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SEGMENT INFORMATION
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
SEGMENT INFORMATION  
SEGMENT INFORMATION

18.SEGMENT INFORMATION

We operate in the United States as a diversified natural resource company that generates income from the production and marketing of coal to major domestic and international utilities and industrial users as well as income from oil & gas mineral interests.  We aggregate multiple operating segments into three reportable segments, Illinois Basin, Appalachia, and Minerals.  We also have an "all other" category referred to as Other and Corporate.  Our two coal reportable segments correspond to major coal producing regions in the eastern United States with similar economic characteristics including coal quality, geology, coal marketing opportunities, mining and transportation methods and regulatory issues.  The two coal segments include seven mining complexes operating in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia and a coal loading terminal in Indiana on the Ohio River.  The Minerals reportable segment aggregates our oil & gas mineral interests which are located primarily in the Permian (Delaware and Midland), Anadarko (SCOOP/STACK), and Williston (Bakken) basins. We have no operations within our Minerals reportable segment other than receiving royalties and lease bonuses for our oil & gas mineral interests.  

The Illinois Basin reportable segment includes currently operating mining complexes (a) Gibson County Coal, LLC's ("Gibson") mining complex, which includes the Gibson South mine, (b) Warrior Coal, LLC's ("Warrior") mining complex, (c) River View Coal, LLC's ("River View") mining complex and (d) Hamilton's mining complex. The Illinois Basin reportable segment also includes our currently operating Mt. Vernon Transfer Terminal, LLC ("Mt. Vernon") coal loading terminal in Indiana on the Ohio River.

The Illinois Basin reportable segment also includes Mid-America Carbonates, LLC ("MAC") and other support services as well as non-operating mining complexes (a) Gibson North mine, which ceased production in the fourth quarter of 2019, (b) Webster County Coal, LLC's Dotiki mining complex, which ceased production in August 2019, (c) White County Coal, LLC's Pattiki mining complex, (d) Hopkins County Coal, LLC's mining complex, and (e) Sebree Mining, LLC's mining complex.

The Appalachia reportable segment includes currently operating mining complexes (a) Mettiki mining complex, (b) Tunnel Ridge, LLC mining complex and (c) MC Mining, LLC ("MC Mining") mining complex. The Mettiki mining complex includes Mettiki Coal (WV), LLC's Mountain View mine and Mettiki Coal, LLC's preparation plant.  The Appalachia reportable segment also includes the Penn Ridge assets, which are primarily coal mineral interests.

The Minerals reportable segment includes oil & gas mineral interests held by AR Midland and AllDale I & II and includes Alliance Minerals' equity interests in both AllDale III (Note 11 – Investments) and Cavalier Minerals.  AR Midland acquired its mineral interest in the Wing Acquisition (Note 3 – Acquisition).

Other and Corporate includes marketing and administrative activities, Matrix Design Group, LLC and its subsidiaries ("Matrix Design"), Alliance Design Group, LLC ("Alliance Design") (collectively, Matrix Design and Alliance Design referred to as the "Matrix Group"), Alliance Coal's coal brokerage activity and Alliance Minerals' prior equity investment in Kodiak.  In February 2019, Kodiak redeemed our equity investment (see Note 11 – Investments). In addition, Other and Corporate includes certain Alliance Resource Properties' land and coal mineral interest activities, Pontiki Coal, LLC's workers' compensation and pneumoconiosis liabilities, Wildcat Insurance, which assists the ARLP Partnership with its insurance requirements, and AROP Funding and Alliance Finance (both discussed in Note 9 – Long-Term Debt).  

Reportable segment results are presented below.

    

Illinois

    

    

    

Other and

    

Elimination

    

 

    

Basin

    

Appalachia

    

Minerals

    

Corporate

    

(1)

    

Consolidated

 

(in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

Revenues - Outside

$

203,872

$

128,103

$

14,263

$

4,525

$

$

350,763

Revenues - Intercompany

2,859

(2,859)

Total revenues (2)

203,872

128,103

14,263

7,384

(2,859)

350,763

Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense (3)

 

149,987

79,710

883

4,642

(524)

 

234,698

Segment Adjusted EBITDA (4)

 

50,029

47,510

13,755

2,742

(2,335)

 

111,701

Total assets

 

1,189,486

514,988

637,774

496,743

(442,570)

 

2,396,421

Capital expenditures

 

26,229

23,571

564

 

50,364

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Revenues - Outside

$

345,399

$

159,404

$

10,728

$

11,071

$

$

526,602

Revenues - Intercompany

3,997

3,091

(7,088)

Total revenues (2)

349,396

159,404

10,728

14,162

(7,088)

526,602

Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense (3)

 

197,422

 

99,749

 

1,827

 

8,706

 

(4,847)

 

302,857

Segment Adjusted EBITDA (4)

 

122,737

 

58,655

 

9,132

 

18,361

 

(2,241)

 

206,644

Total assets

 

1,434,235

 

468,904

 

510,076

 

450,547

 

(378,632)

 

2,485,130

Capital expenditures (5)

 

48,454

 

33,346

 

 

2,243

 

 

84,043

(1)The elimination column represents the elimination of intercompany transactions and is primarily comprised of sales from the Matrix Group to our mining operations, coal sales and purchases between operations within different segments, sales of receivables to AROP Funding, financing between segments and insurance premiums paid to Wildcat Insurance.

(2)Revenues included in the Other and Corporate column are primarily attributable to the Matrix Group revenues, administrative service revenues from affiliates, Wildcat Insurance revenues and brokerage coal sales.

(3)Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense includes operating expenses, coal purchases and other income. Transportation expenses are excluded as transportation revenues are recognized in an amount equal to transportation expenses when title passes to the customer.  

The following is a reconciliation of consolidated Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense to Operating expenses (excluding depreciation, depletion and amortization):

    

Three Months Ended

March 31, 

2020

    

2019

 

(in thousands)

Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense

$

234,698

$

302,857

Other expense

 

(356)

 

(129)

Operating expenses (excluding depreciation, depletion and amortization)

$

234,342

$

302,728

(4)Segment Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income attributable to ARLP before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, general and administrative expenses, settlement gain, asset and goodwill impairments and acquisition gain.  Management therefore is able to focus solely on the evaluation of segment operating profitability as it relates to our revenues and operating expenses, which are primarily controlled by our segments.  Consolidated Segment Adjusted EBITDA is reconciled to net income as follows:

    

Three Months Ended

March 31, 

2020

    

2019

 

(in thousands)

Consolidated Segment Adjusted EBITDA

$

111,701

$

206,644

General and administrative

 

(13,438)

 

(17,812)

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

(73,921)

 

(71,139)

Asset impairments

 

(24,977)

 

Goodwill impairment

(132,026)

Interest expense, net

 

(12,227)

 

(11,331)

Acquisition gain

177,043

Income tax benefit

 

105

 

106

Acquisition gain attributable to noncontrolling interest

(7,083)

Net (loss) income attributable to ARLP

$

(144,783)

$

276,428

Noncontrolling interest

76

7,176

Net (loss) income

$

(144,707)

$

283,604

(5)Capital Expenditures shown exclude the AllDale Acquisition which occurred in the first quarter of 2019.