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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Inventories consist of the following:



	December 31
	2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Coal	$	117,531	$	180,917
Repair parts and supplies	137,497		172,139
Work-in-process	9,133		12,368
	$	264,161	$	365,424

The repair parts and supplies are stated net of an allowance for slow-moving and obsolete inventories of $8.4 million at December 31, 2013 and $12.6 million at December 31, 2012.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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