Note 11 - Property, Plant and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 11—PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2021		2020
Plant and Equipment	$	3,118,268	$	3,134,149
Coal Properties and Surface Lands		875,079		874,567
Airshafts		456,083		452,976
Mine Development		356,136		354,691
Advance Mining Royalties		326,173		327,313
Total Property, Plant and Equipment		5,131,739		5,143,696
Less: Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization		3,117,651		3,094,634
Total Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	$	2,014,088	$	2,049,062

Coal reserves are either owned in fee or controlled by lease. The duration of the leases vary; however, the lease terms are generally extended automatically to the exhaustion of economically recoverable reserves, as long as active mining continues. Coal interests held by lease provide the same rights as fee ownership for mineral extraction and are legally considered real property interests.

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, property, plant and equipment includes gross assets under finance leases of $74,504 and $112,334, respectively. Accumulated amortization for finance leases was $19,325 and $56,761 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Amortization expense for assets under finance leases approximated $8,619 and $4,964 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and is included in Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income.