SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Summary of Intangible assets are included in other long-term assets

Intangible assets at December 31 are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	December 31, 2013						December 31, 2012
	Original Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Intangibles, Net		Original Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Intangibles, Net
Non-compete agreements	$	15,236	$	(7,002)	$	8,234	$	15,236	$	(5,374)	$	9,862
Customer contracts	6,171		(2,301)		3,870		6,171		(1,003)		5,168
Mining permits	3,843		(116)		3,727		3,843		(50)		3,793
Total	$	25,250	$	(9,419)	$	15,831	$	25,250	$	(6,427)	$	18,823

Summary of Advance Royalties

The ARLP Partnership’s advance royalties at December 31 are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	2013		2012
Advance royalties, affiliates (Note 18)	$	17,840	$	22,509
Advance royalties, third-parties	12,427		12,250
Total advance royalties	$	30,267	$	34,759