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Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Alliance Resource Partners LP · 10-Q · Q2 FY2026 · Period ended Jun 30, 2026
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Commodity Price Risk
We have significant long-term sales contracts. Many of the long-term sales contracts are subject to price adjustment provisions, which periodically permit an increase or decrease in the contract price, typically to reflect changes in specified indices or changes in production costs resulting from regulatory changes, or both.
Our results of operations are highly dependent upon the prices we receive for our coal, oil and natural gas. Regarding coal, the short-term sales contracts favored by some of our coal customers leave us more exposed to risks of declining coal price periods. Also, a significant change in oil & gas prices would have a significant impact on our oil & gas royalty revenues.
We have exposure to coal and oil & gas sales prices and price risk for supplies that are used directly or indirectly in the normal course of coal and oil & gas production such as electricity, steel and other supplies. We manage our risk for these items through strategic sourcing contracts for normal quantities required by our operations. Historically, we have not utilized any commodity price-hedges or other derivatives related to either our sales price or supply cost risks but may do so in the future.
Credit Risk
Most of our coal is sold to U.S. electric utilities or into the international markets through brokered transactions. Therefore, our credit risk is primarily with domestic electric power generators and reputable global brokerage firms. Our policy is to independently evaluate each customer’s creditworthiness prior to entering into transactions and to constantly monitor outstanding accounts receivable. When deemed appropriate by our credit management department, we will take steps to reduce our credit exposure to customers that do not meet our credit standards or whose credit has deteriorated. These steps may include obtaining letters of credit or cash collateral, requiring prepayments for shipments or establishing customer trust accounts held for our benefit in the event of a failure to pay. Such credit risks from customers may impact the borrowing capacity of our Securitization Facility. See “Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Note 10 – Long-Term Debt” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information on our Securitization Facility.
Exchange Rate Risk
The majority of our transactions are denominated in United States dollars, and as a result, we do not have material exposure to currency exchange-rate risks. However, because we periodically sell our coal internationally in United States dollars, general economic conditions in foreign markets and changes in foreign currency exchange rates may provide our foreign competitors with a competitive advantage. If our competitors’ currencies decline against the United States dollar or against foreign purchasers’ local currencies, those competitors may be able to offer lower prices for coal to these purchasers. Furthermore, if the currencies of overseas purchasers were to significantly decline in value in comparison to the United States dollar, those purchasers may seek decreased prices for the coal we sell to them. Consequently, currency fluctuations could adversely affect the competitiveness of our coal in international markets.
Interest Rate Risk
Borrowings under our revolving credit facility and related term loan, Securitization Facility and Alliance Minerals Term Loan are at variable rates and, as a result, we have interest rate exposure on any amounts drawn under these facilities. Historically, our earnings have not been materially affected by changes in interest rates and we have not utilized interest rate derivative instruments related to our outstanding debt. We had $24.6 million in borrowings under Alliance Coal Term Loan at June 30, 2026. We had $78.5 million outstanding under the revolving credit facility and $56.0 million outstanding under the Securitization Facility at June 30, 2026.
There were no other changes in our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk as set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.