for each of our reportable segments. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income attributable to the Company before the effect of net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, the accretion on asset retirement obligations and nonoperating expenses. Adjusted EBITDA may also be adjusted for items that may not reflect the trend of future results by excluding transactions that are not indicative of our core operating performance. We use Adjusted EBITDA to measure the operating performance of our segments and allocate resources to our segments. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are significant in understanding and assessing our financial condition. Therefore, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation, nor as an alternative to net income (loss), income (loss) from operations, cash flows from operations or as a measure of our profitability, liquidity or performance under generally accepted accounting principles. Investors should be aware that our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. The table below shows how we calculate Adjusted EBITDA.
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 | ||||||
| (In thousands) |
| |||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (49,324) | $ | 62,840 | $ | (74,623) | $ | 135,581 | |||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes |
| 1,206 |
| 91 |
| (585) |
| 161 | |||||
Interest expense, net |
| 1,730 |
| 2,287 |
| 3,859 |
| 4,576 | |||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| 30,167 |
| 26,535 |
| 61,475 |
| 51,873 | |||||
Accretion on asset retirement obligations |
| 4,986 |
| 5,137 |
| 9,992 |
| 10,274 | |||||
Costs related to proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy |
| 7,851 |
| 3,018 |
| 11,515 |
| 3,018 | |||||
Severance costs related to voluntary separation plan | 7,437 | — | 13,265 | — | |||||||||
Gain on property insurance recovery related to Mountain Laurel longwall | (14,518) | — | (23,518) | — | |||||||||
(Gain) loss on divestitures | (1,369) |
| 4,304 |
| (1,369) |
| 4,304 | ||||||
Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs |
| 1,102 |
| 1,336 |
| 2,198 |
| 3,102 | |||||
Reorganization items, net |
| — |
| 16 |
| (26) |
| (71) | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
| (10,732) |
| 105,564 |
| 2,183 |
| 212,818 | |||||
EBITDA from idled or otherwise disposed operations |
| 2,696 |
| 1,473 |
| 7,795 |
| 567 | |||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
| 19,738 |
| 25,209 |
| 42,483 |
| 49,298 | |||||
Other |
| (906) |
| (4,692) |
| (847) |
| (16,893) | |||||
Segment Adjusted EBITDA from coal operations | $ | 10,796 | $ | 127,554 | $ | 51,614 | $ | 245,790 |
Other includes income from our equity investments, certain changes in fair value of heating oil and diesel fuel derivatives we use to manage our exposure to diesel fuel pricing, certain changes in the fair value of coal derivatives and coal trading activities, EBITDA provided by our land company, and certain miscellaneous revenue.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity are proceeds from coal sales to customers and certain financing arrangements. Excluding significant investing activity, we intend to satisfy our working capital requirements and fund capital expenditures and debt-service obligations with cash generated from operations and cash on hand. As we continue to evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 and the responses thereto on our business, we remain focused on prudently managing costs, including capital expenditures, maintaining a strong balance sheet, and ensuring adequate liquidity.
Given the volatile nature of coal markets, and the significant challenges and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 virus outbreak, we believe it is increasingly important to take a prudent approach to managing our balance sheet and liquidity, as demonstrated by the suspension of our dividend and share repurchases. While we continue to prefer targeted liquidity levels of at least $400 million, with a significant portion of that being cash, it is likely that our liquidity will remain below our preferred levels while the COVID-19 virus outbreak and the responses thereto continue. Absent significant deterioration in our business and market outlook, we believe our current liquidity level is sufficient to fund our business and continue our Leer South development. In the future, we will continue to evaluate our capital allocation initiatives in light of the current state of, and our outlook, for coal markets; the amount of our planned production that has been committed and priced; the capital needs of the business; other strategic opportunities; and developments in the COVID-19 virus outbreak and the responses thereto.
On March 7, 2017, we entered into a senior secured term loan credit agreement in an aggregate principal amount of $300 million (the “Term Loan Debt Facility”) with Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent and the other financial institutions from time to time party thereto. The Term Loan Debt Facility was issued at 99.50% of the face amount and will mature on March 7, 2024. The term loans provided under the Term Loan Debt Facility (the “Term Loans”) are subject to quarterly principal amortization payments in an amount equal to $750,000. Proceeds from the Term Loan Debt Facility were used to repay all outstanding obligations under our previously existing term loan credit agreement, dated as of October 5, 2016.
