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Alpha Announces Third Quarter 2024 Preliminary Sales Volumes and Realizations

 


October 15, 2024 -Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. (NYSE: AMR) (“Alpha” or the “Company”), a leading U.S. supplier of metallurgical products for the steel industry, today announced preliminary sales volumes and realizations for the third quarter of 2024.


“Our preliminary third quarter results reflect the market softness of the last few months, with revenues and shipment volumes both lower than in first or second quarter,” said Andy Eidson, Alpha’s chief executive officer. “With a significant slowdown in spot activity during the quarter, we continued to fulfill our existing contracts, which resulted in 4.1 million tons shipped in Q3, and we believe we will end the year toward the higher end of our previously issued shipment guidance range. While the coal market indexes remain soft, we continue focusing on the controllable aspects of our business, including cost of coal sales, which we believe will end the year within the existing guidance range despite experiencing some additional adversity due to weather and mining conditions in the back half of the year. We look forward to providing additional information on the third quarter when we announce our definitive results on November 1st, at which time we will also share our thoughts about 2025.”


Liquidity and Capital Resources


As of September 30, 2024, the company had total liquidity of $507.0 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $484.6 million and $97.5 million of unused availability under the ABL, partially offset by a minimum required liquidity of $75.0 million as required by the ABL. Total liquidity increased by $150.3 million relative to the second quarter largely driven by working capital movement resulting from lower accounts receivable and inventory balances. As of September 30, 2024, the company had no borrowings and $57.5 million in letters of credit outstanding under the ABL. Total long-term debt, including the current portion of long-term debt as of September 30, 2024, was $6.7 million. 


2024 Guidance Adjustments


Alpha is increasing its net cash interest income guidance range to $10 million to $14 million, up from the prior range of $2 million to $8 million. The company expects depreciation, depletion and amortization of $160 million to $180 million for the full year, up from the prior range of $140 million to $160 million. Contributions to equity affiliates are expected to be between $32 million and $42 million, down from the prior range of $40 million to $50 million. Alpha is lowering its 2024 tax rate guidance to 5% to 10%, down from the prior range of 10% to 15%.asures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying with reasonable accuracy significant items required for the reconciliation. The most directly comparable GAAP measure, GAAP cost of sales, is not accessible without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis. The reconciling items include freight and handling costs, which are a component of GAAP cost of sales. Management is unable to predict without unreasonable efforts freight and handling costs due to uncertainty as to the end market and FOB point for uncommitted sales volumes and the final shipping point for export shipments. These amounts have varied historically and may continue to vary significantly from quarter to quarter and material changes to these items could have a significant effect on our future GAAP results.


Definitive Earnings Announcement and Conference Call


The company plans to announce its definitive third quarter 2024 financial results before the market opens on Friday, November 1, 2024. The company also expects to hold a conference call regarding its third quarter 2024 results on November 1, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. The conference call will be available live on the investor section of the company’s website at https://alphametresources.com/investors. Analysts who would like to participate in the conference call should dial 877-407-0832 (domestic toll-free) or 201-689-8433 (international) approximately 15 minutes prior to start time. 


Note About Preliminary Results


The financial results presented in this release are preliminary and may change. This preliminary financial information includes calculations or figures that have been prepared internally by management. There can be no assurance that the Company’s actual results for the periods presented herein will not differ from the preliminary financial results presented herein, and such differences could be material. These preliminary financial results should not be viewed as a substitute for full financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and are not necessarily indicative of the results to be achieved for any future period. This preliminary financial information could be impacted by the effects of the Company’s financial closing procedures, final adjustments, and other developments. 


About Alpha Metallurgical Resources


Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE: AMR) is a Tennessee-based mining company with operations across Virginia and West Virginia. With customers across the globe, high-quality reserves and significant port capacity, Alpha reliably supplies metallurgical products to the steel industry. For more information, visit www.AlphaMetResources.com.

 

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