Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Q2 FY2021 Earnings Call

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  • Performance Highlights: ARLP reported significant operational and financial improvement in Q2 2021 compared to both Q1 2021 and Q2 2020.
  • Coal Sales Guidance: Full-year 2021 coal sales guidance increased by 1.8 million tons to a new midpoint of 32.9 million tons (approx. +6%).
  • Market Conditions: Strong coal market fundamentals driven by:
    • U.S. power demand up 7.5% year-to-date over 2020.
    • Domestic coal consumption projected to rise 16% in 2021.
    • Declining utility stockpiles and constrained supply response.
    • U.S. thermal coal exports expected to reach 41–45 million tons in 2021, up from 26.7 million in 2020.
  • Contracting Activity: New commitments for 8.7 million tons through 2024, including 2.5 million tons for export markets. Export sales target for 2021 raised to 4.4 million tons (from < 1 million tons in 2020).
  • Royalty Business: Positive outlook—midpoint for 2021 coal royalty tons sold raised by 3.3%.
  • Price Realization: Guidance updated to reflect stronger pricing; average sales price midpoint raised by $0.50/ton.
  • CapEx: Slight increase in capital expenditure tied to higher production; primarily reflected in maintenance capital.

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Operator: Greetings, welcome to Alliance Resource Partners L.P. Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. Please note that this event is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to Mr. Brian Cantrell, Senior Vice President and CFO. Thank you, you may begin. Brian Cantrell: Thank you, Sherry and welcome everyone. Earlier this morning, Alliance Resource Partners released its second quarter 2021 financial and operating results, and we will now discuss these results as well as our perspective on market conditions and outlook. Following our prepared remarks, we'll open the call to your questions. Joseph Craft: Thank you, Brian. As Brian mentioned, ARLP's operating and financial performance for the 2021 quarter improved significantly compared to both the sequential and 2020 quarters. Looking ahead, coal market fundamentals are extremely favorable, both at home and abroad, prompting us to increase our full year 2021 guidance. We are increasing the midpoint of our targeted total coal sales and volumes for 2021 by 1.8 million tons or approximately 6% to 32.9 million tons. Over the past two months commodity prices for each of our business segments have skyrocketed. In our primary U.S. markets year-over-year power demand has surged 7.5% through the first half of 2021. Rising natural gas prices have driven coal consumption higher for the 2021 period

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