On April 3, 2018, we entered into the Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Term Loan Debt Facility. The Second Amendment reduced the interest rate on the Term Loans to, at our option, either (i) the London interbank offered rate (“LIBOR”) plus an applicable margin of 2.75%, subject to a 1.00% LIBOR floor, or (ii) a base rate plus an applicable margin of 1.75%. For further information regarding the Term Loan Debt Facility, see Note 12, “Debt and Financing Arrangements” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
We have entered into a series of interest rate swaps to fix a portion of the LIBOR interest payments due under the term loan. As interest payments are made on the term loan, amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified into earnings through interest expense to reflect a net interest on the term loan equal to the effective yield of the fixed rate of the swap plus 2.75%, which is the spread on the LIBOR term loan as amended. For further information regarding the interest rate swaps, see Note 12, “Debt and Financing Arrangements” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
On August 27, 2018, we extended and amended our trade accounts receivable securitization facility provided to Arch Receivable Company, LLC, a special-purpose entity that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arch Resources (“Arch Receivable”) (the “Extended Securitization Facility”), which supports the issuance of letters of credit and requests for cash advances. The Extended Securitization Facility maintained the $160 million borrowing capacity and extended the maturity date to August 27, 2021. Additionally, the amendment provided us the opportunity to utilize credit insurance to increase the pool of eligible receivables. Pursuant to the Extended Securitization Facility, Arch Receivable also agreed to a revised schedule of fees payable to the administrator and the providers of the Extended Securitization Facility. For further information regarding the Extended Securitization Facility see Note 12, “Debt and Financing Arrangements” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
On April 27, 2017 (the “Inventory Facility Closing Date”), we entered into a senior secured inventory-based revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $40 million (the “Inventory Facility”) with Regions Bank (“Regions”) as administrative agent and collateral agent, as lender and swingline lender, and as letter of credit issuer. Availability under the Inventory Facility is subject to a borrowing base consisting of (i) 85% of the net orderly liquidation value of eligible coal inventory, (ii) the lesser of (x) 85% of the net orderly liquidation value of eligible parts
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and supplies inventory and (y) 35% of the amount determined pursuant to clause (i), and (iii) 100% of our Eligible Cash (defined in the Inventory Facility), subject to reduction for reserves imposed by Regions.
The commitments under the Inventory Facility will terminate on the date that is the earliest to occur of (i) August 27, 2021, (ii) the date, if any, that is 364 days following the first day that Liquidity (defined in the Inventory Facility and consistent with the definition in the Extended Securitization Facility is less than $250 million for a period of 60 consecutive days and (iii) the date, if any, that is 60 days following the maturity, termination or repayment in full of the Extended Securitization Facility.
Revolving loan borrowings under the Inventory Facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at our option, either the base rate or the London interbank offered rate plus, in each case, a margin ranging from 2.00% to 2.50% (in the case of LIBOR loans) and 1.00% to 1.50% (in the case of base rate loans) determined using a Liquidity-based grid. Letters of credit under the Inventory Facility are subject to a fee in an amount equal to the applicable margin for LIBOR loans, plus customary fronting and issuance fees.
On November 19, 2018, we amended and extended the Inventory Facility to increase the total aggregate principal amount available to $50 million subject to the borrowing base calculations described above. For further information regarding the Inventory Facility, see Note 12, “Debt and Financing Arrangements” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
On March 4, 2020, we entered into an equipment financing arrangement accounted for as debt. We received $53.6 million in exchange for conveying an interest in certain equipment in operation at our Leer Mine and entered into a 48 month master lease arrangement for use of that equipment. Upon maturity, all interests in the equipment will revert back to us. For further information regarding this equipment financing arrangement, see Note 12, “Debt and Financing Arrangements” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
On April 27, 2017, our Board of Directors authorized a capital return program consisting of a share repurchase program and a quarterly cash dividend. The share repurchase plan has a total authorization of $1.05 billion of which we have used $827.4 million. During the quarter ended June 30, 2020, we did not repurchase any shares of our stock. On April 23, 2020 we announced the suspension of our quarterly dividend due to the significant economic uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 virus and the steps being taken to control the virus. During the quarter ended June 30, 2020, we did not pay any dividends on shares of our stock. The timing and amount of any future dividends or of any future share purchases and the ultimate number of shares to be purchased will depend on a number of factors, including business and market conditions, our future financial performance, and other capital priorities. Any shares acquired would be in the open market or through private transactions in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission requirements.
