LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

LONG-TERM DEBT

Schedule of long-term debt

					Unamortized Discount and
	Principal				Debt Issuance Costs
	2017		2016		2017		2016
	(inthousands)
ARLP Revolving Credit facility	$	30,000	$	255,000	$	(7,356)	$	(453)
ARLP Senior notes		400,000		—		(6,707)		—
ARLP Series B senior notes		—		145,000		—		(101)
ARLP Term loan		—		50,000		—		(126)
ARLP Securitization facility		72,400		100,000		—		—
		502,400		550,000		(14,063)		(680)
Less current maturities		(72,400)		(150,000)		—		126
Total long-term debt	$	430,000	$	400,000	$	(14,063)	$	(554)

Schedule of aggregate maturities of long-term debt

Year Ended
December 31,	(in thousands)
2018	$	72,400
2019		—
2020		—
2021		30,000
2022		—
Thereafter		400,000
	$	502,400