On June 30, 2020 we had total liquidity of approximately $303 million including $217 million in unrestricted cash and equivalents, and short term investments in debt securities, with the remainder provided by availability under our credit facilities, and funds withdrawable from brokerage accounts. The table below summarizes our availability under our credit facilities as of June 30, 2020:
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| Letters of |
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Borrowing | Credit | Contractual | |||||||||||||
Face Amount | Base | Outstanding | Availability | Expiration | |||||||||||
| (Dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Securitization Facility | $ | 160,000 | $ | 83,200 | $ | 15,040 | $ | 68,160 | August 27, 2021 | ||||||
Inventory Facility |
| 50,000 |
| 50,000 |
| 32,446 |
| 17,554 | August 27, 2021 | ||||||
Total | $ | 210,000 | $ | 133,200 | $ | 47,486 | $ | 85,714 |
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The above standby letters of credit outstanding have primarily been issued to satisfy certain insurance-related collateral requirements. The amount of collateral required by counterparties is based on their assessment of our ability to satisfy our obligations and may change at the time of policy renewal or based on a change in their assessment. Future increases in the amount of collateral required by counterparties would reduce our available liquidity.
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On July 2, 2020 we issued $53.1 million of bonds in the U.S. tax-exempt market through the West Virginia Economic Development Authority at a fixed interest rate of 5.00%. The bonds are subject to a mandatory tender for purchase by the company on July 1, 2025. In keeping with the requirements of the tax-exempt issuance, proceeds from the offering will be used to fund the construction of the Leer South mine’s preparation plant and other facilities associated with waste management. We received approximately $30 million of cash upon closing, reflecting the amount of qualified expenditures already completed, and will receive the remainder over the next several quarters as work continues. We will continue to explore additional financing alternatives to protect our liquidity during the construction of Leer South.
The following is a summary of cash provided by or used in each of the indicated types of activities during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
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| 2020 |
| 2019 | ||||
(In thousands) |
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Cash provided by (used in): |
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Operating activities | $ | 25,922 | $ | 225,906 | |||
Investing activities |
| (58,292) |
| (89,693) | |||
Financing activities |
| 29,372 |
| (168,721) |
Cash Flow
Cash provided by operating activities decreased in the six months ended June 30, 2020 versus the six months ended June 30, 2019 mainly due to the deterioration of results from operations discussed in the “Overview” and “Operational Performance” sections above.
Cash used in investing activities decreased in the six months ended June 30, 2020 versus the six months ended June 30, 2019 primarily due to an approximately $67 million increase in net proceeds from short term investments, and approximately $24 million in property insurance proceeds on our Mountain Laurel longwall claim, partially offset by increased capital expenditures of approximately $61 million, including approximately $108 million on our Leer South mine development.
Cash was provided by financing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to cash used in financing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2019 primarily due to suspension of treasury stock purchases and dividend payments, and proceeds from the new $54 million equipment financing arrangement. For further information regarding this equipment financing arrangement, see Note 12, “Debt and Financing Arrangements” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We manage our commodity price risk for our non-trading, thermal coal sales through the use of long-term coal supply agreements, and to a limited extent, through the use of derivative instruments. Sales commitments in the metallurgical coal market are typically not long term in nature, and we are therefore subject to fluctuations in market pricing.
Our sales commitments for 2020 were as follows as of July 28, 2020:
| 2020 |
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Tons |
| $ per ton | ||||
Metallurgical | (in millions) | |||||
Committed, North America Priced Coking |
| 1.6 | $ | 106.60 |
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Committed, North America Unpriced Coking |
| — |
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Committed, Seaborne Priced Coking |
| 2.4 | 83.46 |
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Committed, Seaborne Unpriced Coking |
| 1.9 |
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Committed, Priced Thermal |
| 0.6 | 18.53 |
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Committed, Unpriced Thermal |
| 0.3 |
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Powder River Basin |
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Committed, Priced |
| 57.6 | $ | 12.36 |
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Committed, Unpriced |
| 0.6 |
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Other Thermal |
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Committed, Priced |
| 3.5 | $ | 31.10 |
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Committed, Unpriced |
| 0.2 |
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We are also exposed to commodity price risk in our coal trading activities, which represents the potential future loss that could be caused by an adverse change in the market value of coal. Our coal trading portfolio included swap and put and call option contracts at June 30, 2020. The estimated future realization of the value of the trading portfolio is $0.3 million of losses during the remainder of 2020 and $0.3 million of gains during 2021.
We monitor and manage market price risk for our trading activities with a variety of tools, including Value at Risk (VaR), position limits, management alerts for mark to market monitoring and loss limits, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis and review of daily changes in market dynamics. Management believes that presenting high, low, end of year and average VaR is the best available method to give investors insight into the level of commodity risk of our trading positions. Illiquid positions, such as long-dated trades that are not quoted by brokers or exchanges, are not included in VaR.
VaR is a statistical one-tail confidence interval and down side risk estimate that relies on recent history to estimate how the value of the portfolio of positions will change if markets behave in the same way as they have in the recent past. The level of confidence is 95%. The time across which these possible value changes are being estimated is through the end of the next business day. A closed-form delta-neutral method used throughout the finance and energy sectors is employed to calculate this VaR. VaR is back tested to verify its usefulness.
On average, portfolio value should not fall more than VaR on 95 out of 100 business days. Conversely, portfolio value declines of more than VaR should be expected, on average, 5 out of 100 business days. When more value than VaR is lost due to market price changes, VaR is not representative of how much value beyond VaR will be lost.
While presenting VaR will provide a similar framework for discussing risk across companies, VaR estimates from two independent sources are rarely calculated in the same way. Without a thorough understanding of how each VaR model was calculated, it would be difficult to compare two different VaR calculations from different sources.
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During the six months ended June 30, 2020, VaR for our coal trading positions that are recorded at fair value through earnings ranged from under $0.0 million to $0.2 million. The linear mean of each daily VaR was $0.0 million. The final VaR at June 30, 2020 was near $0.0 million.
We are exposed to fluctuations in the fair value of coal derivatives that we enter into to manage the price risk related to future coal sales, but for which we do not elect hedge accounting. Gains or losses on these derivative instruments would be largely offset in the pricing of the physical coal sale. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, VaR for our risk management positions that are recorded at fair value through earnings ranged from $0.0 million to $0.5 million. The linear mean of each daily VaR was $0.3 million. The final VaR at June 30, 2020 was $0.2 million.
We are exposed to price risk with respect to diesel fuel purchased for use in our operations. We anticipate purchasing approximately 30 to 35 million gallons of diesel fuel for use in our operations annually. To protect our cash flows from increases in the price of diesel fuel for our operations, we use forward physical diesel purchase contracts, purchased heating oil call options and New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) gulf coast diesel swaps and options. At June 30, 2020, we had protected the price on the majority of our expected diesel fuel purchases for the remainder of 2020 with approximately 6 million gallons of heating oil call options with an average strike price of $1.74 per gallon and 4 million gallons of NYMEX gulf coast diesel swaps at an average price of approximately $1.03 per gallon. These positions are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes, and therefore, changes in the fair value are recorded immediately to earnings.
Item 4.Controls and Procedures.
We performed an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2020. Based on that evaluation, our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.Legal Proceedings
In addition to the following matter, we are involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, including employee injury claims. After conferring with counsel, it is the opinion of management that the ultimate resolution of these claims, to the extent not previously provided for, will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
FTC Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction Blocking Joint Venture with Peabody
On June 18, 2019, Arch Resources entered into the Implementation Agreement with Peabody, to establish a joint venture that will combine the companies’ respective Powder River Basin and Colorado mining operations.
Formation of the joint venture is subject to customary closing conditions, including the termination or expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, the receipt of certain other required regulatory approvals and the absence of injunctions or other legal restraints preventing the formation of the joint venture. Formation of the joint venture does not require approval of our stockholders or Peabody’s stockholders.
On February 26, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed an administrative complaint challenging the proposed joint venture alleging that the transaction will eliminate competition between us and Peabody, the two major competitors in the market for thermal coal in the Southern Powder River Basin and the two largest coal-mining companies in the United States. On February 26, 2020, the FTC filed for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, to maintain the status quo pending an administrative trial on the merits.
Between July 14 and July 23, 2020, the federal court in St. Louis conducted an evidentiary hearing, during which both sides further presented their evidence and arguments. Closing arguments are scheduled to take place on August 10, 2020 and a ruling on the FTC’s motion for preliminary injunction is expected by the end of the third quarter 2020.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected, and will continue to adversely affect, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic has resulted in a widespread health crisis that has adversely affected businesses, economies and financial markets worldwide. The full impact of COVID-19 is unknown and rapidly evolving. Our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations have been, and will continue to be, adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our profitability and the value of our coal reserves depend upon the prices we receive for our coal, which are largely dependent on prevailing market prices. Measures taken to address and limit the spread of the disease—such as stay-at-home orders, social distancing guidelines, and travel restrictions—have adversely affected the economies and financial markets of many countries, resulting in an economic downturn that has negatively impacted, and may continue to negatively impact, global demand and prices for coal, as well as a widespread increase in unemployment that is expected to further reduce demand and prices for coal. These conditions may lead to extreme volatility of coal prices, severely limited liquidity and credit availability and declining valuations of assets, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations.
In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic, and measures taken by governments, organizations, the Company and its customers to reduce its effects could potentially impact the Company’s employees, customers and suppliers. Such disruptions may continue or increase in the future, and could adversely affect, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations.
The COVID-19 pandemic may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, including, but not limited to, those relating to: coal prices; economic and market conditions; decreases in coal consumption; our ability to fund necessary capital expenditures; disruptions in the availability of mining and other industrial supplies; changes in purchasing patterns of our customers and their effects on our coal supply agreements; our reliance on key managers and employees; our ability to access the capital markets and obtain financing and insurance upon favorable terms; and risks related to the proposed joint venture with Peabody; among others.
The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will impact our results is unknown and evolving, and will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. These include the severity, duration and spread of COVID-19, the success of actions taken by governments and health organizations to combat the disease and treat its effects, including additional remedial legislation, and the extent to which, and the timing of, general economic and operating conditions recover. Accordingly, any resulting financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time but such amounts may be material.
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
On April 17, 2019, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $300 million to the share repurchase program, bringing the total authorization since the program’s launch to $1.05 billion. The timing of any future share purchases, and the ultimate number of shares to be purchased, will depend on a number of factors, including business and market conditions, our future financial performance, and other capital priorities. The shares will be acquired in the open market or through private transactions in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission requirements. The share repurchase program has no termination date, but may be amended, suspended or discontinued at any time and does not commit us to repurchase shares of our common stock. The actual number and value of the shares to be purchased will depend on the performance of our stock price and other market conditions. We did not purchase any shares of our common stock under this program for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.
As of June 30, 2020, we had approximately $223 million remaining authorized for stock repurchases under this program.
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Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.
The statement concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K is included in Exhibit 95 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020.
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10.18 | Coal Lease Agreement dated as of March 31, 1992, among Allegheny Land Company, as lessee, and UAC and Phoenix Coal Corporation, as lessors, and related guarantee (incorporated herein by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Ashland Coal, Inc. on April 6, 1992). | |
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31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Matthew C. Giljum. | |
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101 | The following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL: (1) Consolidated Statement of Operations, (2) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), (3) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (4) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (5) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and (6) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text and including detailed tags. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | |
* | Denotes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Arch Resources, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Matthew C. Giljum | |
Matthew C. Giljum | ||
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (On behalf of the registrant and as Principal Financial Officer) | ||
July 28, 2020 |
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